As all of you might be knowing that distro is a short name for Linux Distributions, here I list many distros which have gained a lot ground of late and can be truly called desktop OS. Some information are also appended along with them so that you can make a nice decision. All comments,suggestion and feedback are welcome.
Read more »
Google spice brings out open source aroma
http://www.itwire.com –
It's summer in the United States which means Google's annual season of code is in swing. This event has run over the past three years and is by all measures a successful happening.
Read more »
The Bizarre Cathedral - 10
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com –
Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral by Tony Mobily and Ryan Cartwright.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
‘Anti-FOSS’ Laws Status (DMCA, Contamonisation)
http://boycottnovell.com –
Lawful games are being played against Free software and here we present some new reports.
Read more »- Login to post comments
ODF/OOXML Synopsis: UK Action Status, Microsoft RAND, GPL Exclusion
http://boycottnovell.com –
A look at the latest developments, including Microsoft's semi-hearted support and practical barriers.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Novell, Microsoft… and IBM… Maybe Oracle Too (Part II)
- Login to post comments
Explaining Linux lingo to non-Linux users
http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com –
The other day, I was trying to explain to my wife why I wanted to install Ubuntu on my Eee PC in place of Xandros. She is not tech-stupid. She’s quite tech-savvy actually. She just isn’t that Linux-savvy. I found myself spewing out a whole bunch of words I knew she wouldn’t understand. Why would any normal person know what a distro or a repository is? What’s a kernel? What’s sudo?...
Read more »
- Login to post comments
CPU frequency scaling in Linux
http://idebian.wordpress.com –
The recent CPUs have a feature which let them scale their operating frequency (changing a voltage power supply input) according to the system/user needs. This way, when the entire processor resources are not needed, the system can greatly reduces the overall power consumption, lowering temperatures and fan speed ;) This post addresses the frequency scaling setup in Linux: enjoy
Read more »- Login to post comments
Automate system administration tasks using Nagios
http://johnny.chadda.se –
As a system administrator, one often have to do repetitive tasks such as checking for free disk space, check mail queues and monitor critical services. If there are only a handful of servers, this task may not be very intimidating, but there are many times when there are many servers to monitor, or just for the sake of automation. This is where Nagios comes in.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Gedit plugins for everyone
http://www.linux.com –
If you drift between distributions, one of the first things you might notice is that Gedit, GNOME's text editor, is not always the same on each system. For instance, in Debian, Gedit is a relatively simple text edit, while in Ubuntu, it sprouts features that Debian users may never have seen. The difference is the plugins that each distribution packages with Gedit and enables by default.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Cognex Invalidates Acacia Patent '524; Next? Suing for Business Defamation
http://www.groklaw.net –
Do you remember back in 2005 a company called Cognex took on Lemelson Partnership and won, invalidating 14 of Lemelson's patents? Well, it turns out that after that, they took on Acacia Research, and they just beat them too. Acacia is now minus one of its patents.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Morals, Force and Freedomware
http://www.memeverse.com –
In my last post about Freedomware I tried to define it without relying on the copyright law since I no longer believe in it.
Read more »
Why I Use Gentoo?
http://rahulthewall.wordpress.com –
So, I have been asked this question many times. And of course the assumption is that I am some sort of a masochist who enjoys wasting time on compiling packages. However, that is not entirely true. There are some other reasons why, after trying Ubuntu (started linux with it), Gentoo and then Arch I settled on Gentoo.
Read more »- Login to post comments
The Ubuntu Project: Is Linux Right For Word Workers?
http://copywriterunderground.com –
My six year-old HP laptop has never failed me. But lately, it has been making me wait. It’s running Windows XP, and even after a clean install... it becomes the Little Laptop That Can’t...when you’ve got nothing to lose, you’ve got nothing to lose by trying something new. I went looking for a faster alternative. And found it.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Firefox 3.0 first impressions, part 1: the great, the good
http://tech.blorge.com –
Download Day came and went, boasting an impressive 8 million downloads in the first 24 hours. Today, they’ve almost doubled that number in a little over a half a week later. Now that users have field tested the new product, I’d like to take a look at some of great and not-so-great features and capabilities of the new Firefox.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
