| Linux Distros That Could Take The Lead Soon
2008-03-26 "After more than 15 years of Linux development, the last couple of years have seen an explosive spectrum of progress in conquering the desktop. It is as if the world is suddenly waking up and discovering Linux. Ubuntu has a place in the history books already as the distro that pushed to make this happen, taking the old Linux and wrapping it up into a user-friendly desktop system. On the business front, Novell SuSE and Red Hat have traditionally dominated. "But open source is about free choice and fair competition, so there's never a time when the lead penguins can rest easy..." |
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| OS Smackdown: Linux vs. Mac OS X vs. Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
Four experts defend their chosen operating systems in an opinionated free-for-all
2008-04-08 by Michael DeAgonia, Preston Gralla, David Ramel and James Turner. Each of the four writers is positive that his operating system is the best and will try his hardest to convince you of that, - and is not above taking a few swipes at the competition. These are not rational, disengaged reviews; these are opinionated essays meant to sway your point of view. |
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| 10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution
2008-04-09 - Over at TechRepublic, Jack Wallen lists ten items to think about before choosing a Linux distribution. His items cover things like whether the distribution is 100% free, security, intended use, community, and more. "Of course, times and opinions change. For nearly 10 years I [rode] the Red Hat/Fedora wagon. And then, after considerable thought, I jumped over to Ubuntu. Why? Because it fit my evolving needs. Many will argue that one Linux distribution is just like another — and I agree, on fundamentals. But when it comes down to everyday use, each distribution is different from the next. So why would you want to use Debian vs. Fedora or Ubuntu vs. Mandriva? Let’s dive into this and find out." |
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| The Dragon Roars: Myah OS 3.0 KDE Edition Review
2008-07-12 "In the week or so I have had Dragon running, it has never faltered – no bugs in the software, no crashes or freezes – so Myah OS scores highly in terms of system stability.
I am finding it hard to find something major to criticise in Dragon.
That root/user configuration issue needs resolving sooner rather than later as it is the one thing that makes this distribution seem unfinished.
I am sure that given time, Jeremiah's already excellent installer will be refined and improved upon, as will his package manager.
So the only major question I was left asking myself was: Is this a distribution which will endure once that cartoon cute factor wears off?
And the answer, in my opinion, is a resounding 'Yes'. |
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| BLAG 90000: The Rebel Distro
2008-07-17 by Steve Lawson "I recently installed BLAG 90000 on one of my computers, but I am not going to trouble you with a traditional Linux review. Suffice it to say that BLAG 90000 is based on Fedora, uses the outstanding Anaconda installer and is easy to use and maintain.Check it out and see for yourselves. What I want to focus on instead is what I hinted at earlier: BLAG 90000's attitude, the spirit it represents.
Every time I use BLAG 90000, I cannot help thinking of rebels like Che Guevara. I do not know Jeff Moe, nor do I know anything about his political beliefs. So, this is my imagination at work and should not be interpreted as any kind of intention or propaganda on the behalf of BLAG 90000's creator. |
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| Simplis GNU/Linux: A new face in GNU/Linux Town Share
2008-07-20 by Dr.Saleem Khan "I read about the new release (Vixta.org 3D 9.03) of Vixta.org which is an easy-to-use, Fedora-based distribution with a user interface that resembles Window$ Vista. In the live session of Vixta.org I ran Firefox and off the tradition and routine the home page was set on a flash based cool looking website Linux Technology than on Vixta.org. Out of curiosity I browsed around the various menus as I thought the Vixta.org has migrated to a new home page despite the fact that the home page of Vixta.org is same as before. Browsing through the pages I came to realize that this is in fact a new Linux project which is being promoted by Vixta.org: what is the relationship between the two is still not clear to me. |
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