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Pardus is a unique distribution which has its own solutions which work very well. I think that the distribution deserves far greater renown than it has currently and if it keeps up such innovation and quality, it’ll be an important player in the category of extensive desktop distributions.

Two months ago we covered the latest hardware features introduced in the OLPC laptops. Red Hat has recently shared with the world the first ISO images of the system that is supposed to be installed on the OLPC laptops. Thus, today we focus on the usability of the SugarUI in the A Brief Look at SugarUI by RedHat.

IceWM is perfect for Windows’s “emigrants” especially for users with older computers. IceWM will be suitable for advanced users who are looking for a lightweight and simple window manager.

If you have ever tried to access a Windows box remotely, it is very likely you suffered a lot of frustration. Remote desktop works great… but only when you have a stable broadband connection to your remote machine. In GNU/Linux you (as usual) have a choice – you can connect remotely, both graphically and text-based (for maximum performance) using at least a few methods described in the article.

The FLOSS Movement is not yet recognized enough to develop peacefully. There are many obstacles in the way of its expansion: either internal (e.g. lack of standards) or external (e.g. stubborn hardware manufacturers). Those problems could be gradually overcome in a relatively short period of time but a question arises: What will happen if the paranoia wins?

Linux console, in contrast with the Windows command shell, is an extremely powerful user tool, which allows to perform virtually any operation on the system. What differenciates a Linux console from a Windows command line? What is the ‘real terminal’ and what is the emulator for? And finally, why use the console if there is GUI? In the article I’ll try to answer all these questions.

On Tuesday, January 25th Mandriva introduced a new project: Metisse LiveCD. In this article we are going to investigate the features offered by this promising project and see if Metisse can compete with the popular desktops in terms of ergonomics and ease of use.

The performance of desktop computers increases year by year. This gives the programmers great opportunities to further improve the desktop experience of the users. However, what should you do when you have an old computer that is not capable of running the latest and hottest software? No need for upgrading your PC. Let me introduce you Enlightenment E17 — the window manager with minimal hardware requirements that may amaze you.

Sudo is a simple program which allows the administrator to give regular users extra permissions to execute the commands they would normally not be allowed to use. In order to use sudo you need to configure it properly. This FAQ is supposed to help you with this task.

KateOS is a Polish (and polished!) community-driven distribution. Each new release of the system brings decent innovations and offers an even better GNU/Linux *lightweight multimedia desktop*. On February 12th a new beta version KateOS Live 3.2 was released. I decided to give it a try and share my experience with this modern Linux distribution.

GNU/Linux is known for its diversity and freedom of choice. This diversity is the power and weakness of free software. Exactly the same problem concerns installing software in GNU/Linux. In this article I am going to sum up some of the recent efforts to fix this problem and examine the possible futute of packaging software in GNU/Linux.

One Laptop Per Child project is currently working on the “Build 2″ (B2) release of their “XO” laptop. The first pieces of the B1 series have been produced in November last year. The B2 prototypes are planned to be delivered to the interested countries for practical testing this month. During this period of time, there have been some noticeable changes in the XO project. We are going to cover the essential ones here.

Xgl is a hardware accelerated X-server created by Novell. Thanks to the abilities of modern graphics cards, it uses 3d-rendering, which opens up w whole new bunch of possibilities for modern computer desktops. I will be demonste Xgl with Compiz window manager basing on my Mandriva 2007 Free (32–bit version) Linux distribution.

In the US, France and a few other countries it is already forbidden to play legally purchased music or videos using GNU/Linux media players. Sounds like sci-fi? Unfortunately not. And it won’t end up on multimedia only. Welcome to the the new era of DRM!

Dreamlinux is an operating system that boots from a Live-CD with the option to install on a hard drive as well. Dreamlinux is not just another Live-CD based on Debian, it’s not another distro coming with XFCE 4.4. Dreamlinux 2.2 MME is a polished multimedia system from which Xubuntu developers could really learn a lot and which has the potential to demolish Windows Multimedia Center as far as the functionality is concerned.

Pardus is a Turkish distribution that comes with KDE as the default desktop. It is however not just another pack of known open source apps. Pardus comes with its own, original GUI system installer, a package management system — PISI and system settings applet — TASMA, as well as a few additional goods. This review is based on my experience with Pardus Linux 2007 Beta 2

Lintrack is a fairly new GNU/Linux distribution for routers, firewalls, network access servers and more. It features Flatconf -- a completely new approach to software and network configuration. The article provides step-by-step instructions for configuring Lintrack as a simple OSPF backbone router and a PPPoE network access server.

PolishLinux.org has a review of Frugalware 0.5, the latest release of this independent Linux distribution. From the article: "It's not as good for the newcomers as openSUSE or Mandriva since there are not so many graphical wizards and tools included. On the other hand, the system is fast and simple, offers a great package manager, large software repository and decent multimedia support[...] All in all, Frugalware is a very nice distro and it may be a good choice for a power user's desktop."

Recently I've been looking for an audio player that would resemble the famous Windows player called Foobar 2000. I have found a lot of clones, and just a few original applications. Mesk audio player was among the latter. Mesk left a good impression on me, especially thanks to its smart way of presenting playlists and the generally appealing interface. The only thing stopped me from leaving Quod Libet, in favor of Mesk was the lack of tray integration.