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Sabayon 5.3 Released

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:11:55 +0000

Wikipedia describes sabayon linux as “Sabayon is an Italian dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, a sweet liquor (usually Marsala wine), and sometimes cream or whole eggs. It is a very light custard, which has been whipped to incorporate a large amount of air.”. Sabayon is based on Gentoo, and aimed at ordinary users. Shipped with a nice package manager called entropy it offers support for 64 bit and 32 bit architectures. Unlike Ubuntu, Sabayon by default, has vlc installed which enables the user to play all most all multimedia formats. Sabayon offers Kde and Gnome environment by default. A nice installer framework makes sabayon installation on harddisk a breeze. Try out Sabayon 5.3.

Features of Sabayon 5.3:

Based on GCC 4.4 and Glibc 2.10

Optimized Linux kernal 2.6.34

Faster harddisk installation

ext4, is the default filesystem and offers btrfs filesystem support

Encrypted file system support

Includes Openoffice, W0rld of Goo, X.Org 7.5 , NVIDIA, AMD video drivers,gnome 2.28, kde 4.4.3 and much more.

Check out :

Sabayon Screenshots.

Sabayon forums.

Sabayon Wiki.

Sabayon Installer Guide

Complete information guide to Sabayon

Sabayon Wallpapers

Why people may opt for Sabayon instead of Ubuntu ?

Offers much better appearance than Ubuntu.
Sabayon by default, has much higher support for multimedia and graphic drivers (Nvidia and Ati) than Ubuntu.
Sabayon’s package manager installs software from source, while Ubuntu, uses repositories of pre-compiled software.

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Ubuntu on the other hand, is based on Debian and aptitude package manager. Much smaller in size than Sabayon, canonical even provides free shipping of Ubuntu cds. Ubuntu 10.04 comes with a better software finder, making program installation easier. Try out Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid lynx).

Igelle – Lightweight Operating System for portable computers

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:06:07 +0000

Igelle is a light weight and modern operating system build entirely for portable computers .

Appearance and Ease of use : Igelle offers a light and pleasant appearance with panels similar to Gnome. Igelle is packed with nice animations which donot disturb the user but also adds lightness to the system.Panels and dock offers easy usability.

Software Management and Settings: Epiphany is the standard webbrowser for Igelle. It even offers firefox installation,if the user demands it from add/remove .Other applications that are available for installation in a few clicks, are XChat, Mplayer, and dozens of other things. Igelle supports wine, which enables you to emulate windows programs.

Overall : Igella is a simple operating system with less settings and options, and highly extensible. In my opinion, this system is a nice competitor for Ubuntu Linux. Its simplicity surpasses them in everyday activities, like installing applications without a password.

Visit official website : http://www.igelle.com/

What is new in Kubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 Lucid Lynx

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:50:48 +0000

As the launch of Kubuntu is about to happen, lets have a look at what is more in Kubuntu Alpha 3 Lucid Lynx. Contrary to appearance, the system is not just a simple release of Ubuntu with KDE. Apart from things like screen loading and other obvious stuff, there is a lot of change in Kubuntu 10.04. One of the major change in this release is that it comes with KDE 4.4.0. Kubuntu Alpha comes with 2.6.32-14.20 kernel, X. Org 1.7.5, Amarok 2.3 beta1 and K3B 1.70. We feel that the Kubuntu team tries to distinguish itself from other KDE based operating systems , with more stuff from canonical . One interesting feature of Alpha version is the configuration modules touch pad , which enables the user to turnoff the touchpad, for example when editing or preparing text files.Firefox too is integrated with KDE ,which would be a cause for firefox freaks to switch to kde.

In Alpha3 version you can also enjoy the new packages as recorditnow 0.7, bangarang 1.0.1, fotowall 0.9 and later versions rekonq 0.3.90 etc . As for the part of conclusion Kubuntu 10.04 would be great for netbooks and notebooks too.

Image of Kubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 Lucid Lynx can be downloaded from : http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-3/

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Is ArchLinux, the Linux distro you searched for ?

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:21:03 +0000

If you are a person who have tried many linux distros and couldn’t find the one you needed , then your search has come to an end . ArchLinux would be the answer to your searches . Arch Linux is a highly customizable linux which comes around at 360 mb .iso file , which includes all files needed for a harddisk install . If you are opting for net install or ftp install , then there are ways of doing it too . Arch Linux by default doesnot have a graphical interface . You can choose the graphical interface according to your wish , whether it be gnome , kde, fluxbox , xfce , enlightment and lot more . You can find a nice step by step tutorial which shows you how to install archlinux and customize the archlinux the way that suits it .As you know your desktop manager uses a large portion of your system resources . So choice of desktop environment is of great importance as one can make a linux distro which may be slow and flashy or fast and ugly .

