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| DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 6, 14 July 2003 |
Linux Journal Reader's Choice Award - a Joke?
Are you going to vote in this year's Linux Journal Reader's Choice Award? Unlike many other web sites which bend over to send visitors to vote in the survey, I say don't bother. Why? Because the choices given in the survey were put together several years ago and the Linux Journal editors haven't kept up with the ever changing Linux world - instead they mostly maintain the same survey choices as last year and the year before. Take the "Favorite Distribution" section as an example. No less than 16 (that's over one third!) of the distributions listed are long dead or unmaintained (Antarctica, Armed, Caldera, Corel, Jurix, Progeny, Stampede, Storm...) and should have not been kept on the list, while others have changed names (Best, Redmond), but their names have not been updated. Some extremely popular distributions (such as Knoppix) are missing and so are some reasonably widely-used ones (Xandros, LindowsOS). Curiously, a new Knoppix-based distribution called Mepis has somehow managed to sneak onto the list!
Similarly, the "Favorite Linux Web Site" section lists sites that no longer exist (Linux Applications, segfault.org), while last year's most popular "write-in" site - PCLinuxOnline - has still not been given a proper voting option. All this shows that the Linux Journal editors don't take the Reader's Choice Award seriously enough to give it a thorough revision each year and neither should we. If you are going to submit a vote, I suggest you scroll down to the bottom of the page and give the magazine a wake-up call - a two-year old survey is not the way to go!
Categorising Linux Distributions
One excellent way of categorising Linux distributions (at least the binary ones) is by their package management. This document offers a comparisons of all main package formats - RPM, DEB and TGZ, together with Stampede's SLP (no longer in development) and UNIX's PKG formats. The table compares many aspects of each format, including security features, usability and metadata, to name a few. Certainly worth a bookmark.
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| Released Last Week |
DeLi Linux
One of the more interesting distributions released last week was DeLi Linux. Immediately after the announcement on the front page, the page hit count on the DeLi Linux page soared spectacularly, approaching levels that Mandrake or Red Hat pages get shortly after new releases. This makes me wonder - is the old PC a neglected market? How many of us have an old computer lying idly in the cupboard? Unfortunately, Red Hat 9 won't even install on anything with less than 64MB of RAM (double that for a graphical install) and many other distributions no longer bother with these low-end systems. Has anybody tried DeLi Linux 0.3? Any opinions are welcome.
SuSE Linux
On the other end of the spectrum is the latest SuSE Linux 8.2 for AMD Athlon 64, the beta of which was released last week and, unlike SuSE's ix86 branch, it is freely downloadable. Out of curiosity - are these 64 bit systems getting deployed? Anybody has any experience with them? Most importantly, would you like to see future release announcements about them on the front page? Let us know...
LindowsCD
Lindows has released a live CD distribution called LindowsCD. The US$30 price tag is disappointing - a couple of weeks ago there was a message on the Lindows user forums indicating that this CD would be offered to all as a free download. However, users report that there is a way to obtain it for free - all you have to do is to sign up for the 15-day trial, which gives you download access to the LindowsOS installation CD, live LindowsCD and unlimited access to Click-N-Run for the duration of the trial. You do need a credit card to sign up, but it won't be charged if you cancel within the trial period. Sign up by visiting this page and creating an account - it's a risk-free way of trying out LindowsOS without a commitment.
Other Releases
Two new releases were announced last week - Morphix 0.4 and Plamo Linux 3.2. This release of Plamo Linux was specially prepared for inclusion in the August issue of the Nikkei Linux magazine, which also features a comprehensive review (in Japanese) of this distribution. Plamo Linux is a Slackware-based distribution, which has been in development since 1998; visit the distribution's web site (Japanese only) for more information.
Development Releases
- Arch Linux 0.5 beta - a quiet release, the ISO is available from the download page.
- Vector Linux 4.0 beta was announced on the Vector Linux announcement list - if you'd like to test it, get the ISO image by following the download link on Vector's web site.
