For my money, the best desktop operating system is Linux -- MEPIS and OpenSUSE at the top with Ubuntu closing in fast, to be exact. But everyone has their own opinion, and over at PC Magazine some old friends and coworkers of mine decided to compare all the most popular desktop operating systems: Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X 10.5.1 (Leopard), and Ubuntu 7.10.
Read more »And the best desktop operating system is…
http://www.desktoplinux.com –
- Login to post comments
BuffaloLinux is a Slackware based distribution
http://linuxlandit.blogspot.com –
BuffaloLinux is a Slackware based distribution. Additionally, it supports both 'rpm' and 'deb' packages through its install and upgrade scripts ('buff', 'Buff', 'sudobuff' and 'sudoBuff').
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Shadowgrounds Survivor Coming to Linux
http://www.2404.org –
Frozenbyte has announced an agreement with Linux specialist company IGIOS Ltd to port "Shadowgrounds Survivor" to Linux.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
winetricks 20080314 released
http://wine-review.blogspot.com –
Today Dan Kegel released a new and improved WineTricks that brings in support for Microsoft's Visual C++ libraries. With the help of the Visual C++ libraries most small .net applications should start to run in Wine, this update also has a fix for a multiple selection bug that some people have run into.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Flash CS3 and Photoshop CS3 running in Wine
http://wine-review.blogspot.com –
It looks as if Wine might be supporting Adobe's Flash CS3 as well as Photoshop CS3 on Linux in the near future. With the recent help from Google to get Photoshop CS and CS2 working properly in Wine a huge chunk of the underlying architecture work was put in place for CS3 application support. There are still a number of bugs that need to be triangled and fixed before CS3 is properly supported but this is great news none the less.
Read more »- Login to post comments
GNU findutils 4.4.0 is released
http://groups.google.com –
"I am pleased to announce the release of version 4.4.0 of GNU findutils. GNU findutils is a set of software tools for finding files that match certain criteria and for performing various operations on them..." -- manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/find.html
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Building a highly functional desktop with lightweight software
http://www.linux.com –
When my girlfriend visits me, she has to work on a mini PC while I use my laptop to finish whatever I postponed at the office. Her PC has a 1GHz VIA processor and 128 MB of RAM and runs Ubuntu.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
24 Hours with Hardy
http://ubuntukids.org –
By which I mean my first 24 hours or so of screen time. I have to say I’m very impressed. Every edition of Ubuntu I’ve used (started with Breezy) has been excellent but often seemed a bit immature - which is not a criticism and is to be expected from a new product.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Having a Hardy day - Ten steps helping you not to have a hard time upgrading
http://www.screenage.de –
So just before the first beta I finally updated my production machine to Hardy after feeling bad about not giving enough effort in testing for the last weeks. In one short sentence: It worked! In a longer sentence: It worked quite well, but…
Read more »- Login to post comments
Wine 1.0 Release Criteria updated
http://wine-review.blogspot.com –
On March 15th Dan Kegel sent a email to the wine-devel mailing list with a outline of the new release schedule for Wine 1.0
Read more »- Login to post comments
External projectors/monitors with GNU/Linux
http://andrearatto.homeunix.org –
When giving a presentation you have to get the projector working quickly and correctly otherwise it might get embarrassing. Many laptops have a special button to control the external screen but that does not always work with Linux or with some configurations, as sometimes there are too many things for the computer to figure out. Best thing to do is learn a couple of commands to control the external VGA output and do the thinking ourselves.
Read more »- Login to post comments
openSuse 10.3 Impressions
http://africanxpression.co.za –
I recently upgraded from openSuse 10.2 to openSuse 10.3, I did it the usual way, formatted my Linux partition and installed the new version. Just like 10.2, 10.3 installed without a hitch, recognized all my hardware, except my ATI Radeon X1300(more about this demonic device later).
Read more »- Login to post comments
Saving YouTube Flash Videos
http://www.cookingwithlinux.com –
If you've ever wanted to save those videos you watch on YouTube, you've no doubt looked to (or wondered about) various Firefox plugins or programs to do the job. Well, no need to go hunting and installing. The whole process is a lot easier than you think.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Creating brochures in OpenOffice.org Writer
http://openoffice.blogs.com –
If you're creating a brochure on folded letter-sized or A4 paper, you need to make sure the pages come out printed in the right order. It's not too tough, but a few tips in this article make it easier.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Suppressing the page number on page 1 in OpenOffice Writer is now a lot easier
http://openoffice.blogs.com –
Doing pagination that's a little advanced can be more complex than it needs to be. A new extension makes it all a lot easier.
Read more »- Login to post comments
