linux distros

Using virtual machines for testing software is great. I can try out anything I want, and there’s never any risk of trashing my main dev machine (which avoids hours of lost coding time!).

I’ve been using virtual machines since the 1990′s, and frankly I couldn’t develop without them. (I’ve also got a lot of experience running a private cloud of VMs for one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies, but that’s a topic for another day or maybe a conversation over a nice whisky at one of the upcoming conferences ;)

Tech Drive-in: "Joli OS 1.2 is a very interesting project. It is basically an Ubuntu based Linux distro optimized to work in netbooks and other older computer hardware.

When you think about it, there is not much choice for netbook users as far as Linux distros are concerned."

Datamation: Can't we all just get along? (apparently not)

ZDNet Photo Galleries: "Linux seems to offer a distribution for every occasion. Among these obscurer flavors are a few that you may not have encountered, but could be just what you need."

GeekTrio: "Linux is all around us. From phones to firewalls, from Macs to PCs, it's getting hard to find electronics that don't run Linux.

Over the years, there have been many distributions (normally called distros) of Linux. Some are full-featured, others are very small, some are general purpose, and others are designed for specific tasks.

Love it or hate it, Linux is here to stay."

Announced recently, Microsoft’s Hyper-V Linux Integration Services v. 2.1 enables those using the Hyper-V virtualization platform to integrate it with Linux for support in that area – in essence, data centers with multiple operating systems deployed can take advantage of Hyper-V to provide support for all of the OSes. 

TuxRadar: "We're going to deliberately sidestep the jargon and the hype to take a practical look at the virtualisation technologies in Ubuntu, in particular KVM and Qemu and the related userspace tools that create and manage virtual machines.

Although the discussion centres on Ubuntu, the technology is applicable to all Linux distros."

TotalLinux: "Ubuntu has topped the charts at Distrowatch since it's release, closely followed by the likes of the other Top 10 distros like Debian (the father of Ubuntu), Mint, Fedora, Suse, Mandriva et al.

But what about all the other distros that haven't made it to Distrowatch yet?"

Datamation: "Over the years I've witnessed desktop Linux distros evolve dramatically – change the very core of the way we look at how an operating system interacts with its users.

However, I still find plenty of forum posts on the Web stating that Linux as a platform still lacks suitable parental controls."

Tech Source From Bohol: "So I'm thinking I may never be impressed with Chrome OS if it can't beat or at least be at par with any of these distros:"