The long awaited SimplyMEPIS 7.0 was finally released just before Christmas, and it was worth the wait. In this mature and sometimes underrated operating system, everything looks good and works well.

Arch Linux, which was inspired by the CRUX is an i686 optimized lightweight distribution with a great package management tool. Arch releases usually contain a core cd image (~160 MB) that has a core system without any graphical servers and an FTP install image (~30 MB) with which you can install the entire OS from an FTP server.

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has confirmed (last November) his commitment of giving 50,000 laptops to Ethiopia. The importance of the funding is its exemplary nature - it is model for other European countries and the EU itself to follow.

You'll cry, you'll laugh... but only out of exasperation. This is a talkback on znet by some fool who is completely clueless. Obviously, the responding comments are funny... but it does make you despair, a little.

I walked into a Best Buy the other day. We are seeking some price discounts on thumb drives...our K4K kids will need them soon and we need to purchase them in bulk. Just price shopping, but as always, my Linux Hat is on and I usually do not pass an opportunity to spread the word. Even to folks who have obviously heard of Linux or maybe have even tried it on occasion.

"In cooperation with the Media Education Foundation and La Lutta, Free Culture @ NYU is screening Freedom of Expression®: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property at 9pm on Thursday, January 31..."

"Here is a simple way to get apache2 installed with a self signed SSL cert in Gutsy. First install all the dependencies..."

Nanjing University and a company in Nanjing filed a patent at SIPO for Method to boot Linux operating system from mobile harddisk