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When you hear the name Slackware, you are at once transported to a world where Linux users feel more at home in setting the configurations by editing ordinary text files. In fact the credo of Slackware is to keep it as simple as possible. In popular speak, it is known by the acronym KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).

This article gives a first hand take on configuring and using Xen to run multiple OSes. The software used for the purpose is the Xen LiveCD which comes with two OS images - CentOS and Debian Etch. It is remarkable that the virtualization can be demonstrated even on a machine running with just 256 MB ram. The article replete with screen shots also lists a couple of practical uses of Xen virtualization technology.

Quite often, we speculate about Linux grabbing a major share of the desktop PC market. But it seems the film industry are heavy users of Linux, and applications that run on Linux which include both open source and closed source custom made software. Take the popular Hollywood movie 'Scooby Doo' for instance. It was created at Rhythm and Hues studio and the whole movie was rendered and touched up using custom made software which ran on Linux.

It is now in the open that Microsoft is all set to build in anti-piracy technology in the upcoming Vista OS. Assuming that Microsoft is largely successful in stopping the pirates in their track, this interesting article pursues why this could be a good thing after all for the advancement of GNU/Linux.

The upcoming Debian Etch is a very promising Linux distribution with all the latest versions of software included. And coupled with the Debian's ideology, it makes a fantastic distribution. And in most cases the sound works out of the box flawlessly. But sometimes it doesn't though and this article explains how to get sound to work in Etch when it isn't working.

This article is a review of the latest version of FreeDOS and how it can be installed in GNU/Linux using an emulator QEmu. This informative article is replete with screenshots and makes an interesting read.

This interesting article gives a visual introduction to a couple of new features in the latest version of Vim (7.0). The USP of vim is that you can do everything using the keys on the keyboard and need not even touch the mouse. More over, this is a universal text editor which runs on a variety of OSes.

This interesting article ponders whether it is right after all to price the OS at par or even more than the hardware on which it runs. The author raises pertinent questions and wonders if it won't be better to use a free OS such as GNU/Linux instead of spending money to buy the state of the art proprietary OS.

This is an elaborate review of a very good book on Google Maps and how one can use the Google Map API to integrate interactive maps with ones personal websites. For the uninitiated, Google Maps mashes up satellite telemetric data with the maps and displays it in a web browser allowing a wide degree of user interaction.

This is a brief synopsis of the PVR for Linux that is MythTV. It also contain a number of useful links which help in setting up MythTV in a simple manner.

Ask any person who has used a computer atleast once and he will agree that fonts form a very important part of the operating system which is installed in the computer. At one time, GNU/Linux lacked good font support and any webpage viewed in a web browser was at the most lackluster.Things changed somewhat with the release of good set of fonts for GNU/Linux called Bitstream.

This is a down-to-earth review of the latest Linux offering from Debian — Etch Beta 3 which optionally sports a very intuitive GUI installer. The review looks at the pros and cons of Debian Etch Beta 3

This is an interesting opinionated piece dissecting what are the factors which made Ubuntu the most popular Linux distribution. The author looks at both sides of the coin so to speak and then arrives at the conclusion that there is much more to Ubuntu than merely its name. And that other linux distributions can take a leaf from Ubuntu and improve their popularity standing.

This article explains how one can benefit by hosting a Wordpress blog on ones personal computer. It gives a detailed overview of the features of Wordpress and ways in which one can use it such as using it as a personal diary to jot down ones thoughts. It also gives the steps in detail about how to set up wordpress which makes it an informative read.

This is a review of a good - I would say one of its kind - book which aims to be an all in one reference for people who are interested in porting Unix Applications to Linux. Considering that it took 3 people who are experts in their respective fields to come together to write this book speaks volumes about this niche subject.

Kubuntu is a well polished Linux distribution brought out by Canonical the creators of Ubuntu but with KDE as the default desktop. The latest release of Kubuntu is as robust as Ubuntu with a lot of unique features related to KDE. This review takes a closer look at this Linux distribution.

This review of the latest version of Opera (ver 9.0) explores the features of this web browser with a small foot print and throws light on how one could really improve ones over all net experience using this nifty web browser.

Gnome has a well developed drag and drop functionality. And one can achieve a lot of things using the drag and drop feature in Gnome. This article lists a couple of them which could be really useful.

This article highlights the recent development that is going on at Novell prior to the final release of SuSE enterprise linux desktop ver 10 which is slated to be released sometime next month. The fact that Novell has taken an approach similar to Red Hat in providing integrated desktop which is Gnome redesigned is worth noting here.

This is a review of a book titled - "Building Online Stores with Oscommerce - Professional Edition". Oscommerce is an open source ecommerce suite which reportedly powers over 99000 online stores. This book explains the concepts behind this project and explores its inner workings.