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 .

Linux is one of the best operating system available in the market. The main advantages of Linux is that it is free and offers better computing experience.The whole series of videos have been picked from youtube ,so as to provide a base for usage of Ubuntu Linux . Additionally some videos are given simply for fun. So start fire the Linux spirit. Also don’t forget to post your comments.

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Have you ever dreamed to end the trouble of licensing and copyright of Microsoft Windows ,but also not willing to stop using it, as you were using it for years and you may be missing your favourite applications if you shifted to any other OS  like Mac OS or linux.Then there is a good news for you,ReactOS.ReactOS  is an OS developed on windows NT platform completely written from scratch.It is not related to linux but it is a free software licensed under GNU GPL license. which takes you out of all the bottle necks of copyright.

It can work the same way as your Windows XP or Windows 7 or whatever.Fully loaded ,it supports all windows softwares and drivers.It is also having appearance similar to windows operating systems as people are accustomed to using it.ReactOS project reimplements a state-of-the-art and open NT alike operating system based on the NT architecture-design.It includes the strength and power of NT kernel.Considering the case of security it doesn’t share the common security flaws unlike others.ReactOS  incorporates various design decisions from other operating systems like Unix,MacOS etc.

One of the powerful features of reactOS is that it is a lightweight os that can be run in computers with low performance.It is sure to overtake other bloated os in several ways.Considering portability it is just about 35MB in size as an .iso file.

System Requirements

* x86-compatible processor, Pentium or later
* 24 MB  or above, RAM
* FAT16/FAT32 Boot partition
* Standard keyboard and PS/2 compatible  mouse.
* 2 MB VGA graphics adapter
* IDE hard drive of at least 150 MB in size,it even supports SATA harddisks.

Note:Alpha version of ReactOS 0.3.10 is available and not recommended for daily use.For more details visit official site at : http://www.reactos.org.

Screenshots of ReactOS

top 7 linux distributions

SCREENSHOT

Microsoft proves that seven is indeed a lucky and magical number. It would be too, for a company which decided to skip a version 13 for their Office suite to avoid bad luck.

Despite the criticism and negative publicity, Windows Vista was a significant Windows release, and a step forward in the evolution of the Windows operating system.Windows 7 is a marked improvement over Vista all around, and its new features and improvemnts make it a strong competitor for Windows XP as well.

Ironically, Windows 7, isn’t even Windows 7.0! It runs a slightly improved kernel of Windows Vista with a version number of 6.1 much like Windows XP ran an improved Windows 2000 kernel with a version of 5.1 (Windows 2000 was 5.0). However as Microsoft has painfully pointed out on several occasions, this makes Windows 7 no less significant.

Windows 7 will support both 32-bit and 64-bit systems. The bare minimum requirements for the 32-bit include a 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB available hard-disk space, and a DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. 64-bit systems will require at least a 1 GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 20GB of free space on your hard drive, and a DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. A touch-screen monitor is required to take advantage of the native touch features. Do note that some users have claimed to have limited success running the Windows 7 beta with less than 1GB of RAM, but that’s not recommended.

What’s Good
Windows 7 is the biggest step forward in usability since Windows 95. In fact, over half of what makes it better than Vista boils down to user interface improvements and enhancements, not so much actual new features.

Its fancy new user interface—the heart of which is Aero Peek, making every open window transparent except the one you’re focusing on at the moment so you can find what you’re looking for—actually changes the way you use Windows. It breaks the instinct to maximize windows as you’re using them; instead, you simply let windows hang out, since it’s much easier to juggle them. In other words, it radically reorients the UI around multitasking. After six months of using Aero Peek and the new launcher taskbar, going back to Vista’s taskbar, digging through collapsed app bars, or even its Peek-less Alt+Tab feels barbaric and primitive. I wouldn’t mind an Mac OS Exposé ripoff to complete the multitasking triumph, though.

