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1 • Netrunner Smoother (by Alex on 2012-07-16 13:43:50 GMT from United States)
I know Netrunner is based on Kubuntu, but it seems to run more smoothly on my old dual core laptop than Kubuntu does. Wish I knew what the difference is.
2 • netrunner (by sanjay on 2012-07-16 14:03:29 GMT from India)
I didn't tried Netrunner but tried Kubuntu, everything gonna fine except writing files on memory card , it showed filed copied to memory card but on mobile files shows of 0KB, now I am using Linux Mint lated mate its remind me of old gnome 2 desktop but bluetooth is not working, if any body has similar problem and know how to solved it please comment.
3 • Mandriva (by Blue Knight on 2012-07-16 14:16:20 GMT from France)
> "Mageia is more mature."
Hum, I don't think so. Mageia is a not bad distro but still young and its version 2 has some problems, even some that the first version had not.
Mandriva is dead, or almost, if they continue like this. More and more the things go crazy and in perpetual change and instability.
4 • So... now Mandriva is finally admitting defeat. (by uz64 on 2012-07-16 14:28:05 GMT from United States)
I've slammed Mandriva to hell and back and still kind of wish they would just die, even with this semi-decent news. Still, it's both funny and ironic that they are admitting that their new desktop is unsuitable for when stability is needed (no, really?), and that they are going to base their business version on... Mageia? LMFAO. You know, maybe they should have considered this before jumping off the deep end in the first place.
It's like Mozilla trying to turn Firefox into a carbon copy of Chrome, all the way down to the disgusting version jumps and upgrade treadmill; claiming that they're right, you're wrong, and that you're just going to have to deal with it, and if you're a company use some other (competing) product, not ours. And then release an extended support release without directly saying you were wrong. Only, the way Mozilla handled it was possibly more pathetic.
Don't get me wrong, Mageia is great and it's what I would recommend anyone who liked Mandriva to use, yet I don't see this as a bad thing. At least for the time being, until Mandriva deems their new crappy version "stable" enough, people can use a modern Mandriva that once again feels like classic Mandriva, without a bunch of craptastic changes that someone on the team thought would be such a brilliant idea. Of course, Mageia will be there when Mandriva decides it's really time to make the classic version obsolete. I still find it amusing that they're deciding to build on Mageia's work at modernizing classic Mandriva (from a competitive standpoint), but at the same time--once again--that's a good thing, and it's good to see open source licenses working as they were intended.
5 • Webconverger (by Carlos Felipe on 2012-07-16 14:46:34 GMT from Brazil)
How can I shutdown / restart it? Is just a browser without buttons or a panel.
6 • Netrunner (by claudecat on 2012-07-16 15:13:59 GMT from United States)
I found Netrunner to be yet another 'buntu + codecs, a few different apps and a spiffy new wallpaper. It works for the most part but is it really that difficult to just customize Kubuntu to your own liking? I guess there aren't many of these 'buntu clones that are KDE based, so it does fill a niche, I just wish it brought more to the table in terms of uniqueness, or was less idiosyncratic with regard to web-apps and other "enhancements" (like Mint KDE).
One thing that drives me crazy with these lesser 'buntu clones is the pre-installation of several (mostly useless) Firefox extensions. If I want an extension, I'll install it myself, in less time than it takes to disable and remove the ones that Netrunner (and some others) comes with. All in all, Kubuntu is more stable, runs faster, and can be made as "useful" as Netrunner in mere minutes, so once again, was this really necessary?
7 • Window Border (by some_guy on 2012-07-16 15:34:26 GMT from Argentina)
Some managers (dwm, Fluxbox, etc) have a selectable key you can use in conjunction with the mouse to move or resize (e.g. MODKEY + Left Button to drag, MODKEY + Right Button to resize).
This way you can click anywhere on the window.
8 • multipble boot environments is nothing new! (by SysOp on 2012-07-16 20:31:43 GMT from India)
Looks like PC-BSD is trying to be more like Solaris? multiple boot environments is nothing new, atleast not in the Solaris World.
9 • Dicephalic Mandriva (by paroxysm on 2012-07-16 21:22:30 GMT from United States)
An argument could be made that, at this point in time, Mageia bears more similarity to the current Mandriva Enterprise Server (5.2) than the current Mandriva One/Powerpack (2011) does itself, and that the Mageia codebase is more of a natural progression for MES customers. The cynic in me wonders if turning over sustenance and development of the Mandriva codebase to a community foundation will serve as a way of slowly divesting itself (i.e. Mandriva SA) of some of the changes that have been made. It is interesting, however, that ROSA Company feels confident enough in the current Mandriva codebase to base an LTS version (ROSA Marathon 2012 & ROSA LXDE 2012 LTS) off of it. It begs the question whether it is immaturity of the codebase or incompetency on the part of Mandriva SA in being unable to base a stable product off of said codebase that is the real stumbling block.