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| Upcoming Releases and Announcements |
LinuxInstall.org 1.4
"LinuxInstall.org would like to make two announcements. Firstly, LinuxInstall.org is re-organizing release numbers. Release 1.0 becomes Release 1.1, Release 2.0 becomes Release 1.2 and Release
3.0 becomes Release 1.3. Secondly, LinuxInstall.org 1.4 will be released on July 21st. It will include Mozilla 1.4 and Evolution 1.4 as well as OpenOffice.org 1.1RC. Mozilla 1.4 RPM package included in this release was recompiled only with xft option to be fully compatible with existing FlashPlayer, RealPlayer and Java plugins. In addition, MPlayer
will be added with QuickTime Plugin enabled for Mozilla. For current LinuxInstall.org users, these new core packages will be available for free."
Mandrake 9.2 Beta
According to a rough schedule released last month, the first beta of Mandrake Linux 9.2 should be released shortly, while the 9.2 final release is expected in the middle of September.
Red Hat X?
An observant member of a Red Hat mailing list spotted a new item on the Barnes & Noble.com list of new books - Red Hat Linux X Bible. Scheduled for publication in October this year, the title has given rise to usual speculations about future naming schemes and release schedules of the Red Hat distribution. Unfortunately, Red Hat has become a lot less predictable when it comes to various aspects of their distribution, so the book might just be a publisher's guess, subject to last minute changes. But what about the release date? Red Hat indicated some time ago that a less frequent (annual?) release schedule might be a more practical way of producing community releases. If we don't see a new beta version within the next month or so, it will be fair to say that this is indeed the case.
Xandros Desktop 1.1
According to this forum post, Xandros Corporation has apparently informed their resellers about a new upcoming release - Xandros Desktop 1.1. The product will retail for US$39 and will include Crossover Office 2.0, OpenOffice.org 1.0.3, Mozilla upgrade to version 1.3.1 and Active Directory authentication. A Spanish OEM version will also be available. A Xandros employee confirmed the release in a later post and explained some of the raised concerns: "There is no reason for current users to purchase this upgrade unless you want the new CrossOver. Everything else on the CD is either already available through Xandros Networks (device drivers, etc..), or will be available quite soon (we're working on that right now). This is essentially equivalent to a service pack. This is not a major release that requires news posted all over the website." I suspect that most Xandros users and fans will strongly disagree with the last sentence.
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| Web Site News |
Site updates
The package list has been updated. A total of 22 new, frequently requested packages have been added to the database and these will be tracked from now on in the usual manner; the new packages are: apt4rpm, BitTorrent, blender, cinelerra, coreutils, db, eclipse, exim, freetype, ipvsadm, jakarta-tomcat, k3b, lftp, libvorbis, NetBeans, qtparted, quanta, scribus, synaptic, tcpdump, vsftpd and zlib. (A hint to all those readers who have requested the addition of quanta and other packages - there is no reason why you should delay your joining the Timesavers now, right?) The number of tracked packages has risen to 174. Additionally, a new feature giving a brief package description has also been implemented - if unsure about the purpose of a package, just hover your mouse over its name on any of the distribution tables and a pop-up message will give a brief hint (this feature should work in most browsers).
The related links page has also been expanded. It presents long lists of links to Linux distributions and projects that are currently excluded from being listed on DistroWatch, such as floppy-based or embedded Linux distributions. The page will be continuously updated and if you know of a distribution that should be listed there, please email me directly or mention it in the discussion forum below.
Discontinued distributions
- LRs Linux has been discontinued: "LRs GNU/Linux is no longer available, this project is closed. Thanks to all our user and developer it was a nice time with you. Bernd Eller aka berell."
- Madeinlinux has also been moved onto the Discontinued Distributions page. Although their web site is still reasonably active and it has been promising a new version 5.0 for over 6 months, their last release dated January 2001 is just too outdated to be usable.
New additions
No new distributions have been added to DistroWatch last week.
New on the waiting list
Another good week for new distribution submissions; the following projects have been added to the waiting list:
- AbulEdu - a French educational distribution based on Mandrake.
- Berry Linux - a Japanese live CD project based on Red Hat 9 and Knoppix 3.2.
- Drinou-Linux a French project, a minimal distribution based on Slackware 7.1.
- guadaLINEX - a live CD developed by the Spanish regional government of Andalucia, based on LinEx and Debian.
- Locust Mesh AP Linux - a live CD project, currently in development.
