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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...