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Reviewer finds Ubuntu good, but not good enough —
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Jan. 3, 2006) —
 I can understand why many people love Ubuntu and its KDE-interfaced brother, Kubuntu. However, neither one is a perfect fit for me.
First, the good news: although they go by different names, there's really no fundamental difference between the Ubuntu brothers. ...
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Hunting for the perfect Linux Media Center —
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Dec. 29, 2005) —
Over at NewsForge, Jay Lyman does a good job of explaining why HP's Media Hub, a Linux media system, came to nothing. He also talks with some analysts and people in the business about why Linux media centers haven't appeared.
That's all well and good, but Lyman doesn't ...
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The Great Drupal Web blogging project, Part 1 —
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Dec. 28, 2005) —
I may be good at some things, but I'm lousy at making Web sites. Oh, I know my way around HTML, and I'm decent at Macromedia's Dreamweaver, but just because I know how to paint, doesn't make me Van Gogh. ...
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Using a liveCD as your Linux Desktop —
A guest column by Frank Richards (Dec. 22, 2005) —
Most of the "Desktop" Linux liveCD distributions (distros) are meant to to be used for trying out or demoing Linux before installing them to your hard drive. Popular distros like Ubuntu, Mepis, and PCLinuxOS are good examples and in my mind are some of the best offerings. I've been there ...
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A sneaky Linux present for a Windows-using friend —
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Dec. 20, 2005) —
Want a really, really sneaky way to get your Windows loyalist friends to give Linux a try? Boy, does Chris Ward, an IBM software engineer, have an idea for you!
In an IBM DeveloperWorks article, Ward describes how to put together a Linux LiveCD.
What's that, you say? ...
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Taking KDE 3.5 for a ride with SUSE —
by Steven J. Vaughan Nichols (Dec. 19, 2005) —
 If you're like a lot of KDE users, you probably want to give the latest and greatest version of the popular Linux desktop environment a try. However, if you're like a lot of newer users, you're also not quite sure how to go about ...
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Damn, I like Damn Small Linux —
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Dec. 5, 2005) —
Some Linux distributions are more just clever tricks than anything useful.
Take, oh I don't know, the Free60 Project, which means to bring Linux to the Xbox 360 game console. Interesting to do? Sure, for those with a hackerish turn of mind. Useful if, like 99.9 percent of ...
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Hacking OpenSUSE —
by Jem Matzan (Dec. 2, 2005) —
Foreword: There's more to SUSE Linux than simply installing it and going to work. To get the most from the operating system, you'll probably want to do some post-install fine tuning. This article by Jem Matzan explains how to: add download sources to YaST; install the Mozilla Thunderbird email client; ...
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Installing SUSE Linux 10.0 on a laptop —
by Steven J. Rosen (Dec. 1, 2005) —
Foreword: Thinking about installing the latest SUSE Linux? If so, be sure read this excellent, comprehensive article about installing SUSE Linux 10.0 on a laptop. Author Steven J. Rosen, a software developer for two decades, has primarily used Linux on his home machines for four years, including Mandrake/Mandriva and Fedora ...
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The Desktop Linux Book Roundup —
(Updated May10, 2007) —
 With so many interesting desktop-oriented Linux books published on an ongoing basis, we thought it would be valuable to create a convenient "Desktop Linux Book Roundup." We plan to update the Roundup on a continuing basis, so be sure to check back now and then ...
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First look: SUSE 10 -- where's the dot-one? —
by Alan Canton (Oct. 18, 2005) —
After a long, slow download from impacted servers, I've got the new SUSE 10 running.
The install went well, except that it wouldn't boot from the hard disk! That's because I had my machine's BIOS drive-configuration for my SATA drives set to "PATA legacy" on the secondary channel... ...
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First look: SUSE 10, on the Road —
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Oct. 13, 2005) —
I'm on vacation this week. For me, though, vacation includes carrying around my Linux-powered laptop.
So while, you're going to have to wait for a while for my full review of SUSE 10, I had to let you know sooner than later about how SUSE 10 handles on the road....
