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Jan
13th

The Arch Way

Author: Kevin Bush | Files under syndicated

You love tinkering with your computer. You’ve tried Ubuntu and Fedora, and they’re good, but you feel something is not quite right. Maybe you don’t like all those daemons loading on boot, or may…


Dec
20th

Jolicloud: Cloud enabled and not just for netbooks

Author: Michael Reed | Files under syndicated

There’s a Linux distribution for every occasion and the main purpose of Jolicloud is to present a web enabled GUI for netbooks and similar devices. I’m going to take a look at a preview rele…


Nov
15th

The case for National Linux Distributions

Author: Michael Reed | Files under syndicated

There’s a lot of news flying around at the moment about the latest Russian attempt to create a national, Linux-based operating system. Let’s take a look at some of the issues that surround the c…


Aug
12th

Debian 6.0 on Track for December Release

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

After several delays and many months behind schedule, Debian 6.0 appears to be one step closer to release. As of August 6, the testing branch is now frozen except for fixes and translation upda…


Jul
29th

Spotlight on Linux: SimplyMEPIS 8.5.x

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

SimplyMEPIS is a simply wonderful distribution. It was the first to offer a complete out of the box experience all tied up in a pretty package. It would be fair to say that it was probably the…


Jul
12th

SystemRescueCd 1.5.6

Author: Michael Reed | Files under syndicated

SystemRescueCD is a free, Linux-based CDROM image for system recovery that boots into a minimal graphical interface and provides a host of useful tools culled from many sources. more>>


Jul
7th

Spotlight on Linux: Sabayon Linux 5.3

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Sabayon Linux is a very fun distribution based on Gentoo Linux. That tidbit of information may be one of the reasons Sabayon isn’t more popular, although it shouldn’t be. The mention of Gentoo…


Jun
16th

Spotlight on Linux: Linux Mint 9

Author: Susan Linton | Files under syndicated

Linux Mint is another distribution that seems designed for new users, although many seasoned users find it as handy as anyone. Linux Mint takes Ubuntu and makes it usable by adding drivers and …


Dec
14th

HUGE success of the Fedora 12 LXDE Spin

Author: Christoph Wickert | Files under syndicated

The Fedora 12 LXDE spin turns out to be a huge success. It only took us 8 days to become number #2 in the most popular Fedora Spins, although the other spins were released two weeks before LXDE. As I’m writing this post, we had more than 2500 complete BitTorrent downloads.


Dec
7th

lubuntu – how to get involved

Author: Mario Behling | Files under syndicated

Julian Lavergne from France posted ways to get involved into lubuntu on the mailing list of the project and I am reposting his suggestions here.
This is a quick summarize for people wanted to help on Lubuntu. In general, all tasks will be documented on the Subteams pages:

Packages and Code: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/CodingAndPackagingSubTeam
Artwork : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/SubTeams/ArtworkSubTeam
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