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Like a loud and bossy sibling, Microsoft will continue to dominate the minds of the market and ability to access their purse strings. Perhaps one day we will see some hope for Linux, but there is probably still no chance for this until we see some real marketing efforts.

CrunchBang is a Linux distribution, which definitely deserves the attention of people who have known Linux for some time. It may be too steep a learning curve for newbies, but once you get comfortable with text-style configuration files and command line interface, then OpenBox can be a good alternative to more popular desktop environments. And given that CrunchBang is based on rock-solid Debian, you are unlikely to miss any important application, or feel any instability.

Diversity is everything. A lack of diversity leads to a failure of imagination. I want to see Linux and FOSS populated by people all over the world, women, men, children, old people, people of all races and cultures. The more the better! It's not just software - whoever controls technology controls society.

any users are frustrated with the planned obsolescence and expense of Microsoft products. One of Microsoft's popular products has been Microsoft Exchange, while many users are impressed with the features of Microsoft Exchange; others are looking for open source alternatives.

I was really impressed by the system. The only issues, which I noticed in my test, were minor ones - the absence of English translation to one of screen elements, and non-standard icons for some applications. They are not that important, are they?

The level of the distribution produced by ALT Linux team is impressive.

Windows is in no way a challenge, at least not like Linux is. And before someone start saying that Linux is a challenge because it is difficult, I should add, that it could be as easy as Windows, but you can complicate it as much as you want. That is what I like about it: you can use it as day-to-day tool, but also as a hobby to learn new things.

Semplice means Simple in Italian. How simple is this distribution? Is it "just another Debian spin"? Or something worth looking at? I was asking that question of myself.

The latest version of Semplice Linux is 3.0 Alpha. In addition, there is a version 2.0.1, which is called “Stable”. How stable can a distribution based on unstable Sid be? Quite a dilemma!

For Linux desktop users, there are plenty of graphics programs from which to choose.

These are too many rough edges for the beginners. Anyhow, Chakra Linux 2012.02 is a big improvement from version 2011.04. I hope that development will continue, and eventually the system will be polished and shiny.

The cat and mouse game of zero day exploits eventually became more than I was willing to tolerate. I decided that I would run Linux full time at home, and never use Windows again. I still use nothing but PCLinuxOS on all my home computers. There are several reasons why I stay with it.

Generally speaking, I was happy with the overall Sabayon 8.0 system contents and performance. The set of applications is almost perfect, although I would add GIMP to the distribution. The system was running quickly, responsively and correctly. Until… the issues with performance came.

The man who was born in Russia and lives in Brasil. The man who worked for Microsoft and Mandriva, but always used Linux on his computer. The man who researched the ability to build the Skynet-ish computer systems. Please meet: Eugeni Dodonov.

There are not so many distributions in the Linux galaxy which have names directly showing the purpose of the distribution's creation. I honestly do not think that Bodhi is going to enlighten anybody or Fedora can stay on your head. As opposed to these, PCLinuxOS directly says that it is a Linux operating system intended to be used on PCs.

Linux has come a long way since the early days of typing cryptic strings of characters onto a "command line". Most modern versions of Linux now look and feel...

I cannot say that my previous attempt to run DreamLinux was successful. It was the version 3.5, and there were issues with font size which prevented me from running any tests at all. Since then, DreamLinux team released another version of their distribution, version 5.0.

Say you write a novel. This is a lengthy document which has a title page, table of contents and some chapters. You want to make page numbering start from a certain page and not include first pages like front page and table of contents. How to achieve this?

If I knew the outcome of this test, I would not even have started it. In my own opinion, the LXDE version is the worst one in Debian family. This is not really Debian as you are used to seeing it: stable, Spartan, but still functional. This is an operating system packed with some enhanced applications but without essential elements. A colossus with feet of clay.

Fedora 16 LXDE left quite an ambiguous impression on me. From the performance side, everything is perfect. The system is responsive, quick and stable. Except for the case when I got a kernel panic in Samba mounts, I experienced no instability whatsoever. But on the other hand, the LXDE spin of Fedora 16 out of the box is far less functional than its brothers.

Have you ever installed any GNU/Linux distribution? Have you ever installed Windows? Have you noticed the difference? I think you know what I am talking about...

I picked the “Linux Girl” name when we first launched the column back in 2007, and I chose it because I was imagining something like a comic-book figure for myself as the trusty Linux-land reporter - a bit like a cross between Lois Lane and Wonder Woman, with a superhero-like cape with a large “L” or Tux image emblazoned on it. I still get a kick out of that character.