A Linux distribution is a member of the Linux family of the Unix-like computer operating systems by different companies such as RedHat, Novell - Suse, and Ubuntu. This system is merely created for Linux kernel and various other systems like the X window system. Moreover, Linux distribution comes in wide variety of forms simply because [...]

In the post immediately preceding this one, I discuss my views that Windows Vista, as hated as it is, won’t cause a flood of angry Windows XP users to join the noble Linux cause. There are a number of reasons for this, but two primarily: one, most users don’t care enough to switch operating systems [...]

Anyone who has ever used a Linux distribution knows about software installation. While most Linuxers would argue that there’s nothing wrong with the current state of software installers on Linux, an argument could be made the software installation on Linux is, in a word, broken. Between Red Hat Packages (RPMs), Debian packages (.deb), Gentoo’s portage, [...]

While Novell might not be the most popular company in the Linux world today, it’s still a very good way to gauge what’s going on in the Linux community. Their latest OpenSUSE release, OpenSUSE 10.2, has a number of new features - X.Org 7.2rc2, redesigned KDE and GNOME desktops, Firefox 2.0, etc. - as well [...]

I knew that Novell/Microsoft deal is going to be really bad for the open source community. The deal will protect Novell’s Linux customers from Microsoft’s patent lawsuits liability, which will open cases against other Linux distributions and vendors. It is shameful for Novell to take in this deal and disregards any aspect of the open [...]