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Linux shops navigate the nuanced support landscape
Author: JT Smith
The world of Linux support has changed considerably since the days of Slackware and other early Linux distributions. In many ways, as...
Kind of fond of FaunOS
Author: Susan Linton
FaunOS offers a full KDE desktop system with a comprehensive set of applications as either a live DVD or a live USB...
30 days with JFS
Author: Keith Winston
The Journaled File System (JFS) is a little-known filesystem open sourced by IBM in 1999 and available in the Linux kernel sources...
Fast and stable Linux for older machines
Author: JT Smith
VectorLinux is based on Slackware and the goal of the Standard Version
is to support especially Internet workstation on older machines. They
decribe the...
VectorLinux – The Pefect Installation and Setup
Author: JT Smith
The VectorLinux Website is promising: “Speed, performance,
stability
-- these are attributes that set VectorLinux apart in the crowded field
of Linux distributions. VectorLinux is...
Custom NimbleX lives up to its name with do-it-yourself install images
Author: Bruce Byfield
Do-it-yourself distributions have made great strides since Linux from Scratch, or even rPath's rBuilder Online. In the last few months, users have...
Absolute Linux is an absolute winner
Author: Susan Linton
Absolute, a lightweight Linux operating system based on the respected Slackware Linux distribution, just released version 12.0. It features kernel version 2.6.21.5,...
Newest FSF board member Hill discusses free software goals
Author: Bruce Byfield
"I'm a bit of a rebel," Benjamin Mako Hill says, quoting a phrase he first read on an online calendar for activists,...
Openbox window manager grows up
Author: Mayank Sharma
If you want an adaptable window manager that doesn't drain your resources, try Openbox. Its latest version, 3.4.2, released this month, has...
What’s a desktop environment?
Author:
You'll hear a lot about the command line in Linux, but the truth is, you rarely (if ever) need to see a command...