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computex Linux found in Israel
Original at ZDNet
• Tue, Jun 16
CEO of a Linux distro that was active at the show, called Affordy, based in Tel Aviv with a US office in New Haven, Conn. Affordy makes TITAN LEV (Linux Extended Version), a distro designed for Windows users. It comes bundled with 150 applications, ...
Is Xandros a Linux distro, a marketing machine or a Microsoft stooge?
Original at iTWire
• Mon, Jun 15
Australia Xandros began life as Corel Linux, a Debian-based distribution which was acquired along with the development team behind the product from Corel Corporation in August 2001. This came nine months or so after Corel's announcement to sell off completely ...
The H Week
Original at The H
• Sat, Jun 13
UK On Monday the H Open Source reported on the release of Tiny Core Linux 2.0 , a minimal Linux desktop distro designed to run out of a USB memory stick on minimal hardware and Micro Core Linux 2.0, a version of Tiny Core without the X environment. ...
Chinese Linux distro taps new Qt SDK
Original at Linux News
• Fri, Jun 12
Qt Software announced that Red Flag Software will start using the SDK (software development kit) for the Qt development framework as part of its Red Flag Software Linux Desktop 7.0 distribution. Red Flag Linux is the most widely used Linux desktop ...
Linux The First To Support USB 3.0 Although There Is No Hardware ...
Original at Soft Sailor
• Fri, Jun 12
She said that she's working with Keve Gabbert in order to ensure that Ubuntu and Red Hat will “pick up” the xHCI driver as soon as possible, but if you are an advanced user then you can developer your own Linux distro kernel. Sarah Sharp says that USB ...
How To: Tutorial: Build Your Own Linux Distro
Original at PC Plus
• Thu, Apr 9
UK We're used to thinking of Linux distributions being set in stone. They're either KDE or Gnome, use a certain kernel and bundle certain applications. But this doesn't have to be the case. If you find yourself making the same adjustments each time you ...
How To: TUTORIAL: Install Mandriva Linux Free 2009Original at YouTube
• Mon, Mar 9
By rss@youtube.com (weirderkki) Author: weirderkki Keywords: tutorial install Mandriva Linux Free 2009 distro Ubuntu Kubuntu Xubuntu Gobuntu Sabayon Gentoo OpenSUSE sun virtual machine PC computer operating system Windows XP Vista Apple Mac OS Added: March 9, 2009
How To: installing software via synapticOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Feb 1
By rss@youtube.com (clebus) I'm fed up of hearing people say Linux is hard to use. If you download a distro like Ubuntu, it's really no more difficult to use than windoze. This video shows you how to download and install software using the "Synaptic Package Manager"
Patch: What's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
Original at Heise Online
• Fri, Jan 23
IT Examiner Germany - Red Hat has released version 5.3, the third update of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 operating system, first introduced in March 2007. ... Red Hat revs Enterprise Linux distro Register TITLE: Red Hat update for kernel SecuObs
Podcast: Will HP Do a Linux Distro?
Original at Dvorak Uncensored
• Wed, Oct 29
By John C Dvorak LinkedIn to support an app platform for no known reason. Xbox 360 to hook into the new Netflix streaming. It will be HD! Ozzie says Azure is an Operating System as a Service. HP in the news with netbook stories and perhaps an HP Linux! Windows 7, they say, will be perfect for notebooks. The [...]
Top 10 Command Line Tools
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Jul 30
By Kevin Purdy Note: Mac OS X and Linux users have robust command line interfaces baked right into their systems. To get to them, head to Applications->Utilities->Terminal in Finder. It varies in Linux, depending on your distro and interface, but a "terminal" can usually be found in an "Accessor...
TurboLinux's Wizpy bootable Linux PMP reviewed
Original at Engadget
• Thu, Jun 28
By Thomas Ricker We witnessed the birth of TurboLinux's Wizpy, watched it strike out in earnest and eventually earn a living on the mean, PMP streets. So how has the wee, bootable Linux distro cum PMP fared? Well, according to a review over at LinuxLookup, it's a nice piece of kit and all although a bit finick...