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Updating Chakra 2012.04 |
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| Unlike other Linux distributions that feature a graphical package manager, Chakra’s tend to have issues handling major updates, so a decision was made not to ship a graphical package in the April ISO image. Which meant that installing and updating applications (and the system) on a default installation of Chakra Archimedes 2012.04 could only be accomplished from the command line. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9946 | -finid, May 8, 2012 |
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Linux Mint Debian 201204 Xfce review |
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| The very latest edition, Linux Mint Debian 201204, was released on April 24. Installation images for 32- and 64-bit platforms for the Xfce and MATE/Cinnamon desktop environments were released. The MATE/Cinnamon edition has already being reviewed. This article is a review of the Xfce edition, read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9930 | -finid, May 3, 2012 |
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Do this after installing Linux Mint Debian 201204 |
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| While both editions just work out of the box, they leave a very important feature disabled by default. That feature, is the firewall. The really bad thing about this distribution is not just that the firewall is not configured, but that there are open ports that leave your computer wide open for Black Hats to mess with. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9930 | -finid, May 4, 2012 |
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Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon review |
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Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon is the latest edition of Linux Mint Debian, a desktop distribution based on Debian. It offers a choice of two GNOME-based desktop environments – MATE and Cinnamon.
The MATE/Cinnamon edition was released at the same time as the Xfce edition. This article is a review of the MATE/Cinnamon edition. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9912 | -finid, April 29, 2012 |
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Mageia 2 beta 3: New look |
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| The third and final beta edition of Mageia 2, a desktop Linux distribution derived from Mandriva Desktop, has been released. The first and only Release Candidate is expected on May 2, with the final, stable edition slated for release on May 15. So, what does this release has to offer? Aside from the usual new features and bugfixes, Mageia 2 beta 3 features a new desktop design. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9894 | -finid, April 21, 2012 |
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Getting Help with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
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| This coming Thursday marks the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin. Many users will download Ubuntu, try it and give up because of some small technical problem. Here is a list of tutorials and resources for Ubuntu beginners that I have found to be useful. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9888 | -aweber, April 25, 2012 |
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Fedora 17 GNOME, KDE, LXDE and Xfce beta |
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Fedora 17 GNOME beta, as well as the beta of the KDE, LXDE and Xfce Spins, were released yesterday – almost two weeks past due date. This, however, is not highly unusual for the Fedora project. Unlike Ubuntu, their release schedule is not cast in concrete. They are more interested in getting stuff that works out the door, instead of shoving something out to meet a set deadline.
Even for a beta release. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9886 | -finid, April 19, 2012 |
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Pondering Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
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A year after Ubuntu’s Unity interface became the default shell in what you might term as many people’s Linux ‘gateway drug’, has the controversial interface been refined and improved to the point where you’ll be potentially willing to use it for the next five years? (This being a Long Term Support edition, and the lifetime of the desktop LTS edition having been brought into line with the server edition, this release of Ubuntu will be supported by updates until April 2017.)
After a couple of hours of experimentation with it, I’m happy to report that not only does the interface appears to be a lot more polished than when it was first unveiled, it actually dawned on me that the visual effects it uses are quite understated and beautiful. The cube and the wobbly windows have gone: but you have multiple workspaces at your disposal, and the transition from workspace to workspace looked so nice that I found myself moving between workspaces just to observe it. To borrow a phrase from the late Steve Jobs, it’s practically lickable. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9885 | -daihuws, April 27, 2012 |
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ROSA Marathon 2012 LXDE beta Linux Distribution |
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This is the Moscow-based outfit’s desktop distribution that uses the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, a low-resource usage desktop environment that the release announcement states “is guaranteed to work on machines with 256 MB of RAM and will likely work even with less amount of memory.”
Do not take that literally, because a base installation with nothing running uses that amount of RAM. With Firefox running (two tabs open), usage jumps to over 350 MB of RAM. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9858 | -finid, April 20, 2012 |
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Dual-boot BackTrack 5 R2 and Windows 7 |
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The latest edition is BackTrack 5 R2 (the “R” is for Revolution), and the most recent article about it published on this website, before the publication of this one, is Install BackTrack 5 Revolution 2 on external hard drive.
In this article, the steps required to dual-boot the KDE edition with Windows 7 (there is also a GNOME edition), are presented. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9854 | -finid, March 23, 2012 |
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Chakra Archimedes-2012.04 review |
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| Aside from the usual kernel and software updates or upgrades, there is very little difference between Chakra Archimedes-2012.04 and Chakra Archimedes-2012.02. So this review will not be as comprehensive as the one published in February, but for those new to Chakra, here are the major features of this distribution: read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9842 | -finid, April 25, 2012 |
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Fedora 16 KDE review |
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Fedora 16 is the latest stable edition of Fedora, a Linux distribution whose development is sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. The main edition uses the GNOME 3 desktop environment, but there are editions, called Spins, that use other desktop environments.
The available Spins in order of popularity, based on download count, are: Fedora KDE, Fedora Xfce, Fedora LXDE, Security, Games, Design-suite, Scientific-KDE, SoaS, Robotics, and Electronic-Lab. This review is of Fedora 16 KDE. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9820 | -finid, December 15, 2011 |
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ROSA Desktop 2012 beta review |
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ROSA Desktop is a Linux distribution derived from Mandriva Desktop and developed by ROSA, a technology outfit based in Moscow, The Russian Federation. ROSA Desktop 2012 beta is the first pre-release edition of what will become ROSA Desktop 2012. It is supposed to be a Long Term Support (LTS) edition, with a 5-year support period.
Given that the status of Mandriva is still a big question mark, it is good to see activity coming from the folks at ROSA. This article is a short review of this beta release. A detailed review will be published when the final edition becomes available. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9800 | -finid, April 16, 2012 |
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Fedora 17 beta |
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| So Fedora 17 beta was supposed to have been released on April 3. Today is April 5 and we are still waiting. But that is the way it is with the Fedora project. Release dates are not set in concrete. They will release something when it is ready, not to meet a predetermined release schedule. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9797 | -finid, April 12, 2012 |
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Install new skype in Ubuntu 12.04 |
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Skype is one of the best Video calling software,owned by Microsoft.Skype offer lot of features like Video call,Direct Phone call,Chatting and more.
Features: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/features/ read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9792 | -Linux Tips, April 6, 2012 |
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webOS: The latest Linux distribution |
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The source or cause of the joy is none other than the announcement from HP that webOS will be, in their own words, a “pure open source project.” Awesome! Did I see this coming? Yes, sir! Did I influence HP’s decision? Perhaps.
Ok, alright, that last one is a stretch, but back on August 19 2011, after HP had announced that it “will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones,” I suggested in a blog post (see what HP should do with webOS), that “to not let webOS be a failed distribution, here’s what I think HP should do with webOS – make it a free, Linux distribution, such that the relationship between it (HP) and webOS would be akin to that between Red Hat and Fedora, or Canonical and Ubuntu.” read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9760 | -finid, December 12, 2011 |
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Fedora 16 security features |
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The security features in Fedora make it one of my favorite Linux distributions. And that is partly why it is in my list of the top 6 KDE distributions of 2011, even though it takes some tweaking to get it to the it just works state. I will take the security advantages of an operating system over any user-friendliness weaknesses, provided those user-friendliness weaknesses are not show stoppers.
Two of the four security features in Fedora 16 are enabled out of the box. The others are optional features that can be configured during installation. So, let us look at those two optional security features first. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9751 | -finid, December 14, 2011 |
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The DEFT Linux Distribution |
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| DEFT is a Linux distribution that is based on Lubuntu, itself based on Ubuntu Desktop, and loaded with the “best free and open source applications dedicated to incident response, cyber intelligence, computer forensics” and designed for use by the military, law enforcement, private security professional and IT auditors. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9750 | -finid, April 4, 2012 |
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Dual boot guide |
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Tips and methods for various dual-boot scenarios...
When dual-booting, you may choose to install both operating systems on the same hard drive, or on separate hard drives – if your computer has more than one. Unless you have installed an extra hard drive on your computer, you are most likely going to be installing the second operating system on the same drive as the first one.
So here are a few things to keep in mine when you are attempting to set up a dual boot configuration: read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9668 | -Ray, June 22, 2010 |
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Chakra Linux 2012.02 review |
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Chakra is a desktop-centric, Linux distribution that was derived from Arch Linux, but is now a fork of that distribution. Unlike Arch Linux, which supports several desktop environments, Chakra is a KDE-only distribution.
The latest edition, Chakra 2012.02, code-named Archimedes, was released on February 12. Since there is very little difference, other than changes in software and kernel versions, between this latest release and Edn, the previous release, this article offers a summary review only. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9648 | -finid, February 18, 2012 |
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