In particular, openSUSE 11.3 is the distribution for people who like the KDE 4.x desktop. While openSUSE offers baked-in support for more other desktop interfaces than most Linux distributions, such as GNOME 2.30.1 with a preview of GNOME 3.0 and the lightweight XFCE 4.6.2, it's really the showcase for the latest in the KDE 4.4.4. While I'm still fond of the older KDE 3.5.x desktop interface, many users are fond of KDE 4.4 and, if you're one of those people, openSUSE 11.3 is the Linux distribution for you.

• Ubuntu Linux solution stack Part 1: Introduction to the UNIX environment
  
• Ubuntu Linux solution stack Part 2: Solution stack download and installation
  
• Ubuntu Linux solution stack Part 3: Demo application
  
• Ubuntu Linux solution stack Part 4: Solution stack setup and integration

• Add Codecs and Packages.
  Add Medibuntu repository.
  Install favourite packages from a list.
  
• Buttons not working on iPlayer, Flash.
  Confirmed workaround.
  
• Add PPA's
  
• Light-themes: panel-background isn't scaling.
  Confirmed workaround.
  
• Customise Theme.
  Tooltips, Window Border.

As you've probably seen, Canonical just released the latest LTS (long-term support) version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) exists in both desktop and server form. The desktop form will be supported for three years and the server version five years, making the OS an appealing option for enterprise users. I looked at the server edition for ServerWatch.

10 Puppy Linux

Puppy Linux is not only one of the most popular Linux versions but also one of the smallest. Puppy Linux is an ultra-small version of Linux that can be run from a range of media including USB drives and CDs. The core version of Puppy is just over 50MB in size and includes a working desktop. Versions with more features included typically clock in at around 90MB.

If we frequently use a sequence of commands, it goes without saying that it’s a waste of time to constantly retype them at a command prompt. Scripting is a mechanism that eliminates this need by automating the command sequence for you. Now a days, scripting has become an integral part of a system administrator’s job. Shells are used to accept commands given by the user.

Alas, I was not nearly as pleased with Kubuntu as I was with Ubuntu. While there have definitely been some improvements in Kubuntu 10.04, it lacks some of the important things that defined Ubuntu 10.04.

Read on to find out why you should avoid Kubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS.

Known as "Goddard", Fedora 13 not only boasts a current software selection and a modernised design, it also offers an extensive range of technological improvements. As usual, the distribution demonstrates its pioneering role in this area and many of its advanced features are likely to appear soon in other Linux distributions.

Slackware is the oldest surviving Linux distribution. In its early years, Patrick Volkerdin rolled up a kernel, init, libraries, desktop, and applications to make Linux easier for users. And that's still what he is doing today. He doesn't change anything, he doesn't customize anything. Every component is exactly how the original developers intended. For example, users get a vanilla kernel and default desktop configuration.

Another important element in this comparison is how each OS uses the resources available. I know that hardware in general is continuously becoming cheaper and more accessible, but that should not justify the lack of optimization in an operating system, or in any software application for that matter. In fact, the spiral of increasing hardware power required by software in general is merely a way to justify perpetual consumption, if you ask me.

The installation program on Ubuntu 10.04 and Linux Mint 9 are the same. And that’s because Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu. So if you install one, which involves a simple seven-step process, you can use the same instructions to install the other.

But being simple does not mean that the default partitioning scheme, which creates only two partitions, will satisfy the requirements of the system you wish to create. That’s when a fundamental knowledge of disk partitioning on a Linux system comes in handy, and that’s why, for those without that knowledge, this guide has been written.

Ubuntu Lucid was released in April and I have been writing articles on “How to compile a kernel for Ubuntu …” for a few releases and there is no exception for Ubuntu Lucid. The Ubuntu kernel developers have decided to change things up yet again for the Ubuntu Lucid kernel. The steps in this article will be significantly different from previous Ubuntu releases.