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There’s been a lot of confusion about exactly what Unity Linux is.

I thought I’d talk today a bit about that. I’d like to talk a bit about what Unity uses for it’s ‘guts’. I’d also like to dispel some myths surrounding Unity. Lastly, I’d like to talk briefly about how Unity is doing all it can to further Open Source and Linux by contributing to projects it is involved with.

The main tools used by developers for many LiveCD distributions (such as PCLinuxOS) was facing stagnation in 2008. Unity Linux has taken up the torch for bringing this great tool into the 21st century.

Last week it was reported by LWN and a few other Linux news sites that Foresight Linux may employ a change of direction…that is, create a spinoff project that places the Conary package manager onto a Fedora Linux base.

Let’s bust some myths today because a majority of KDE 4 haters out there have the same reasons for hating it. I’m pretty sick of seeing posts and news articles about “why I don’t like KDE 4? and then seeing that the real reason the person is upset is because they don’t spend an extra few moments trying to figure things out…aka lazy and ignorant.

I have decided - after running Foresight for two months - to no longer use Foresight Linux on my systems. Let me say however that I found the experience interesting and dare I say - challenging. Everyone in the IRC channel was great - very friendly - and most tried to be helpful.

I thought it might be helpful and instructive to provide an explanation as to why I am not going to use Foresight any longer, rather than just disappear. Hopefully, in doing so I may contribute to Foresight becoming a better distro that I might want to run in the future. So, here goes ....

PCLinuxOS Magazine, June 2008 (Issue 22) is available to download. You can find it at the PCLinuxOS Magazine website. If you'd like to be informed immediately about our releases, please signup for the Magazine-Announce mailing list .

As we always do, the HTML version is simultaneously being published for low bandwidth users. The HTML Site is W3C standards compliant for easy browsing.

Some highlights include:

1. What is root?
   

2. Configuring a 5 Button Mouse

3. Burn an ISO Disk

4. Google Goodies
   

5. And more...

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PCLinuxOS Magazine, May 2008 (Issue 21) is available to download. You can find it at the PCLinuxOS Magazine website. If you'd like to be informed immediately about our releases, please signup for the Magazine-Announce mailing list .

Some highlights include:

1. Manage your Ipod with Amarok
   
2. PCLinuxOS Based Distros
3. Quick Fix for Damaged Xorg
4. Don't Complain
5. Something Completely Different

6. And more...

Thanks and enjoy!

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PCLinuxOS Magazine, April 2008 (Issue 20) is available to download. If you would like to be informed immediately about our releases, please signup for the Magazine-Announce mailing list.

As we always do, the HTML version is simultaneously being published for low bandwidth users.

Some highlights include:

1. PCLinuxOS...On a Stick
   

2. Formatting with OOo Writer
3. LPI Exam: Taking Your Linux Seriously
4. Smart Package Manager and PCLinuxOS
5. PCLinuxOS Based Distros

6. And more...

PCLinuxOS Magazine, March 2008 (Issue 19) is available to download. You can find it at the new PCLinuxOS Magazine website. If you'd like to be informed immediately about our releases, please signup for the Magazine-Announce mailing list .

Are you a new Linux user? Fantastic! Welcome to the world of freedom. Freedom of choice, freedom of expression, freedom from vendor lockin. You've made an excellent choice. Now that you've chosen, installed, and are using Linux there are a few things you should keep in mind as you learn the ropes of your new system.

Distros have changed. In the past, they were made up of a small, tightly knit group collaborators working toward a common goal. With distributions today we now have an informal, large group of collaborators...some of which may not even be aware of the main goal of the distro. That informal collaborator may just want package foo version 2.2 included in his/her distribution so that he/she can use it on their desktop. How does that informal collaborator become empowered? How can the developers reap what that collaborator sows and harness the collective collaboration of thousands of informal contributors? The answer for many software projects is version control. But how can this system benefit package management?

During distro comparisons, many call a lack of release cycle for PCLinuxOS one of its negative aspects. In my opinion, this is the most attractive and positive aspects of the small distribution. Not to take away from a distribution that sets a release cycle...I understand that normal release cycles are a must with companies and software engineering. However, I think PCLinuxOS has a unique approach to releases and updates. Allow me a bit of time to show you the method in my madness on this one.