Arch Linux offers support for almost all file systems like ext4 , ext3 , ext2, xfs, jfs , and much more . ArchLinux is great as it takes you out of the hassels of dependencies and libraries . ArchLinux by default , comes with a nice package manager called pacman , which is capable of updating and installing all softwares and applications . Compared to other linux distros , rather than compiling from source packages , archlinux installs from pre-made binaries .ArchLinux offers extreme customization and you can modify it to suit your daily needs . There are a lot of distros based on archlinux . Here is a page that lists out them . Archlinux is perfect for everyone with “do it ourselves” character. ArchLinux is one of the fastest linux distros , especially when run in console . Updating of software packages is done perfectly in archlinux servers too , which provides users with uptodate softwares and applications . Download links and guide to installation can be found in arch official website .

Believe me archlinux is simply a magnificent distro and it is worth a try . I assure you that you will definitely fall in love with archlinux . Feel the joy of tweaking your machine and modifying it the way you need . Happy tweaking …..

Popular Linux Comparisons

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:56:09 +0000

Linux is an operating system which is usually available for free with the full source code , so that you can modify it to suite your needs .Due to this reason , these days there are more than 300 Linux distros . I Will make Linux comparisons for the most popular Linux distributions . Here I present you with the pros and cons of each Linux distribution.

ArchLinux :

ArchLinux enjoys , user customization to a large extent . ArchLinux is meant for customization . ArchLinux can have any desktop environment like gnome , kde or anything else like fluxbox, ratpoison etc . ArchLinux is available for free and supports X86 processors both 32 and 64 bit. ArchLinux , has a package manager named pacman , which has the default package .tar.gz . Pacman does not offer any graphical installation procedure. ArchLinux offers bydefault has no graphical interface and won’t work well on a Live CD/DVD. ArchLinux offers support for ext4 filesystem now.

Centos :

Centos is a highly stable Linux distributions aimed at workstations and servers . Centos , by default has gnome desktop environment . Processor architectures like x86 and IA-64 are supported ..rpm is the default package available for this Linux distro and package manager is named yum/up2date and RPM. Centos supports live cd environment . Centos is not meant for beginners .

Debian :

One of the most popular Linux distributions . Debian stands for stability and is used in servers , workstations and even for general use .Debian has a large number of followers , mainly the most popular distro Ubuntu Linux is based on unstable version of Debian .Debian supports a large number of desktop environments like kde , fluxbox ,gnome ,xfce etc . Desktop managers are usually based on the installation in case of Debian . Debian supports ext4 filesystem and other older stuff like ext3,ext2,jfs and much more.Debian supports almost all processor architectures .

Gentoo :

Highly customizable Linux distro not meant for beginners . It is for everyday use and updates are available almost every week . Gentoo Linux does not possess a default filesystem . Gentoo has one of the largest support for processor architectures , nearly supporting almost all processors . Default package manager in Gentoo Linux is known as portage and default package format is ebuild . Gentoo possess graphical installation facility also.

I will be extending this list with much more linux distros like fedora , ubuntu and much more .. feel free to post your comments .

Beginners Guide to ArchLinux Installation and Customization

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:00:14 +0000

Arch Linux is a highly customizable Linux Distro which is easy to setup and use . Arch Linux is mainly meant for persons with the mentality ” Do it ourselves ” . I was also one of them who tried to install Arch Linux in my computer and atlast succeded in installing this highly customized Linux distribution . As I have seen in many forums that , Arch Linux is not meant for beginners made me to write this post . First thing you need to know is that ” Don’t Panic “. According to me Arch Linux Beginners Guide is a complete perfect , guide to install Arch Linux . It is always better to follow it than to watch any videos , demonstrating how to install Arch Linux . It is because your computer configuration may be different to what is seen in the video .For those who are not having enough time for reading the whole stuff , here is a series of videos which shows how to install and configure Arch Linux in easy steps, . Watch it , feel free to post your questions and comments .

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Arch Linux Screenshots

Linux Mint 8 , Helena Review

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:38:36 +0000

Linux Mint , the Ubuntu based Linux distribution aimed at making ubuntu more , perfect in cases dealing with multimedia. It provides a complete experience by including codecs , plugins and themes making Ubuntu Linux more stylish and user friendly. More to say it is compatible with Ubuntu software repos.

