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Bodhi Linux 1.1.0 is a relatively new lightweight distribution based on Ubuntu and uses Enlightenment Window Manager, it comes with very few applications installed by default, allowing users to customize system according to their needs by installing applications they need. There is focus on making things simple for users and keeping things to minimal.

MacPup 520 is a light weight distribution that is only 170 Megabytes in size (ISO) and can run entirely on RAM and yet has an attractive interface somewhat inspired by Mac OS X and is sleek and lightweight based on Enlightenment.

If you thought Damn Small Linux or Puppy Linux is small, hold your breath. Tiny Core Linux is a minimalistic GNU/Linux distribution based on Linux kernel 2.6, it comes with graphical environment and provides facility to download and install applications from the Internet and it fits into 10MB of ISO file.

Tutorial showing you how to install newly released Adobe AIR environment on Ubuntu 8.10 , also included information and brief information about 10 AIR applications to install on your newly installed Adobe AIR environment.

MAC OS has been traditionally known for their impressive graphical interface and stability. Now even though i have been an avid Linux follower over the past 9 years I have been using Linux still i find my self attracted to MAC OS. Now even though these days it's possible to run Hackintosh on normal Intel hardware but it's not stable and well there are hardware compatibility issues . So well other alternative to using MAC OS is either to purchase MAC hardware(which would be naturally expensive) and run full fledged MAC OS or you could tweak and customize your Ubuntu desktop to look more like MAC OS X .

Ubuntu 8.04 was released a few days back and here is a list that helps you install all the essential codecs and applications easily on your Ubuntu 8.04 desktop saving your googling time and helping you make transition from Windows to Ubuntu .

A comprehensive tutorial showing how to install 25 small and simple games on your Linux Desktop (with installation instructions for Ubuntu 7.10 ) also included are instructions on playing classic Dos Games , NES/SNES games and Scummvm games on your Ubuntu desktop

A Step by Step tutorial showing how to install qemu with accelerator module kqemu on Ubuntu 7.10 desktop and then install Windows XP inside virtual machine created using qemu .

A Step by Step tutorial on installing few basic applications /applications that any desktop user of Linux would like to install on his Ubuntu desktop explained in a simplistic fashion. Steps include how to configure compiz-fusion , install Adobe Reader , Flash player , Media Players , JRE and few other interesting applications .

Ubuntu 7.04 is undoubtedly one of the most popular Linux distributions, especially for Linux newbies. Overall it is extremely usable and good but a very limited number of applications are by default shipped with Ubuntu 7.04. Here in this article we look at a number of really good applications that are not shipped by default with Ubuntu as well as instructions on installing them.

Article describes how to install various multimedia codecs,beryl,dvd playing support , Media Players (VLC,Xine,Mplayer,Real player),audio players, Google applications(Google Earth and Picasa) , Skype , Real player,Macromedia Flash Pkugin and Sun Java Runtime environment and numerous other applications to make your ubuntu desktop rock

Here is a list of 13 things to do on a new Mandriva Free 2007 making transition from Windows to Mandriva Linux easy , including installing Multimedia Codecs,VLC player,Google Applications(Picasa & Google Earth) , Skype , Fonts ,DVD Playing support, using Linux drives in Windows , Installing Flash Player , P2P Applications,Java Environment and more

This article helps install some light weight applications on Ubuntu Desktop to perform common tasks like Word Processing , making Spread Sheet , File Manager , Audio Playing , PDF viewing , Light Search tools (Meta Tracker ), Light weigh eye candy(aDesklets),Web Browser ,XFCE and more to make Ubuntu more responsive on less feature rich computer

The article looks at Songbird which is a media player allows playing of Music files and Video files , it is one of the best looking media player , besides being feature rich it's features can be extended , It has potential of doing what Firefox Did in browser market to media players. Article looks at features of Songbird with lots of screenshot

In this article i describe how to record your Desktop and make animated screen casts(movie) of your desktop using Five different tools pyvnc2swf,xvidcap,Desktop Recorder , Wink , and patched vesion of FFmpeg . As well as how to install these tools on Ubuntu 6.10 edgy desktop and make screencasts with these tools

Computing has evolved over the years the computers are becoming more and more powerful and the best example of this is how games have evolved over the years from 2D Side-Scrollers to present day ultra realistic 3D games . Todays gaming console possess as much processing powers as yesteryears supercomputers . However many of us do still remember the "Alley Cat"(DOS) and "Mario"(NES) and "Contra"(NES and SNES) and other classic games we used to play whether on Nintendo NES or DOS or SNES, these games were simple compared to todays games but were very entertaining nonetheless . Now if you still want to relive your old days and play these classics whether they belong to NES,SNES , or plain old DOS games Ubuntu provides a way of playing these classic on your Linux box .

In this article i describe some of the things to do immediately after installing ubuntu on your machine . Since most of the people reading this would be shifting from Windows to Linux with a system dual booting so i would focus more on making transition easy from Windows to Linux.