PCLinuxOS Magazine, October 2007 (Issue 14) is available to download.  We apologize for the delay in this release; final touches on the new PCLinuxOS Magazine website helped prevent us from releasing yesterday.  If you'd like to be informed immediately about our releases, please signup for the Magazine-Announce mailing list .

 

As we always do, the HTML version is simultaneously being published for low bandwidth users.  The HTML Site is W3C standards compliant for easy browsing.

Some highlights include:

1. Tips for a Cooler Laptop
2. KDE User Guide, Part 9
   
3. The Hardware Database Needs You
4. Keyboard Shortcuts
5. How to repair a broken xorg.conf
6. And more...
   

Are you planning on juicing anytime soon? How about JeOSing? Confused yet? Here’s a hint: Both those sentences sound exactly the same when you say them aloud. What’s different about them is a case of apples and oranges however, and I’m not talking about Tropicana. I’m not even talking about pro sports figures and questionable performance enhancing tactics that may or or may not lead to asterisks being placed next to stats and failed Hall of Fame bids.

PCLinuxOS Magazine, September 2007 Issue is available to download.  We apologize for the 2 day delay in this release; website problems at mypclinuxos.com added to our woes.  However, a few days late never means a dollar short!  Our previous issues can also be downloaded. Some highlights include: PCLinuxOS, A Walk Down History Lane, Ubuntu's Hype is Misleading, A Beginner's Guide to Linux, Part I, How to Understand and Edit /etc/fstab, KDE User Guide, Part 8 and as always, much more.

For those of you who always thought PCLinuxOS and MythTV would go together...you’re quite right, they do fit well together...though there are a few bumps on the road. Hopefully, this how-to will help you along the way.

PCLinuxOS Magazine has reached an important milestone today with the release of our August 2007 issue (#12) which marks one year PCLinuxOS Magazine has been in print!  Our previous issues can also be downloaded.

We are simultaneously publishing the HTML Version of the Magazine as well for our low bandwidth users.  The HTML Site is W3C standards compliant for easy browsing.

Some highlights include:

1. KDE User Guide Part 7
2. Using Amarok to Transfer Files to Zen
3. MS Vista/Linux Dual Boot Tutorial
   
4. Installing and Using Peerguardian on PCLinuxOS
5. Your Friend, the Alias, part 1
   
6. As always, much more
   

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The one thing about FOSS that I love is that you can take whatever you need from various sources and build what you opine is a better wheel. Take Ubuntu for instance...they took Debian and made it into something that many users are happy with.

Is this wrong? Not at all. Each day, many non-commercial distro makes wake up and check various distributions for updated security fixes. They pull source rpms, updated tar.gz's, and debs into their distro, make minor adjustments, and drop it into their repository. Distros share with one another...they take and hopefully give back. If not monetarily, at least by the number of users that they have that may report bugs or provide fixes.

So what's the beef that some Distrowatch Weekly commenter's seem to have with PCLinuxOS? During the past 3 weeks of comments on the DW, some have been hounding PCLinuxOS with accusations saying that the developers hide things from their community and that PCLinuxOS eradicates changelogs and/or lights small dogs on fire while chopping kittens to bits in blenders, etc. Let's take a look at these "myths" shall we?

It is my privilege to announce on behalf of the team members of the PCLinuxOS Magazine Project sponsored by MyPCLinuxOS.com, the July 2007 issue (#11)  is available for download!  Our previous issues can also be downloaded.

We are simultaneously publishing the HTML Version of the Magazine as well for our low bandwidth users.  The HTML Site is W3C standards compliant for easy browsing.

Some highlights include:

1. KDE User Guide Part 5 & 6
2. Restarting a Frozen Xwindows
3. All Those Directories
   
4. Review: PCLinuxOS 2007
   
5. Changing Firefox Default Font
6. Opening Files in OpenOffice with Accented Characters
7. As always, much more
   

Thanks for your interest in PCLinuxOS!  If you feel you'd like to contribute to future issues, please check out the contribute link in the main menu.  If you have any suggestions, comments, corrections, or letters to the editor feel free to submit them this way or send an email to  mag@mypclinuxos.com.This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it     Thanks and enjoy!

 

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My friend Og Maciel showed me Openbox 3.4.2’s fresh release the other day and I was impressed with its simplicity and speed. On my work laptop, we recently upgraded to a larger hard drive and I decided this was a prime opportunity to document the installation of Openbox.

Let’s take a look at the process of installing and customizing to see if it will fit your desktop needs.