Archive for January, 2006

Another RC for Simply Mepis 3.4-3

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 Posted in Books, How-Tos, Installation | No Comments »

Simply Mepis is moving toward a successful release. Announced today, version 3.4-3rc4. In his announcement, Warren cited several items including; a type that might help non-root access to printers, a ... Read more..

A GEEK IS A GEEK IS A …..

Saturday, January 28th, 2006 Posted in Command Line, Desktop, Desktop, File Sharing, Installation, Kernel Hacking, Networking, Printing, Questions, XWindow | No Comments »

A Geek is a Geek is a Geek! There, I've said it and I feel somewhat better. I have been a Linux geek for sometime and have loved ... Read more..

SIMPLY MEPIS 3.4-3 rc3…Simply Works!

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 Posted in Books, Desktop, Desktop, Installation | No Comments »

Developing a great Linux distribution can be a test of patience. You work until you have the latest programs and everything is tweaked and it works in the lab, ... Read more..

XANDROS Announces Education Edition

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 Posted in Xandros | No Comments »

This press release from Xandros was received this morning. It is exciting because of its long term implications for Linux. (New York, NY) January 25, 2006 -- Xandros, the leading ... Read more..

PCLinuxOS New Website and Forum

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006 Posted in Community, Distributions | No Comments »

Hi there! There is a new Homepage for PCLinuxOS at www.pclinuxos.com, and the forum is at www.pclinuxos.com/forum so the old forums will be getting frozen very soon. As the aim of the ... Read more..

There’s Distros in the Oven…Can you smell ‘em?

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 Posted in Books | No Comments »

Sorry it has been so long since I got around to writing. Seems like the time has been flying and some of my inactivity has been due to ... Read more..

CODEWEAVERS 5.0.1 Announced

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 Posted in Books, Desktop, Installation, Terminal Tweaks | No Comments »

When I received the E-mail today from Code Weavers, producers of CrossOver Office, I was excited. The latest version had a couple of bugs and it appears Jeremy ... Read more..

How about a few more Commands?

Monday, January 9th, 2006 Posted in Command Line, How-Tos | No Comments »

Based on the response I received on Some Basic Command Line” 'tis time for a little more. No, we aren't going to try to make command line users out ... Read more..

The FOX is loose!!!!

Saturday, January 7th, 2006 Posted in Books, Desktop, How-Tos, Installation | No Comments »

During the past couple of years, the number of new distros using a Debian base sky rocketed. Simply Mepis. Linspire, Xandros,Ubuntu and the list goes on. At the ... Read more..

How about some basic Command Line?

Monday, January 2nd, 2006 Posted in How-Tos, Terminal Tweaks | No Comments »

Tis a brand new year and we, in the Linux community, hope it brings many new Linux users. While everyone has heard that Linux is a command line operating system, many ... Read more..