- stresslinux - a minimal linux distribution running from a bootable cdrom or via PXE. It is designed for users who want to test their system on high load and monitor its health.
- ThePacketMaster (TPM) Linux - a live CD distribution with security and forensic utilities.
DistroWatch database summary
Number of distributions in the database: 154
Number of discontinued distributions: 20
Number of distributions on the waiting list: 48
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| Reader Feedback |
About the waiting list
- "The waiting list is growing and growing. Distros are blooming, some of them very small and specific. At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised to see more distros in the waiting list than being tracked some time soon. Do you have any ideas on this respect?"
Based on my experience, about half of them won't survive the 3-months waiting period. As an example, take the PlumpOS project at - the author emailed me with a request to list his distribution, but 3 months later, the project page has a blurb about some other interesting projects taking priority over PlumpOS. This is usually the first sign of the project being on life support, so don't be surprised if the current release candidate never matures into a final release. Other projects appear to be in a similar situation. I'll keep them on the waiting list for another 3 months and if I don't see any new activity, I'll drop them from the list.
On DistroWatch icons, logos and banners
- "I have created a banner, not sure where i should send it in to, I'll give you a link, tell me what you think."
The banners:
 
Anybody else with some ideas? Having a choice would be nice :-) All reasonable efforts will be rewarded with a free access to DistroWatch Timesavers, so if you have a graphics design talent, please fire up your favourite image editor and get creative! Thanks a lot :-)
That's all for this week, keep well and see you next Monday,
Ladislav Bodnar
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1 • DistroWatch.com banner (by Thomas Chung at 2003-07-14 04:29:00 GMT)
Hi Ladislav,
Can I use your new DistroWatch.com banner on my website?
I think I want to link from "Linux Links"
Thanks,
Thomas
LinuxInstall.org Project
2 • About Ron Garland's Liindows review (by L. Gandolfo at 2003-07-14 11:22:44 GMT)
I'd like to ask distrowatch to have at least a quick look in future before recommending a review to its readers.
I have never seen such a poorly written review: amateurish, tons of factual mistakes, confused and confusing.
Regardless of wheter you like Lindows or not, reading such a review can only be a pain.
I also wrote twice to Mr Garland, pointing out, among others, that the default browser for Lindows 4 is no longer Netscape but Mozilla. I never got a reply.
3 • Banners and getting the message out (by nitroushhh on 2003-07-14 13:07:01 GMT)
Hi,
I like the banner. Hope you get some other good ones. What about t-shirts for us to buy from you. I was thinking it would be great to have more general logo to promote Linux and then have the web address below on a t-shirt.
Some simple catch line and logo. With Penguins of course.
I'm sure people can come up with better ones but heres a couple off the top of my head.
"Look into Linux"
"What's Linux ??? Ask Me"
regards Nitroushhh
4 • k3b (by Anonymous on 2003-07-14 16:34:42 GMT)
k3b, which had a new release today, is missing from your list of new tracked applications.
5 • Now that I think about it, I'd like a shirt myself (by Benjamin Vander Jagt at 2003-07-14 22:42:48 GMT)
I'd love to wear a shirt that says something pithy like, "Ask me about Linux and why it's better than Windows." I want my customers to ask me, as opposed to pushing Linux on them.
Ladislav, I don't know if you would get more than one purchase from me, since I doubt that *any* of my customers would have the same incentive I would have to buy them. However, I might be interesting in making DistroWatch labelled shirts a company uniform.
6 • About Ron Garland's Lindows review (by warpengi on 2003-07-15 05:07:43 GMT)
I have to agree with L. Gandolfo's comments. The review was very amateurish. I also e-mailed (in a nice way) a couple of corrections for his consideration and received no response.
By the way I like the Distrowatch weekly logo.
7 • Deli 0.3 (by Anonymous on 2003-07-15 06:25:32 GMT)
i've tried it - not for newbies. looks promising. I think the untapped market is slightly older laptops/notebooks. They are still i686 class and can run non-bloat apps very well. I like to see someone have the balls to package up a small distro complied for i686 or better but with out all the bloat crap . Installed with essential apps - about 200MB on HDD.
Be light and nimble - stop following the windoz bloat crap.
Distrowatch should support these smaller and nimble distros more.
