SliTaz, a GNU/Linux distribution which weighs in at only 25 megabytes, recently caught my eye and as a fan of light-weight distributions I had to check it out.
Everything is fairly straight forward. During the boot process it asks you a few simple questions regarding your preferred locale, keymap …
read moreThe latest install images for Archlinux (2008.04-RC) were released today and I figured I would make a quick tour for it.
In this release grub launches instead of the CD dropping you to a boot: prompt. The grub menu gives you a multitude of choices and I have to …
read moreI was finally able to convince my sister to make the switch to GNU/Linux a few months back and I am pleased to say that she is still happily chugging along with it.
She is not computer savvy and was initially being worried that her pictures and other files …
read moreI just finished reading an interview by LinuxWorld in which they interviewed Jeremy Allison.
It was an interesting read, but the bottom of page two caught my eye.
read moreLinuxWorld: One of the persistent rumors that’s going around is that certain large IT customers have already been paying Microsoft for …
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group have announced today that they are combining their resources to form the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux.
The consortium will allow them to unify and dedicate more of their resources and services …
read moreDamn Small Linux 3.2 has been released. In case you have never heard of it, it is a fast and light weight GNU/Linux distribution that weighs in at 50MB. It is pretty convenient to carry around with you on a thumb drive.
If you are interested in finding …
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