distros

TechRadar: Try something different from the world of Linux

Linux Planet: This past week new development in the Linux kernel as well as distros and desktops once again proved that the summer is not a vacation time for open source developers.

Tech Drive-in: "If you are not at all able to adjust with the revamped albeit buggy Unity desktop, there are a bunch of absolutely awesome Ubuntu based distros which runs on other interfaces like KDE, XFCE, LXDE etc."

Unixmen: Open your eyes and try out some new distros

TechSource: Some distros really are just a joke, aren't they?

Tuxmachines: "After laying-off a significant portion of its employees, is Mandriva going to remain a viable distribution?

While many distros, including Mandriva, are furiously working on their Spring 2011 releases, Mandriva announced a two-week slip from their previously announced release dates."

Tech Drive-in: "Bodhi Linux is NOT yet another Ubuntu based Linux distro. Bodhi Linux is among a very few number of Ubuntu based distros that run Enlightenment(E17) window manager instead of the popular alternatives like GNOME or KDE."

Eye on Linux: "These are hard times, and a lot of people are hurting financially. Jobs and money are hard to come by, and many folks are just getting by.

It turns out that even your favorite distro developers could use a few bucks to help them keep churning out new & updated distros for desktop use."

The Blog of Helios: "We're all aware of the Distro Wars. Some of us are bloodied warriors...."

Worldlabel: "Although the Document Foundation doesn't yet offer .deb binaries for these distros, you can use the provided .rpm packages to install LibreOffice on a machine running Ubuntu or Debian."