Readers demand a better experience without a $1000 hardware upgrade. Voice your support. Software can always get better.
8 • How about DW interviews ? (by Leo on 2003-07-15 11:38:08 GMT)
I wonder if it would be a good idea for DW to do regular interviews with developers or management from interesting distros, specially the emerging ones, to see what the focus of the distro is, how they differ from others, how they compare to others, etc. That is, to make interviews from a DW point of view: to sort out the distro mess :-)
9 • Mandrake 9.2 beta (by Leo on 2003-07-15 15:00:51 GMT)
I thought I should post a quick note. Cooker is coming along nicely, it is becoming useable. I upgraded most of my 9.1 installation to cooker (some packages are still having conflicts, typical of the alpha cycle). I don't follow the cooker list, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the first beta soon. Also, I think 9.2 will be *very* stable, given how smoothly the early cooker is running ...
10 • Mandrake 9.2 beta (by Leo on 2003-07-15 15:54:19 GMT)
I thought I should post a quick note. Cooker is coming along nicely, it is becoming useable. I upgraded most of my 9.1 installation to cooker (some packages are still having conflicts, typical of the alpha cycle). I don't follow the cooker list, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the first beta soon. Also, I think 9.2 will be *very* stable, given how smoothly the early cooker is running ...
11 • RE: How about DW interviews (by ladislav at 2003-07-15 16:08:09 GMT)
Sure, why not? I've interviewed Klaus Knopper before and it was a very pleasant experience. Interviews are actually a lot less work than reviews, because most of the work is done by the interviewee :-)
Anybody in particular you have in mind?
12 • Logo/DWWeekly Icon (by darkproximity at 2003-07-15 17:06:05 GMT)
Thanks for using my distrowatch weekly icon, im glad people like it, if you need any more dont hesitate to ask!
13 • Lindows: ridiculous! (by GP on 2003-07-15 17:42:04 GMT)
All you have to do to circumvent Lindows' plans:
1) sign up for the 15-day trial,
2) Leave credit card number
3) Cancel within the trial period. (Don't forget and just hope your will is well registered, etc.)
All you have to do to obey Klaus Kmopper's plans:
1) Download.
GP
14 • RE: RE: How about DW interviews (by Leo on 2003-07-15 19:05:08 GMT)
How about Bero ? Ark Linux sounds so much like a cool project, but it is not really clear (at least to me) how they plan to get an identity. They look, for different reasons, a lot like redhat, some times mandrake, some times debian, some times SuSE. He must have something in mind that at least I am missing, otherwise he would have joined the Debian project and pushed for Desktop and end-user friendliness within debian. Anyway, that would be an idea ... Thanks for asking !
15 • DW Interviews (by Anonymous on 2003-07-16 09:34:19 GMT)
It would be nice to see interviews of some of the niche distros.
Particularly those small polished projects that don't have a the advantage of a PR dept issuing press releases every 5 minutes :-)
Also non-english projects that we hear about but remain fairly obscure because of the babelfish translation.
Here an example list in no particular order:
* Kurumin - Bootable CD that appears to have some interesting features like - linmodem support etc.
- Find out more about the developer. What he's trying to do. Future plans ....
* Damn Small Linux - Business Card size linux with graphical links browser (cool!)
- Again, find out about developer. Future direction. Improved HD installation etc
* Educational releases like ADIOS
- Any insights about how linux is being used in education.
* Anyone working with linux for old PCs
- Are any suitable for charity groups - aged, disadvantaged etc?
- what about userfriendly with quick installs/configuration.
Best regards
rob
16 • RE: RE: How about DW interviews (by Anonymous on 2003-07-16 13:17:14 GMT)
Hi Ladislav
Thank you for *your* feedback :-) How about Bero ? To me Ark linux has a lot of real potential, but I still don't understand how it plans to fit in the "big 4" scenario (redhat, suse, debian, mandrake). It looks something like a user friendly redhat (mandrake), with a community approach (debian), and very strongly desktop oriented (suse, mandrake). In the end, Mandrake seems the closest competitor, but who knows what Bero has in mind in this regard ? I read a recent interview and this point is still not clear.
THe bottomline I think is: yes, interviews would not imply much work from you, and uf properly oriented to the objectives of DW, they can be very very useful.
