Archive for the ‘Finding The Right Linux For You’ Category

Which Ubuntu?

Posted by Rom Feria on February 23rd, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

Whilst most Linux users are looking for the proper distribution for their use, there are also those who are choosing between the different ubuntu flavors, namely Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu. How do yo…

Ubuntu wins over Fedora

Posted by Rom Feria on February 21st, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

No, there is no shoot-out whatsoever, silly! :)

Just like standards, linux distributions are far too many – each one catering to the personal whim of the "developer(s)". However, there are…

Linspuntu? Ubunspire?

Posted by Rom Feria on February 9th, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

What is in a name? :) I am just kidding! Linspire will still be Linspire but with a new Ubuntu core rather than Debian. With this new development along with Linspire's recent Click-N-Run announcem…

Spotlight on New Linux Distros

Posted by Rom Feria on February 1st, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

Please do not get tired of hearing about new Linux distributions. This is both the good and the bad aspect of open source – good in the sense that you are free to create your own distribution and bad …

OpenSUSE 10.2 Live DVD

Posted by Rom Feria on January 31st, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

Another distribution upgraded. :) What makes this upgrade interesting is its kernel, version 2.6.20-rc4. This kernel has the user-mode-linux (UML) virtualization included. Since this is a Live DVD, yo…

CNR for all

Posted by Rom Feria on January 24th, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

Linspire's Click N' Run (CNR) Service, originally available to Linspire and Freespire linux distributions only, will soon be available for other distributions. In its recent press release, CNR…

New Knoppix and DSL versions

Posted by Rom Feria on January 18th, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

Damn Small Linux (DSL), a 50MB Linux distribution, just released its latest version, 3.2.

Knoppix also released its version 5.1.1. Knoppix is the very first LiveCD distribution that I have tried and…

Tux in a Tux?

Posted by Rom Feria on January 12th, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

Want to test a new Linux distro but you do not want to mess up with your existing installation? Want to test the latest and greatest linux kernel before it is released but do not have a spare computer…

System z

Posted by Rom Feria on January 3rd, 2007 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

IBM's System z running Linux seems to be cheaper to run as compared against a farm of servers, each running specific applications. Illuminata analyzed data provided by IBM to conclude that "I…

Fedora Core 6 LiveCD

Posted by Rom Feria on December 22nd, 2006 under Finding The Right Linux For You • No Comments

RedHat's David Zeuthen announces Fedora Core 6 Zod Live CD and Live CD Tools.

After lots of feedback, bug fixing and testing of the beta live CD
announced 3 weeks ago, I'm pleased to announce…