Mint Linux 8 Helena is available for free with Gnome Desktop management. It offers debian package management just like Ubuntu . The default file system is ext4 .Linux Mint 8 even supports ext3,JFS ,ReiserFS and XFS . Multiple languages suite and an OpenOffice ,Office suite is also bundled with Mint 8.Helena comes with linux 2.6.31 kernel .
System Requirements for Linux Mint Helena 8 are the following :
512 mb ram recommended ,and harddisk free space , more than 2.6 gb.

Mozilla Firefox3.5.7 is the default webbrowser and gimp 2.6.8 is the image manipulation tool available with Linux Mint 8 ,Helena. Compiz 0.8.4 offers better eye- candy feel. Mint 8 offers support for ati graphic cards(ati-driver 8.681) and includes ALSA for better sound card support. ( advanced linux sound architecture ).
Whats new in Linux Mint 8. Helena:
Menu improvements
Software Manager improvements.
Update Manager improvements.
Upload Manager fully reloaded.
Gnome 2.28 with wider bluetooth and DVD playback support.
Better appearance with Gnome Colors icon theme and Shiki gtk theme.

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Light weight desktop in linux

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:53:37 +0000

Most of the linux users use either KDE or Gnome desktop environments. Apart from those two,there are many desktop environments available for your linux. LXDE is a definitely one to mention here. The “Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment” claims to be an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment.It comes with an eye candy interface , keyboard shortcuts support and additional features like tabbed file browsing.It curbs very little of your CPU and RAM.It can be very effective when your system resources are limited especially in case of cloud computing.It can be easily installed and configured in Ubuntu. If you are using Ubuntu 9.04 or above then you have LXDE repositories by default.

Installation

If you are using Ubuntu 9.04 or above then take the command line and type in

sudo aptitude install lxde

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GUIDE TO SHIFT SMOOTHLY FROM WINDOWS TO LINUX

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:13:49 +0000

I know you need to shift to Linux from Windows as you can’t afford the side effects of windows. If you are having this feeling then this article is really for you. Like you i too, was a user of Windows and decided to shift to Linux when i was fed up with it. This was mainly because of the virus attacks and lack of stability of Windows . You know once i installed windows XP four times a day. One of my friends advised me to take a look at Linux . I have taken his advice , but soon came back to windows , when i found it was not right for me. But more and more nasty windows events took place and i made my mind to shift to Linux and the first Linux distribution in my life was Knoppix. Later i came to use Ubuntu and the journey in my Linux world continues.
Let me say, these days almost all programs which are for Windows are available for linux, atleast something like that do exist. Here are a list of few programs you should not miss when shifting to linux.
1. vlc player for linux , Mplayer also recommended.
2.Mozilla Firefox (available by default for most distributions).
3.OpenOffice
4.If you are an IRC freak then consider, Xchat
5.Interested in Virtualization , Virtual Box from Sun is a good option.
6.Amarok Music Player
7.For bittorrent clients consider Deluge , Azure, or Ktorrent .
8.K3B for cd burning.
9.GIMP image editor
10.Gwenview , default image viewer for KDE.
11.Text Editor Nano or Emacs or Vi(advanced).

Personally it is best to start with Ubuntu and if needed you can change to other advanced distros. Now Ubuntu 9.10 is available.If you are too skeptic about your Windows XP, then there is smooth shuffle program for linux which transforms your old XP to a virtual machine. Download any Linux distribution and feel the spirit of free software.

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FEDORA 12 REVIEW

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:02:07 +0000

With the release of fedora 12 ,we decided to give it a try with a 64 bit live cd on a Toshiba machine.There is no good difference in appearance with the older editions of fedora ,just some changes in Nautilus icons.What to say,they offer a clear and clean appearance.

Firefox is preloaded with some addons like java and media works.But flash is not present.If needed you can install them.

The overall performance of the system has increased with the new launch.Moreover on the instant messaging companion Pidgin has been replaced with Empathy.The wireless device support is simply amazing and it detects all hardware easily.Bluetooth options have been increased and it even supports file sharing with via bluetooth.

Fedora has introduced a third party product for Fedora called Easy Life which helps you to configure anything you need .

It does the following:

Sets “sudo” command up for your regular user.
Configures RPMFusion repository for extra and non-free software for use.
Installs Flash Player plugin for .swf,.flv file formats.
Installs all kinds of multimedia Codecs for playing video and audio.
Installs additional fonts.
Installs Skype.
Integrates Sun Java with system-switch-java for easy use.
Installs Google applications like Picasa, Desktop etc.
And many others…

Fedora has done a great job considering security and performance in this release .As usual it is easy to use .

fedora 12 screenshots..