Cheers
17 • DW interviews (by Leo on 2003-07-16 17:31:39 GMT)
One more idea re interviews: you can announce interviews some time in advance, and set a forum where visitors (or may be just time-savers, dunno) can post questions. Then you can include a couple questions from the forum that you consider relevant (nobody should feel offended if their question is not picked). :-)
18 • This year's Linux Journal Reader's Choice Award (by W T Zhu on 2003-07-17 07:14:28 GMT)
Don't bother in this year's Linux Journal Reader's Choice Award. Just have a look at the poster's comments and you'll agree with us:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6967&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
19 • Lindows has sponsored the Mozilla project (by W T Zhu on 2003-07-19 04:16:42 GMT)
Acording to Kevin Carmony the Lindows president in this post Lindows has sponsored the Mozilla project. Kevin announced that they have given them "Some cash but more important joint developement on several nice features to add to Mozilla, that will be given back to the project of course."
A little surprising, isn't it?
20 • i have linex (by Crissy at 2004-04-27 11:49:21 GMT)
I have linex. And i love it. It doesnt crash like windows does. But latly, i have been looking for a buddy icon, and have not been able to get one. This is because i dont have windows. Would you know of any web sites that have buddy icon for linex users?
21 • please (by Crissy at 2004-04-27 11:53:04 GMT)
Please e-mail me with any answers to to the question that i have posted above.
Thank you
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| • Issue 1055 (2024-01-29): CNIX OS 231204, distributions patching packages the most, Gentoo team presents ongoing work, UBports introduces connectivity and battery improvements, interview with Haiku developer |
| • Issue 1054 (2024-01-22): Solus 4.5, comparing dd and cp when writing ISO files, openSUSE plans new major Leap version, XeroLinux shutting down, HardenedBSD changes its build schedule |
| • Issue 1053 (2024-01-15): Linux AI voice assistants, some distributions running hotter than others, UBports talks about coming changes, Qubes certifies StarBook laptops, Asahi Linux improves energy savings |
| • Issue 1052 (2024-01-08): OpenMandriva Lx 5.0, keeping shell commands running when theterminal closes, Mint upgrades Edge kernel, Vanilla OS plans big changes, Canonical working to make Snap more cross-platform |
| • Issue 1051 (2024-01-01): Favourite distros of 2023, reloading shell settings, Asahi Linux releases Fedora remix, Gentoo offers binary packages, openSUSE provides full disk encryption |
| • Issue 1050 (2023-12-18): rlxos 2023.11, renaming files and opening terminal windows in specific directories, TrueNAS publishes ZFS fixes, Debian publishes delayed install media, Haiku polishes desktop experience |
| • Issue 1049 (2023-12-11): Lernstick 12, alternatives to WINE, openSUSE updates its branding, Mint unveils new features, Lubuntu team plans for 24.04 |
| • Issue 1048 (2023-12-04): openSUSE MicroOS, the transition from X11 to Wayland, Red Hat phasing out X11 packages, UBports making mobile development easier |
| • Issue 1047 (2023-11-27): GhostBSD 23.10.1, Why Linux uses swap when memory is free, Ubuntu Budgie may benefit from Wayland work in Xfce, early issues with FreeBSD 14.0 |
| • Issue 1046 (2023-11-20): Slackel 7.7 "Openbox", restricting CPU usage, Haiku improves font handling and software centre performance, Canonical launches MicroCloud |
| • Issue 1045 (2023-11-13): Fedora 39, how to trust software packages, ReactOS booting with UEFI, elementary OS plans to default to Wayland, Mir gaining ability to split work across video cards |
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3CX Phone System
3CX Phone System is a specialist, Debian-based Linux distribution designed to run a complete unified communications platform. The 3CX client, included in the distribution, can also be installed separately on most hardware as well as the cloud. It provides a complete open standards-based IP PBX and phone system that works with popular SIP trunks and IP phones. It will automatically configure all supported peripherals and it also comes with clients for Windows, OS X, iOS and Android. The ISO image includes a free license for the 3CX PBX edition. The ISO image contains the standard Debian installer which installs a minimal system with the nginx web server, PostgreSQL database, iptables firewall and Secure Shell. Options not relevant to 3CX have been removed from the distribution.
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