Posts Tagged ‘Debian’

Linux Mint 5 Elyssa Final is OUT!

Hello, fellow bloggers.  Today I will be doing Yet-Another-Distro-Review; this time however, I will be reviewing from a more biased side than usual…..I feel my reputation taking a hit as we speak.  Yes, I am known for my impartiality on most subjects but Linux Mint is a subject near and dear so they say…
Linux Mint [...]

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New Review– PCLOS derivative TinyMe

Hello fellow geekers, it’s time for another distro review…For a while now, I have made it clear that the Linux distro to win my notoriously cold heart is Linux Mint, the distro widely claimed as “Ubuntu done right.”  This is still true!  But of course, I am the type that is never satisfied with my [...]

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Linux Mint 5 Elyssa RC2 or Beta 048 released today!

Today the Linux Mint Elyssa second beta version was released with bug fixes. Linux Mint 5 Elyssa RC2 (BETA 048 )
was released today. It comes with the brand new Firefox 3 RC1, Flash 10, improved printing and bluetooth support and a lot of bug fixes. The changes are described here in the forums: [...]

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Linux Mint 5-Elyssa Beta out now!

Woohoo! Linux Mint 5, codenamed Elyssa this time is out in Beta version!!! There are some awesome new changes, especially to the Mint Menu and Mint Install and many applications have been added to the Software Portal..Rhythmbox has replaced both Amarok and Sound Juicer (which is my only complaint because I really hate Rhythmbox) and [...]

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Switching from Windows to GNU/Linux (a newbie’s guide) Part Three

This is a much later part of an earlier post that I broke up due to length..To see the original two parts Click Here for Part One and Click here for Part Two to see entire article of “Switching from Windows to GNU/Linux (a newbie’s guide)” for helpful information about GNU/Linux in a newbie friendly [...]

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PCLinuxOS Gnome is here!

Great news for us PCLinuxOS fans out there, the new 2008.1 Gnome remaster of PCLinuxOS is out again and available for Torrent download!!!!
For anyone who has been patiently waiting for the new iso, the old one was removed due to a minor flaw with the iso image…There were some compatibility issues that have now been [...]

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Linux Reviews for Newbs by a newb

Yet another part to the ongoing saga of finding that perfect Linux distro for newbs guide lol..Just when I am starting to think it might never end (and really, it might not; I have issues with never being satisfied lol)
So on to business..
I have a couple of reviews to do this time..just a couple though [...]

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Switching from Windows to GNU/Linux (a newbie’s guide) Part Two

All right fellow newbs, in the last post..I tried to make the argument for why GNU/Linux is wonderful and how everyone should make the switch..I may have forgotten some things but hey, I’m still a newb too!
In this post, I will be reviewing the distributions (distros, or “flavors”) of GNU/Linux that I personally have downloaded [...]

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Switching from Windows to GNU/Linux (a newbie’s guide) part one

So, you have decided to be rid of your not so Micro-software and jump into the GNU/Linux world…Great!  The problem is that you are a complete newbie or a Windows refugee…That’s okay!  Linux takes everyone and just about every kind of computer you might have.  You have heard many rumors, no doubt, like “Linux is [...]

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My foray into Linux-dom with Debian

Okay Bloggers I understand I might have committed a cliff-hanging no-no…I left it a bit too long!! lol…it wasn’t intentional, to be sure…I merely meant to divvy up the blog posts in order to not have one gargantuan post (because I can digress like nobody’s business) and I went and did something I wondered briefly [...]

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