Windows 7 brings back a sense of a tightness and control that was sometimes missing in Vista—there’s a techincal reason for this relating in part to the way graphics are handled—moments where I’ve felt like I wasn’t in control of my PC have been few and far between, even during the beta and release candidate periods. The more chaste User Account Control goes to that—the frequency with which it interrupts you was grating in Vista, like standing under a dripping faucet. But it actually works as Microsoft intended now, with more security, since you’re less likely to repeatedly hammer “OK” to anything that pops up, just so it leaves you the hell alone.

Other super welcome improvements are faster, more logical search—in the Music folder for instance, you can narrow by artist, genre or album—and more excellent file previews, though they’re not quite as awesome as what OS X offers up. (And why aren’t they on by default?) There are lots of little things that make you say, “finally” or “that’s great,” like legit codec support baked in to Windows Media Player, Device Stage when you plug in your gadgets, or the retardiculously awesome background images.

In short, Windows 7 is what Windows should feel like in 2009.

Have you ever had a situation where you searched google for hours but ended up in vain without finding what you needed?.If so this information is for you.Here we go

1.” ” searching with  double quotes searches for the exact string .For eg: “www.reviewglitz.com” searches only for the phrase www.reviewglitz.com .This helps you to search exactly what you need.

2.To search with in a given website include the instruction “site:example.com”. for eg: site:reviewglitz.com searches for pages in the site www.reviewglitz.com.Always be careful not to include  the string “www.”

3.If you need to exclude a particular word say “world” from your results give the search term as :example -world. ie, put a minus sign.

4.you can also use wildcards with which you are familiar. for eg: world * ,searches for world in the first place and anything that follows it is ignored.

5.”OR” operator can be used to  specifically allow either one of several words.for eg: linux OR windows ,searches for either windows  or linux or both.

Linux is one of the best operating systems ever .Considering the number of distributions ie,about 350 there always arises a question which is the best linux distribution.According to recent polls ubuntu is voted as the best linux distribution.It doesn’t signify that others are not good.But one thing which is an important factor to be considered is that the linux distribution suited for you entirely depends on you.For eg,if you are a penetration tester ,you would be most probably using backtrack compared to ubuntu which is the most popular linux.Mostly quality of an os depends on its popularity .Here is a list of some famous linux distributions and their homepages :

• Slax
• Fedora Core
• Kubuntu
• SUSE
• Mepis
• Red Hat
• Knoppix
• Debian
• DSL (Damn Small Linux)
• Gentoo
• Linspire
• Xubuntu
• PCLinuxOS
• Mandriva/Mandrake
• openSUSE
• Puppy

It is always up to you which one should you choose.Have a look at them and choose your one.

Fedora 11,the latest release of fedora series was released this year on june 9.As true to Fedora’s mission statement is: “Fedora is about the rapid progress of Free and Open Source software” fedora 11  showcases the latest advancement in the open source field.The developers has tried their best to improve upon every single detail of the code.Here’s a look at some of the major features of this version of the distribution.

Fedora 10 ,the previous version was notorious for its long boot times, and 11 attempts to solve this problem. One salient  feature for this distribution is a startup  in thirty seconds or less to login to the welcome screen. This does not mean that the menus and graphics aren’t as pretty as previous version.And believe me it took me only a 10 minutes  to finish the whole procedure of installation.And  the reboot is  unimaginably fast.

You’ll get a number of installation options when putting Fedora on your machine, including use of existing partitions, the ability to format all data and use the whole disk, or to install the system in one already on your hard disk. EXT4 formatting is the default, and the process, even when formatting the whole disk, is extremely quick. This is one of the speediest, most responsive operating systems available i have seen.

it has two desktop environments GNOME 2.6  and KDE 4.2  and both are stunning in appearance.The GNOME users may not experience much of new features but for the Volume control. They haven’t left out XFCE, fedora comes with the latest release, 4.6.It also shows great support for codecs and fonts.

They also paid neccessary heed to virtualization too. Virtual guests have improved graphical consoles with accurate mouse pointer and higher screen resolution