Linux Distributions

Jani Mosones has announced the release of Kiwi Linux 8.08, an Ubuntu-based distribution with support for multimedia codecs, encrypted DVDs, Flash and other desktop conveniences: "Kiwi Linux 8.08 is a desktop CD derivative based on Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS for the x86 architecture.

It contains packages necessary for playing....

Japan's Turbolinux has announced the availability of Turbolinux 12 (marketing name: Turbolinux Client 2008 Net User Package), a commercial, user-friendly desktop Linux distribution that combines the best of open source and proprietary software in one compact package.

The system is based on a Linux kernel 2.6.24.7 (co-developed at....

Ekin Meroğlu has announced the first beta release of Pardus Linux 2008.1: "We're happy to announce Pardus 2008.1 Beta, the first beta for the upcoming Pardus 2008.1.

Some of the highlights are: a new version of Network Manager with ad-hoc, 802.1x and connection sharing capabilities; the new stable....

Kris Moore has announced the availability of the first beta release of PC-BSD 7.0, a user-friendly desktop operating system based on FreeBSD 7.0: "The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 7-BETA1!

This release marks the first PC-BSD based on FreeBSD 7-STABLE and....

The Debian Live team is pleased to announce the first beta of Debian
Lenny's Live images.

Dell unveiled Wednesday two new laptops and two desktops in its Vostro range designed to meet the needs of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), governments, and educational institutions in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe.

My old Dell Inspiron has long since been rendered quaint by advances in processor speed and hard drive capacity.

Rather than buy a new machine running Windows Vista or take the Mac plunge, I decided to walk the open

I'm extremely pleased to announce the second Ubuntu Developer Week! From Sep 1st to Sep 5th we're going to have a great time in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net.

I’ve long been a sucker for small-footprint Linux distributions. So naturally, I thought it would be interesting to explore the latest version of “Ubuntulite.”

I changed around my Conky config, and it’s something you could do forever, but it’s great because it can be as heavy or light as you want it.