Good-Bye Ubuntu, Hello PCLinuxOS
linuxplanet.com — After almost two years of relying on Kubuntu and Ubuntu, your editor has had enough. Farewell faithful *buntus, hello and welcome PCLinuxOS. Will PCLinuxOS work out better? Will I pine for the good old alliterative animal days? Will I become dissatisfied with PCLinuxOS and swap it out for something else? Is any Linux good enough? (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
Firefox 3.5 Speed Freak: Faster Development and Performance
linuxplanet.com — Firefox 3.5 was originally intended to be Firefox 3.1; a fairly minor update with small fixes and improvements. But it took on a life of its own, and major work was accomplished in a short time. Sean Michael Kerner investigates how these happy accomplishments came about. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
Before Ubuntu Was SimplyMepis: A Long-Term Review
linuxplanet.com — Despite being overshadowed by the popularity of Ubuntu in recent years, SimplyMepis is still one of the most friendly desktop distributions in the Linux landscape. Installation is easy, as most Linuxes are these days, but that's only the first step. Susan Linton reports on how SimplyMepis performs over the long run. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
Ubuntu and Fedora Replace init with Upstart
linuxplanet.com — The venerable Linux init system is not up to the job of managing modern dynamic hardware and processes; if a device is not present at boot, then init cannot control it. Upstart is hotplug-aware, and first appeared as an init replacement in Ubuntu, and now Fedora has adopted it. Juliet Kemp gives us a guided tour in this two-part series. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
Is Gnome Desperately Chasing KDE?
linuxplanet.com — Gnome 3 will introduce a new vision of usability and rapid change, rather than continuing with the incremental growth and gradual changes of Gnome 2. Gnome 3 may be just as ambitious and disruptive as KDE4. Will it work? Will users accept it? Bruce Byfield gazes into his tea leaves and tries to figure out how it will all work out. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
Silly Linux Myths Exposed: Linux Has Great Hardware Support
linuxplanet.com — There is a silly myth that Linux hardware support is poor and requires a lot of manual tweaking. In reality it is excellent, and for the majority of devices is easier and better than any other operating system. It still pays to shop carefully; Matt Hartley guides us past the rough spots. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
Microsoft's Patent War On Linux: TomTom Settles, Linux Loses
linuxplanet.com — What Microsoft really wants from TomTom isn't money, but building fear about Linux in other companies. Microsoft wants you to believe you need a Microsoft license to deploy Open Source software. Bruce Perens analyzes the unfortunate outcome of the TomTom/Microsoft patent settlement. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
Getting Rid of Secret Nasty Flash Cookies on Linux
linuxplanet.com — Flash cookies are the secret nasties of using the Flash player on any platform, and most computer users don't even know they exist. Like HTTP cookies, it is rather naive to assume that they are always used for our benefit. In this two-part series, Carla Schroder shows the Adobe way and then the Linux way of managing Flash cookies. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
7 Excellent Linux Apps You May Not Know About
linuxplanet.com — Everyone is writing "Foo Best Linux Application" lists all full of good Linux apps, so here are my own 7 Best Excellent Linux Apps You May Not Have Been Introduced To Yet. They're good applications I've been using and enjoying, all 100% genuine Free/Open Source software and not crusted with proprietary baggage. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
Tiny Core Linux -- A Minimal Distro with Big Possibilities
linuxplanet.com — Why are there so many Linuxes? Because one size does not fit all. Paul Ferrill introduces us to Tiny Linux, a complete distribution in ten (count 'em, 10!) megabytes that lets you add just the pieces you need to get your job done. (Submitted by tuxchick) More...
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