I spend much of my time here on Ghacks using and talking about Ubuntu. So much so one would think it’s the only game in town. Well, it’s not and I am going to spend a bit of time focusing on different distributions. The first distribution I am going to focus on is OpenSuSE. OpenSuSE [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems

Today was a day that offered me a few good surprises. On my editing schedule I have an assignment to cover virtual machines using KVM. But since KVM only works with CPUs that contain the necessary instructions, I knew my only chance was on my main desktop (and not any of my testing machines). My [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Tutorials Basic

In the wake of Ubuntu’s 9.10 release, many distributions were forgotten. But one distribution, in particular, keeps getting better and better under the radar. That distribution? Fedora. Just this week Fedora 12 was released, brining some serious improvements not only to the cutting edge distribution, but to Linux in general. Upon installation you might not [...]

Categories: Knowledge, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems

I have been covering the Linux operating system for a long time now. There are moments when I take it for granted that everyone knows the basic terminology surrounding this operating system. Because this is obviously not the case, I thought it might be a good time to stop and explain some of the terms [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Knowledge, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems

Do you use Fedora? Do you have Fedora tweaked to the point you would like to either share your vision of this distribution? Or would you like to have an image of your tweaks so that the next time you need to install you won’t have to go back, after the basic install is done, [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Advanced

The latest greatest version of Ubuntu is about ready to drop (The predicted date for release is April 23). With this new release there is plenty to get excited about. But with all of these new features will come a good deal of new issues. As most who have followed Ubuntu know, the .04 releases [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Uncategorized

StarDock is a software company which I would be willing to bet just about all of you have heard of or personally use some of their products. I haven’t actually purchased any of their product although I have tried the free version of ObjectDock and played Sins of a Solar Empire. Why I found this [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The name of this software distribution is probably a little bit out of line but the purpose is not. The goal is to reduce software costs for students but the compilation is also attractive to everyone else. The website offers a version of this distribution for Windows computers and for Macs. You may download it using the preferred method bittorrent to ease the load on the servers and reduce bandwidth costs.

Categories: Operating Systems, Tools, Windows

I´ve been watching the E3 conferences from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft today and had little time to update my site therefor. Just a quick link to a very nice website that helps you find the right linux distribution for your needs. The Linux Distribution Chooser asks some questions about your personal knowledge and your computer for instance and selects the best suited linux distributions that fit your profile.

Categories: Linux, Operating Systems