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Review: Archbang Linux
Two years ago I reviewed Arch Linux. My conclusion at the time – great if you have to control every aspect of your system, but it’s not for me. I later used it on my Pogo Plug to set up a file and print server and it definitely has its merits. I know, generally speaking,…
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The State of Desktop Search on Linux
Desktop search is one of those techs that keeps coming back and never really sticking. At least that’s how it seems to me. Look at how giddy I was about Beagle back in 2006. And I tried it and it was, generally, pretty awesome. It really worked well. It was like the speed of locate…
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Leaving CrunchBang Linux for Lubuntu
I first migrated to CrunchBang Linux because they kept talking about it on Linux Outlaws. Specifically they mentioned how fast it was and, if I recall correctly, Fab was using it on his netbook. My laptop battery life was quickly dwindling so, if I wanted to be able to use it on a plane, I…
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Guess What? Linux May Not Be for Everyone
I feel like I may have covered bits of this here and there, but I couldn’t find it after a cursory check through my blog. Fanaticism is fanaticism, whether it’s religious or technological it follows the same path. Witness anyone who has just become an evangelical Christian (and it probably extends to other religions) as…
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Review: Tiny Core Linux
The guys over at Linux Outlaws are always talking about Tiny Core Linux because it always seems to be releasing a new version. I was impressed back in the day that Damn Small Linux could have a working Linux distro in only 50 MB. I know that Tiny Core Linux is technically not a full…
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Review: Arch Linux
I’ve been wanting to try Arch Linux for quite some time now. They seem to have a similar aesthetic to Gentoo in that the main mission of Arch is to build your operating system from the ground up. You only add the things you need. So you don’t have any cruft on your system based…
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The Final Linux Review (For Now?)
All good things come to an end. In this specific case I’ve decided to end my tenure reviewing Linux distros. Being a home owner consumes a lot more of my time than being a renter. Doing a quality distro review takes a lot of time – usually at least 2 – 4 hours. And so…
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Review: PCLinuxOS 2009
note: I started writing this months ago when I did the installation and now I am finishing up by looking at the installed distro. PCLinuxOS started as an extra set of packages for Mandriva. Interesting because Mandriva originally started as a KDE version of Red Hat. Eventually, it became its own distro. It became very,…
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Linux Reviews Coming….
This month’s LXF came with SimplyMepis 8, Zenwalk 6, and PCLinuxOS 2009. As soon as I get moved and the world stops turning upside down I’ll get those posted.
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Review: Nova Linux 1.1.2
I recently heard that Cuba had created their own Linux distribution, Nova. Like many other countries with a rocky relationship with the USA (Russia, China, Iran), Cuba is wary of running their entire computer infrastructure on software developed in the USA. As someone of Cuban ancestry, this development piqued my interested and I decided to…
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Review: Crunch Bang Linux 8.10
(ed note: I actually ended up reviewing Crunch Bang Linux 8.10.02 due to a problem with my 8.10 disc) I discovered Crunch Bang Linux (#!) through Linux Outlaws. Fab kept talking about how awesome it was. Then more and more podcasts and people on the tubes started talking about it. So I wrote to Linux…
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Review: Linux Mint 6
The latest LXF magazine arrived with Linux Mint 6, Slackware 12.2, and openSuse 11.1. I was originally going to review openSuse, but I have been unable to successfully boot either into VirtualBox or just by booting my computer and running it as a LiveDVD. (ed. note: I just checked the magazine and they suggested booting…
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Loss of my first Linux box
About a month ago my wife asked me to get rid of the extra POS Linux and BSD computers I was using for my renderfarm. They quite a bit of an eyesore and so I agreed. Unfortunately, in the the group of computers I got rid of was my first ever Linux computer. It ran…
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Great Linux Ad
Now if we could only get this on TV…
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Linux: A True Story
from our friends over at xkcd: