A cool collection of Google logos over the years. From 1998 to almost now.

For nearly the last three years Oracle has been offering its own supported version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux - all the while claiming binary compatibility. As it turns out though, Oracle and Red Hat don't agree on few key things, like file systems and virtualization.

In my early days of using Linux (around 2000) I used to always install GNOME as well as KDE. I wanted to be proficient in both and had no bias to either one. But then the GNOME developers decided to force everyone

This tutorial shows how you can set up a PCLinuxOS 2009.1 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

My review of Open Solaris 2008.05 was a rant of a dissatisfied Linux user, who found the fresh new Open Solaris desktop edition to be too messy and difficult for daily usage. I decided to try the latest release, Open Solaris 2008.11.

A few years ago, Xfce had a reputation as a lightweight desktop that made few concessions to inexperienced users. However, the Xfce 4 series of releases have shown steady improvements in usability, and version 4.6 is no exception.

If you have played and liked the open source Worms clone Wormux, then you should definitely try Hedgewars. It's a turn-based strategy game featuring teams of hedgehogs battling on destructible terrain. Hedgewars includes lots of fun weapons, great sound effects, can generate random maps or play pre-made ones, and includes a good computer AI as well as online play.

Amavisd-new acts as a connecting point between Spamassassin, Clamav and Postfix. This is important to remember because much of the configuration that would seem to be done on Spamassasin directly, actually occurs in the amavisd-new configuration file.