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AntiX aims to bring MEPIS to lightweight machines

Author: Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier Don't throw that old computer away just yet. MEPIS let the word out yesterday about AntiX, a community-developed derivative of MEPIS...

Review: PC-BSD 1.3

Mick W writes "PC-BSD should make an interesting change for two main reasons. Firstly, it uses a BSD kernel, as opposed to the Linux...

Gentoo’s new Secret Sauce is sweet and sour

Author: JT Smith After several delays, Gentoo finally released version 2007.0, code-named Secret Sauce. Despite the extended period of development, the installable live CD and...

What is a distro?

Author: Joe Barr I sat through an interesting debate recently on the Austin Linux Group mailing list over the meaning of the term "distro."...

ArchLinux — smooth and cuddly

ArchLinux or Arch for short is one of the uprising new distributions. Well, at least compared to old folks like Debian or Slackware it’s...

Review: BackTrack 2 security live CD

Author: Lorenzo Simionato BackTrack is a live CD Linux distribution that focuses on penetration testing. A merger of two older security-related distros -- Whax and...

Comparing and merging files with Meld

Author: Nikos Kouremenos When you're editing text, you may find yourself with two or three similar versions of a file. Often you are not sure...

IT security firm trusts open source inside and out

Author: Tina Gasperson An Atlanta IT security company is finding success by employing open source software, not just in the network security appliance it sells,...

Paranormal portal relies on open source to collect UFO info

Author: Tina Gasperson The Anomalies Network is a portal for all things paranormal. The site includes mirrors of remote FTP servers, Web archives, and a...

Chess engines for Linux

Author: M. Shuaib Khan Chess engines for Linux are comparable in strength to commercial chess engines available for other platforms. Here's a look at the...