Linpus Linux is a Fedora based distro that was designed to support the Asian market with Unicode support. However, Linpus is available in English, as well as several other languages, from their website. The Linpus Linux Lite version reviewed here is designed to be a simple to use and low memory usage for the Netbook [...]
Zenwalk 6.01 is a Linux Distro that aims to modern, user-friendly, and fast. They offer four versions for download on their website: Standard desktop OS Core version – for minimal installation. This can be used as a server, or as a starting point for desktop users to then install whatever packages they need rather than [...]
It was an uneasy breakup. Kubuntu and I had parted about two months ago rather abruptly after I had installed 9.02. After a nearly four year love affair between us, I felt that I had been jaded. The new KDE 4.1 Plasma desktop was awkward and things just didn’t seem right. Numerous crashes. Not knowing [...]
Xubuntu is Ubuntu’s official “Lite” version. Their tagline “Linux for human beings” sort of makes me chuckle – as if the other flavors of unix are for monkees and aliens? Xubuntu has set out to do what a number of comparable distros are also vying for, ‘the minimalist’ side of Linux. They claim that Xubuntu [...]
Instant-On – 1 second boot As we reported last week, Monta Vista has devised a way to boot Linux in 1 second. Dell and others are working on a joint-project “Instant-On” which will boot their laptops in one second using Linux OS. Dell Latitude ON is already available with Instant-On to bypass Windows and give [...]
NULL pointer dereference bug Published reports say that the fully updated Linux Kernel can be attacked. The attack can occur on patches to the Linux kernel that has not been implemented yet in most distros. Linux Kernel 2.6.30 and 2.6.31 Affected Only The null reference bug vulnerability is located in several parts of Linux, including [...]
Mepis 8.0 Linux is a Linux distro designed for ease of use and suitable even for beginners. Mepis is built on Debian 5.0 stable core with the 2.6.27 Linux kernel and comes in a 32bit and 64bit version. You can download from the Mepis mirror sites here. Their motto is “SimplyMEPIS just works!” We decided [...]
WattOS Beta 3 is a lightweight Linux Distro geared towards running on less energy and for recycled or low power computers without compromising on features or performance that you’d expect from a full power system. Their motto “Light, Fast, Now” seeks to provide a low-energy full featured Linux distro. Beta 3 released this week, which [...]
Google recently announced their intentions for launching Google Chrome OS (Operating System). According to their blog release, the Google Chrome Operating System will first be targetted at Netbook users. Google plans to release their code to Open Source later this year, and make it available commericially in 2010. On their official blog, Google asks for [...]
Vector Linux is a popular Linux Distro whose motto is “speed, performance, stability”. Version 6.0 was released in February 2009. Their stated goal is to “Keep it simple, keep it small and let the end user decide.” Having said that, this end user decided to see what was cooking at Vector. Xfce Desktop – GNOME [...]