Over the years, ok not so many I have only been using Linux for about nine years now, I have managed to try the big hitters in the Linux world, the Slackwares, Red Hats, and Debians, and many variations and this is what I have found to be true.  Red Hat and Novell Distributions seem to be geared towards Enterprise systems with a lot of offerings for businesses, Debian distros are more geared for end-users, and Slackware seems to be for the tweakers.

 Ok so what do I like and why.  Source-based distributions (have to mention OpenSDE here) are fun to play with but hard for someone like who is based almost entirely in a GUI environment thanks to my Windows training.  Debian I love as a server distro and haven't found a need to use anything else.  Opensuse I love on my desktop.  If you run Gnome I find you hard to use, sorry remember Windows Guy, and I tend to swing towards distros that use KDE because of this.

 What I look for in a distro is simple.  KDE is a must and now that 4 is stable I like it over 3.  Wireless support because I use it on my laptop.  A strong repository,  I don't know about you but with me I have tried some of these obscure distros with weird package management, that they hope will be the next RPM, DEB, or TGZ (not sure if this is what Slackware is still using, could Google it I guess) but doesn't have support for your favorite tools, or applications, and you can't find the app that you need at that moment.  Standards, ok this goes to the repository bit too, how many differant versions of anything do we need.  Granted most of the distros nowadays are based in Debian or RPM (note: I didnt say Red Hat because Novell fits this category too) and so the standard for me tends to be one of these two package management system and Common Toolset.

 If I were to build my own distro.  So this is the part where I get creative and you can all yell at me later because I am being unrealistic.  <edited due to unreasonable thinking>  This section will be filled later.

 In conclusion, still much to learn.  However, my favourites are  Opensuse and Debian, and if someone wants to chime in and give me a few suggestions I don't mind, especially source based I wouldn't mind trying that again.

Between the new Linux.com and http://moblinzone.com, not to mention MontaVista's announcement today of one of my favorite projects, I don't expect to get anything new done for the rest of the week. 

For what it's worth, I think the blog editor is excellent.  The hypertext link entry button works for me.

 MontaVista's announcement is for MontaVista Linux 6, an "integration platform" using a highly customized BitBake with MontaVista Linux to help developers create embedded Linux projects.  I'll be writing more about it on my personal blog as well as my blog at MontaVista.

Wow. Just wow. The new site redesign is tasteful, functional, and all-around wonderful. It's about time that linux had a website that helps to alleviate that outdated concept that linux just isn't "pretty" or user-friendly.

That being said,  I got my HP Mini 1000 yesterday, and almost immediately dumped their MI software (based on the somewhat 'dated' Ubuntu 8.04, it seems) for Ubuntu Netbook Remix (since my last linux laptop broke a little while back), so this seems like a good time to emmerse myself in a growing linux community such as this.

 I hope that I can contribute and help this site to grow!

Specs

Dell Inspiron 1525N (Alpine White)
15.4 inch Widescreen glossy display (1280x800) & 2MP Webcam
Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache)
4GB DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm
Intel GMA X3100
160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
Integrated 10/100 NIC
Intel 3945 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) Mini Card
8X Slot Load DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
8 in 1 card reader
Integrated High Definition Audio 2.0
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal
85 WHr 9-cell Battery
Ports: 4USB, 1 IEEE 1394a, 2 Headphone, 1 Microphone, 1 Media Card, 1 S-Video, 1 VGA, 1 HDMI, 1 Ethernet, 1 Modem, 1 Power

 Partitions

/dev/sda1        /boot                       94.10MB

/dev/sda2        swap                         3.81GB

/dev/sda5        /                                 30.52GB

/dev/sda6        /mnt/virtual        30.52GB

/dev/sda7        /home                     84.10GB

Of course, this is my first post. I will dump all my Linux specific news items here and keep the rest (development and non-technical stuff) at my other blog.

I like the new Linux.com and I have high hopes for it! Thanks to all the people involved behind the scenes!

After news alert on my gmail i login linux.com as fast as i can. I really like new system, especially blog and group system is great! For a strong community we always need these kind of works. Normally i use blogger my recent posts but im gonna use this blog for write some news, experiences about Pardus Linux.

Anyway gj Linux.Com^^ Will be here.

MSC MALAYSIA OPEN SOURCE CONFERENCE 2009 will be held at Berjaya Times Square Hotel & Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur from 31st May 2009 to 3rd June 2009. This event is organized by MSC Malaysia & MAMPU and jointly supported by the Malaysian Open Source Community and MOSTI. This is the first time 4 crucial stakeholders consisting of government, businesses, developers and community will take part together. This conference positioned as an international forum will have sharing and exchanging ideas on technical advancements, applications, development and business cases on open source.

Developers, designers, systems administrators, community leaders, innovators, CTOs and CIOs, evangelists and activists, researchers, strategists, and entrepreneurs are invited to lead and contribute during all conference sessions, tutorials and discussions. Moreover, this conference will have renowned speakers from prime Open Source Enterprises which are Mozilla, Google and Red Hat to name a few and also not forgeting from the developer community - Ubuntu, BSD, Fedora, PHPs and etc...

More info is on the official portal of MSC Malaysia OSCONF 2009

I like what they have done with linux.com it sounds like its going to be a great service.

I think ill move my blog about linux in general to here.

This is how you can use the cat command as a text editor:

$ cat > MyFile

write the text in the console, when done press CTRL+D

Now, if you'll open MyFile, you'll se that it contains the text you've entered. Be carefull as if the file you use is not empty, the content will be erased before adding what you're writting.