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It's Easy to Bitch, Easy to whine, Easy to moan, Easy to cry,
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I have to confess that in writing this blog item about Xfce on Fedora 11, I’ve had divine inspiration. I mean, really divine inspiration, as in as high on the divinity food chain as you can get.
The Three Faces of Fedora 11, Part 3: Xfce
2009-06-18
It's that time again when the summer months hit most of the world and some of us find ourselves lucky enough to find some spare time on their hands. Every year around this time, the Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide makes a call to all of our readers to contribute to the site in some way or another. You may be thinking, "How can I help? I'm only a newbie!", but don't worry, there are literally tons of ways you can help out. If you can help out, even just a little bit, together we can help make this site continue being the best resource on the net for people that are new to Linux.
Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide: Call for contributors
2009-06-18
Debian GNU/Linux (Debian for short) tends not to attract the same attention as more flashy distros such as Ubuntu, even though the popular Ubuntu package is, in fact, Debian based.
Debian GNU Linux 5 review
2009-06-18
Time for another distro review, and this time I thought I’d look at the latest version of a distribution I’ve enjoyed a lot in the past. Linux Mint 7, AKA Gloria. I’m tempted to make references to Van Morrison here, but I’ll restrain myself
Linux Mint 7 Gloria
2009-06-18
There is a soft spot in my heart for Linux Mint: Mint 3.0 was the first Linux distribution that I really used rather than experimented with. Since then I have moved on to Ubuntu (on which Mint is based), but the release of the new Linux Mint 7.0 codenamed Gloria made me want to install and review Linux Mint again. I brought my old Dell latitude D400, a 5 year old subnotebook, out of storage and started the Mint live CD.
Taking Gloria out for a spin: A review of Linux Mint 7.0
2009-06-16
Today we get to take a closer look at Fedora 11 (Leonidas). I was looking forward to trying this new release as there seemed to be a lot of good press about the new technologies and features that Fedora was implementing and it was shaping up to be a bigger release than usual. The last time I did a review for DistroWatch Weekly was when Fedora released version 8, code named Werewolf, back in November 2007. It has been a while since then and a lot has changed for Fedora and desktop Linux, although a lot has stayed the same.
Fedora 11 Review
2009-06-16
Fedora lives and breathes the 4 Fs: Freedom, Friends, Features, First. They have a very good rendering of these core principals at the Fedora Project Website, but my experiences are a bit more personal.
Fedora 11 Review
2009-06-16
Four days ago, on June 9th, Fedora fans once again rejoiced as their favorite operating system reached a new version. Fedora 11, or Leonidas, is available for 32 and 64 processor architectures on single Live CD formats or Install DVDs. Of course, both KDE and GNOME users will be able to choose Fedora 11 with one of these two desktop environments. Moreover, for a truly lightweight system, Xfce spins can also be downloaded from the official website.
Fedora 11
2009-06-16
It's not just the new design and updated software that brings a sparkle to the eleventh version of Fedora (Leonidas), there are also a whole raft of technical enhancements. Fedora once again finds itself in the vanguard – expect to see many of these changes coming to other Linux distributions in the near future.
What's new in Fedora 11
2009-06-16
It is no secret that openSUSE has always been my Linux of choice. I have always found it to support my hardware, do what I expect it to, and otherwise work correctly, practically out of the box. And as always, I excitedly install the latest, newest distros, hoping that they will give it a run for its money.
Fedora 11 Review (KDE) - Desktop Emphasis
2009-06-16
Linux Mint is one of those distributions that not only has a big parent, and an even bigger grandparent, but it's also a distribution that has always improved, and never failed to impress. But everything that goes up must at some point come down.
Linux Mint 7
2009-06-16
Back in Nov of 2008 I checked out Zenwalk 5.2 and a recent LXF contained Zenwalk 6.0 - so let’s see what has changed. It loads up with the usual Kernel messages going past on the screen. The first screen for the installation hasn’t changed one bit from Zenwalk 5.2.
Zenwalk 6.0
2009-06-16
Almost 100 articles and blogs on the topic of “ubuntu sucks” were published in the past month alone, and about as many were published that unequivocally state Windows is better than Ubuntu.
Ubuntu Sucks Like a Shopvac and Other Linux Rants
2009-06-16
KDE 4 includes many exciting new technologies, including Plasma, a feature that forms the desktop shell of KDE 4. See how to write simple Plasma applets (known as plasmoids) to greatly improve the desktop experience and how to turn a plasmoid into a simple memory monitor.
Introducing KDE 4 plasmoids
2009-06-16
Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, is scheduled to arrive in October. Ars takes a look at the second alpha release, which was made available for download last week.
Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 2 brings Ext4, GRUB 2
2009-06-16
So I’ve just installed Amarok 2.1. Configured my collection location easy enough, downloaded the alarm script from the scripts library (haven’t tried it yet) and now I set about making it look how I want. I know exactly how I want Amarok 2 to look: Exactly like Amarok 1.4.
Amarok 2.1 Quick(-ish) Review
2009-06-16
I have been, as I mentioned, following up on Fedora 11 release stuff. Sadly, there’ve been a few very negative reviews and comments, based on problems with the partitioning stage of installation
On Fedora 11 installation
2009-06-16
There is hope for Ubuntu users with Intel graphics. As it appears, the current 2D drivers solve most of the recent graphics problems with Intel chips, according to Ubuntu developer Bryce Harrington in a developer mailing list. Jaunty users should profit it from them as well
Ubuntu 9.04: New Intel Graphics Drivers
2009-06-09
We're proud to announce a new version of xPUD, a small and fast Linux with easy-to-use user interface, is now released. Version 0.9 is full of improvements and exciting new features.
xPUD 0.9 - A Better Desktop For Your Computer
2009-06-09
Puppy Linux is a 100MB Jack of all trades Linux distribution, mainly used as a light, fast live CD distro. It's one of the more popular small distributions. I've reviewed Puppy twice already, loving it better each time.
Macpup - Puppy on steroids
2009-06-09
KDE 4 brought some big changes to the desktop, including timesaving widgets that do everything from popping you into Twitter to keeping tabs on your servers to providing on-the-fly spell-checking. Jack Wallen runs through 10 of these handy little labor-saving apps .
10 KDE 4 desktop widgets to make you more productive
2009-06-09
This week I decided to take a look at a lesser known distribution called Wolvix Linux. Wolvix is based on Slackware and, according to the Wolvix site, is geared toward the home user. Wolvix uses the lightweight Xfce desktop environment and provides a somewhat greater range of apps than some of the other distributions.
Wolvix Linux 2.0 Beta 2 Review
2009-06-09
I downloaded and booted the LiveCD version of OpenSolaris 2009.6, more for consistency than anything else I suppose. Europa booted into the OpenSolaris graphical desktop at 1024 by 768, which is too low for the card and the monitor.
OpenSolaris 2009.06 Live CD
2009-06-08
I need at least one i386 installation here at Studio Dave because some production software is not yet 64-bit ready, and I happen to need that software. SuperCollider3 can run on a 64-bit system, but only after some tricky maneuvers; the label printing programs for my Lightscribe drive are 32-bit only; and VST/VSTi audio plugins still work best in a pure 32-bit system. My main production machine runs a pure 64-bit distribution (64 Studio), but an i386 box is still required for the complete Studio Dave.
Studio Dave Tests Ubuntu Studio 9.04
2009-06-08
As the Netbook market becomes thoroughly saturated with models from all the major PC vendors, the opportunity exists to explore new options for the operating system. Asus was first to market in late 2007 with their Eee PC and has since turned out more variations on that theme than you can shake a stick at. The original Eee PC boasted a Linux OS as one of its ways of keeping cost down, but later models have added Windows to the mix.
Moblin 2.0 - A New Way to Make a Netbook Sing With Linux
2009-06-08
Google has made some progress in porting its Chrome browser to the Linux and Mac platforms, though it acknowledged the test versions it's made available are still rough around the edges. Expanding Chrome's availability could open the door to Mac users as well as a potentially sizable population of Android-based netbook users.
Google Chrome Sprouts Linux, Mac Versions
2009-06-08
I wanted to have a Windows virtual machine that I could use on my Fedora 10 laptop, I only have linux on this laptop and i don't want to dual boot,so this required that I install some virtualization packages and to go virtual.
How to run Windows XP in Fedora
2009-06-08
The June 2009 (2009.06) release of OpenSolaris provides a solid Open Source GNOME desktop experience like that of a modern Linux distribution combined with the scalability and stability of UNIX.
OpenSolaris 2009.06: Getting Better All The Time
2009-06-08
As you probably realised from my previous posts I like to put my Linux installations through their paces. In fact I am positively brutal with them. I play around with my personal Linux systems the way people squeeze and mangle those stress balls that are favoured by high strung people everywhere.
Squeezing Lenny didn't make a lemon.
2009-06-08
Ever since jaunty released , I had cleared made up my mind not to try it out. I thought 6 months was too little time to spend with intrepid . I was completely configured and running smoothly on intrepid that I never felt the need for upgrading to the next version though I heard about the new notification system or the awesome boot up time . But yesterday night , I was crazy and wanted to do something and installed jaunty.
Jaunty Jackalope Review
2009-06-08