linux distribution

A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Linux Today  Fri, 02/10/2012 - 12:03

ZDNet UK: "he current rankings on DistroWatch have been taken by some as evidence that Linux Mint has overtaken Ubuntu as the most popular Linux distribution by a healthy margin.

The culprit, under this analysis, is Ubuntu's latest desktop user interface — Unity."


 

Linux Mint 12's Three Desktops

Linux Today  Tue, 11/22/2011 - 08:03

Linux and Open Source: "The popular Linux distribution, Mint, will be giving its users three different distinct flavors of the GNOME for their desktop in its next release, Linux Mint 12, Lisa."


 

Is Ubuntu Becoming a Poor Man's OS X?

Linux Today  Tue, 10/18/2011 - 11:02

Datamation: "Using a Linux distribution sponsored by someone who has shared his views on OS X's aesthetic aspects (Mark Shuttleworth) seems like a pretty good option for the would-be Apple fan."


 

The Air Force's secure Linux distribution

Linux Today  Fri, 09/30/2011 - 07:00

ZDnet:Linux has long had a close, working relationship with governments, but Lightweight Portable Security (LPS) is the first official U.S.

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CentOS goes continuous

Linux Today  Wed, 09/28/2011 - 03:00

InternetNews: The CentOS Linux distribution has a problem.


 

First beta for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot released

Linux Today  Thu, 09/01/2011 - 18:56

The H Open: Canonical and the Ubuntu developers have released the first beta for version 11.10 of their Linux distribution


 

Digging deeper with Gentoo Linux

Linux Today  Mon, 08/29/2011 - 06:00

The H Open: Gentoo is not like other Linux distribution.


 

The Other Side of Red Hat – an interview with Craig Muzilla

Linux Today  Mon, 07/25/2011 - 19:07

Linux User and Developer: "Craig Muzilla, vice president and general manager of the Middleware business unit at Red Hat, is a busy man.

While Red Hat is known for its Linux distribution(s), the company acquired a major enterprise software business in JBoss.

That was back in 2006, when words like 'SOA' and 'AJAX' were all the rage."


 

ArchBang: A small review

Linux Today  Thu, 07/21/2011 - 03:00

Rolling Programmer: rchBang is a simple GNU/Linux distribution, which provides you with a lightweight Arch Linux system combined with the Openbox Window Manager.


 

Mageia 1.0 review

Linux Today  Tue, 06/21/2011 - 09:01

LinuxBSDos.com: "Mageia is a Linux distribution forked from Mandriva Linux by former contributors and members of Mandriva, As expected, there was a flurry of activities between the announcement of the fork of the distribution and the first official release."