Jim Lynch: Off the Top of My Head…

Karl Fischer has a good look at some of the cool stuff in Gnome 2.8. Gnome users rejoice!

Cool. I can take in the show without having to go to New York. :mrgreen: LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will come to Boston for the first time in February, underscoring the area’s standing as a hub for the open-source software being adopted by thousands of businesses. Trade show producer IDG World Expo of Framingham said [...]

My review of Novell Linux Desktop 9 is up on ExtremeTech. Enjoy! In the ’80s and most of the ’90s, Novell ruled the roost for PC network operating systems. In fact, a term was coined, NOS (network operating system) to describe Novell’s flagship product. But the Redmond juggernaut eventually overcame Novell’s efforts. Novell shops still [...]

Another distro has come out, this time from Novell. It’s based on Suse. I haven’t tried it yet, I’m still trying to download the second disc. Their server seems to have gotten slammed. :roll: You can try a free, evaluation version here. You’ll need to register to download it. Good luck trying to snag a [...]

Download mirrors are here and the torrent is here. Or you can try the Red Hat server (good luck). I wish I could get excited about this but Fedora hasn’t been particularly interesting to me for a while. I’ll try to snag the DVD at some point and play with it. Perhaps this release will [...]

Interesting interview. Free software means software that respects the four essential freedoms. Freedom 0: freedom to run the program; 1, the freedom to study the source code and change it; 2, the freedom to make copies and distribute them to others; 3, the freedom to publish a modified version. The GNU GPL is one free [...]

Well a backlash had to happen, given all the positive press Firefox is getting. John Carroll is sharing his negative take on Firefox. I haven’t seen ANYONE criticize Firefox. To a certain extent, this is because it is the best alternative in a world dominated by Internet Explorer (cue Opera/Safari/Konqueror fans to go into a [...]

Vinod Vijayarajan thinks that too much choice might be confusing newcomers to Linux: To illustrate, let’s compare two users, Abe and Bret, who have purchased hardware and seek to install an OS. Abe buys a copy of Windows and proceeds to do a simple installation. When it finishes, he has a working setup, just like [...]

Hmmm…interesting. Seems like they are getting ready to wet their toes in the Linux market. Good news and a good omen for Linux. Adobe has largely been on the sidelines of efforts to boost Linux for desktop computers, the vast majority of which run Microsoft Windows. The software maker is now taking a more active [...]

You can now download and run a free, time limited demo of Transgaming’s Cedega product. Check out the official press release on this for additional details. I think this is a great idea. A lot of people don’t know anything about it and this makes it very, very easy for folks to check it out [...]

The new release is out. Boy, it’s been a while hasn’t it? :roll: You can download the evaluation version for free though it expires in 45 days. I may do a review of this since it’s been ages since we looked at it on ET.

Reviews are beginning to trickle in of Suse 9.2. I’ll probably do one but I’m waiting for the DVD to arrive. So far though most reviews seem quite positive. GeekTimeLinux Review Joe Barr’s Review There’s also a review of the Live CD over at OS News.

Here’s one way of doing it. Or you could just get an easy to install distro like Ubuntu or Libranet. :mrgreen:

Looks like it’s mostly security updates and bug fixes.

You can get a sneak peek at Suse Linux 9.2 by trying the Live CDs/DVD. There’s a CD with just Gnome and one with just KDE. Or you can download everything by downloading the Live DVD. You can also view screenshots of the Gnome CD and the KDE CD via OSDir.com. I’m very glad that [...]

All of you Window Maker fans will delight that there’s a new release of an old favorite. Enjoy! :mrgreen: Although I’m not a big fan of it, I’ve used it occasionally in Linux and it does have its virtues. Nice to see a new release.

This is a cool site, it supposedly shows the number of people using the Linspire distribution. It also encourages people to convert someone they know into a Linux user. I have no idea how accurate it is but it’s a cool idea. You can run your cursor over the map of the world to magnifiy [...]

The folks that make Libranet have released a 3.0 road map. Good to see! I’ve been wondering what was going on with them. Libranet is one of my favorite distributions but it’s been quite a while since the last release. I’m looking forward to seeing 3.0. There’s quite a buzz about it in the Libranet [...]

Xandros is in need of beta testers for its upcoming Xandros Linux 3.0 release. You can apply here if you’re interested.

It’s out. I’m running it on my laptop and desktop box. So far it’s quite slick. The laptop is connected to my wireless network with no problems. If you haven’t tried it yet you can get it here.