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Linux thin clients revitalize student desktops —
by Steve Hargadon (Oct. 7, 2005) —
This summer, I attended the 2005 National Educational Computing Convention (NECC) in Philadelphia, where I was invited by the show's organizers to set up an LTSP demonstration lab for the show's attendees....
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Introducing "Linux Made Easy" —
by Rickford Grant (Sep. 27, 2005) —
 Foreward: In this interesting article, Rickford Grant, author of Linux Made Easy introduces his book and explains the rationale behind it. Grant bases his assertion that "Linux is easy" on Xandros 3, generally considered one of the most user-friendly desktop Linux distributions....
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An introduction to Zenwalk 1.2 —
by Claus Futtrup (Sep. 19, 2005) —
 Zenwalk 1.2, a successor to Minislack 1.1, was released on August 12th. It's the same distribution, but with a new name. The change reflects Minislack's desire to distance itself from its Slackware roots and make it appear to be a distribution of its own....
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The enterprise desktop PC is obsolete: what you should do about it —
a guest column by Mark Rais (Sep. 13, 2005) —
Foreword -- In this guest column, Mark Rais asserts that enterprise PCs are getting set to go the way of the dinosaur, to be replaced by a client/server approach reminiscent of yesteryear's mainframes and minicomputers. But this time around, the client/server model will have a distinctly 21st Century characteristic: LTSP....
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A conversation with the creator of Puppy Linux —
(Jul. 14, 2005) —
 Foreword -- After publishing the review of Puppy Linux by Michael C. Barnes, we couldn't resist siccing the little canine critter on our 4-year-old 366MHz Pentium II Vaio PCG-Z505R notebook. Following some initial experimentation, we managed to coax the Vaio into dual-booting the Puppy ...
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A Linux newbie's introduction to Minislack —
by Claus Futtrup (Jul. 5, 2005) —
 Foreword -- After a decade of admiring Linux from afar, Claus Futtrup finally takes the plunge, choosing to dual-boot his Windows 98 system with Minislack. In this guest column, Futtrup explains why he selected Minislack, and relates his experiences with installing, configuring, and using it ...
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Joseph Cheek speaks about Mandriva's acquisition of Lycoris —
(Jun. 15, 2005) —
  Foreword -- Desktop Linux distributor Lycoris has been acquired by Mandriva, the company resulting from the April merger of Mandrake and Conectiva. We asked Lycoris founder Joseph Cheek what the deal means for current and future Lycoris and Mandriva users and developers....
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Using Rexx for easy Desktop Linux scripting —
by Howard Fosdick (May 28, 2005) —
Foreword: This article by Howard Fosdick, author of the Rexx: Programmer's Reference, tells you everything you need to know to get started using Rexx on your Linux desktop. Linux features powerful scripting languages like Bash and Perl, but these may not be suitable for end user scripting. ...
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Getting to know Puppy Linux —
by Michael C. Barnes (May 18, 2005) —
Foreword: In this informative article, guest columnist Michael C. Barnes provides an introduction to Puppy Linux, a "small Linux distribution" that offers an "amazing" combination of speed, size, completeness, and ease-of-use. ...
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Results from the 2004 Desktop Linux Market survey —
(Updated May 6, 2005) —
DesktopLinux.com had questions, and 3,841 readers chimed in with their answers. We've gathered the data on distributions, window managers, email clients, web browsers, and more in the 2004 Desktop Linux Market survey -- and some of the results are surprising!...
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Choosing an upgrade path from Windows 98 —
by Michael C. Barnes (Apr. 15, 2005) —
Foreword: In this tutorial-style article, Michael C. Barnes outlines a strategy to avoid costly upgrades from Windows 98 to Windows XP -- in terms of both hardware and software -- by upgrading to Linux, instead. Barnes reviews the typical requirements of computers used for relatively generic purposes, and shows how ...
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The role of WINE in Linux desktop enterprise migration strategies —
a guest column by Jon Parshall and Jeremy White (Mar. 29, 2005) —
Foreword: This whitepaper by Codeweavers COO Jon Parshall and CEO Jeremy White takes a detailed look at the potential value of WINE ("Wine Is Not an Emulator") as an ingredient in a strategy for enterprise migration from Windows to Linux desktops. ...
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SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 for Retail Businesses
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