Puppy Linux is, by far, my favorite super-lightweight Linux distribution out there. Though lacking some features that exist in the distro giants, the sheer speed and responsiveness of it are amazing. Not to mention the hundreds of tiny little applications that do a great job of handling all sorts of tasks.
Read more »Distro Hoppin`: Puppy Linux 5.0
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cdrtools 3.0 release candidate after 5 years of development
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After more than 5 years, author is proud to announce the release candidate for a new "stable" version of the cdrtools package. The next version will be called cdrtools-3.0 and be released in about a week and it contains more than thousand of changes.
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Ubuntu-based Puppy Linux 5.0 arrives
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The latest release of Puppy Linux, code named "Lupu", was built using the Woof build system and is based Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx binary packages
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Turpial 1.3.2 alpha1 available in a Development Snapshot PPA
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Twitter client written in Python. Light, fast, fully functional and integrated to the user desktop
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Dimpress 3D – Sliding Panels – First Results
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Three months has passed and there Dimpress 3D got his first cute face! We’ve developed a plugin structure and a plugin that describes a model for 3D presentations called Sliding Panels.
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Review: Peppermint OS
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While we wait for the release of some of the major distros' mid year upgrades, I thought I'd present a new Linux flavor which looks and performs very well: Peppermint OS.
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Does Nightingale Matter
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It didn’t take long before one of the active Songbird developers forked Songbird into a new Linux-first project called Nightingale. But already this project seems to be unstable enough to make one believe it will fail before it takes flight.
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Wine icon facelift on target for June
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As the Wine project gears up for the next major release due in June, work on giving the application a graphical face-lift is drawing to a conclusion. Joel Holdsworth, who has lead the work on the icon refresh, sent us over this screenshot which was produced from a build of Wine’s git snapshop earlier today.
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4 Netbook Operating Systems
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Netbooks are fantastic portable devices. They’re portable, lightweight and–perhaps best of all–really cheap. But netbooks can seem hopelessly limited when used with standard desktop operating systems such as Windows or Ubuntu. This is why I recommend every netbook owner look into getting a netbook operating system.
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Lightspark, an innovative FLOSS Flash player, reaches Beta Status
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The long term objective of this project is not only to deliver a free as in freedom flash player, but also to give to the Flash technology the dignity of a real open standard. I really believe Flash is a powerful technology, it’s main weakness being it’s closedness.
Read more »live cd compare : ubuntu/kubuntu 10.04 and pclinuxos 2010
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There are various Linux distributions that use the livecd, but this time I am just going to try livecd of ubuntu and PCLinuxOS distro. To see the best capabilities of two live cd distro.
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Ubuntu (w/ GNOME) Switching To Single Click For Opening Files And Folders?
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A new big change is being discussed on the Ayatana mailing list: single click for opening files and folders in Ubuntu (not Kubuntu - which already uses single click for opening files and folders).
Read more »Hacks to Make Firefox Faster than Google Chrome
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Google Chrome has now eclipsed Mozilla Firefox in the speed category. However, I still use Firefox as my main web browser because it is still better than Chrome in certain areas.But just recently, I tried a few tweaks that significantly improved the speed of Firefox making it a little bit snappier than the latest version of Google Chrome when loading webpages.
Read more »Desktop Fun: 21 Cool Ubuntu Wallpapers
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Ubuntu 10.04 was released last month, and comes with some breath taking design enhancements, and has some fabulous art work integrated into it. We’ve put together a collection of wallpapers to make it more customized.
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Install Multimedia codecs and VLC media player in Ubuntu 10.04 while offline
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Here is the script (ubuntu restricted extras offline installer) written by hacktolive.org along with most commonly used packages to make life easier for those who do not have internet connection or those who want to install multimedia codec and other useful packages offline. All the links listed below will direct to the rapidshare and other file hosting sites.
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