I expect that the community version will see a return of official support to other desktop environments in addition to KDE. I hope the new (and as yet unnamed) community foundation will see a move to scale back the default installation of some of the ROSA technologies. I also hope the new foundation will not be expecting much support from Mandriva SA. It may have promised to invest manpower and financial support in the new foundation, but given the company's current organization and financial position, I do not see it being able to adequately contribute to and manage two codebases. To be honest, I don't think it can adequately manage one codebase, and I don't see the company being around in its current form 10 years down the road. I do wonder if on the part of Mandriva SA there will be a return of a Mandriva Corporate Desktop-like product.
10 • Secure Boot (by Woody Oaks on 2012-07-16 22:45:30 GMT from United States)
You will easily guess from this question that I don't understand much about "Secure Boot": It seems as though the firmware-locks must somehow interact with UEFI code in the EPROM chip: If so then is that interaction a necessary or simply a sufficient condition for firmware operation? Could there be written some open source alternatives to a particular mainboard's UEFI code, a BIOS-of-Sorts? Could such a "BIOS-Flash" become simply another step in assembling a new home-built computer or in resurrecting an old one? And if such a procedure could work at all, could it be applied to small ARM devices? Just askin'
11 • Netrunner (by john on 2012-07-16 23:38:34 GMT from United Kingdom)
Not unique, granted, but a rather good out-of-the-box KDE distro, of which there aren't that many.
I rather like the pretty-much-everything in one hit approach (though it is possible to go over the top, sometimes way over), and it's often easier to uninstall or simply ignore something than it is to install it, particularly for a newbie. Some of the choices seem a little idiosyncratic, but that's simply a matter of taste, and can be quickly altered (I removed the icons from the desktop, for example, but appreciated the inclusion of glChess and VirtualBox).
In short, this, or something like it, is how I might have ended up installing Kubuntu for a friend. I think it's the best KDE distro since Pardus (what happened to that cat?).
On the broader point, I too would like to see a definition of "distro" that didn't just mean a re-spin with different software choices and different wallpaper, and maybe a different launcher. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate them though.
12 • Kubuntu installer crash (by zulfahmi on 2012-07-17 01:01:22 GMT from Sweden)
I got installer crash at same point when install netrunner, kubuntu and kubuntu oem (kubuntu ua remix). Look like kubuntu Pangolin dont like my pc.
13 • Move and Resize Handles in Openbox (by Arkanabar on 2012-07-17 01:11:09 GMT from United States)
As I said last week: if you're using an OpenBox environment (Madbox, CrunchBang, ArchBang, CTKArch, LXDE), one behavior that's pretty common is that if you alt-drag a window, it moves, and if you alt-right-drag it, it resizes -- even if the window is completely undecorated. This behavior is controlled by the openbox config file (generally at ~/.config/openbox/*rc.xml).
14 • Looking Glass (by Gary on 2012-07-17 01:41:02 GMT from United States)
Ran across an old(?) project called Looking Glass.( http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=144229) Did all development stop in 2007 or did it branch off or get adopted by another distro? It was very interesting, especially if you like the eye candy.
Would love to find a full fledged distro with LG3D as the window manager.
15 • WindowBorders (by lutz on 2012-07-17 01:54:09 GMT from Germany)
mostly every "true" WM has configurable borders.
if someone has fine-motor control hand issues, then (s)he might think about a TilingWM,
because there is window-"{dragging,resizing}" a mouseless concept.
only keyboard driven.
by-the-way: why someone should use over 200MB RAM in KDE to have resizable borders?
with that amount of RAM you can almost have everything started up
and do mostly all work!
16 • firewalls, ARM (by Candide on 2012-07-17 03:32:59 GMT from Taiwan)
A good firewall makes you invisible on the Internet. That is what you want. Hard for anyone to mount an attack against you if they can't see you.
If you're accessing the Internet through a router, you've already got a firewall. However, these days it's getting more popular to access via a 3G USB modem (which is what I have), and no firewall is built into that type of device. In that case, most definitely one should enable a software firewall.
Different distros have different firewalls installed by default. As a Lubuntu user, the default is ufw (Ubuntu FireWall). To be sure it's enabled, as root (on the command line) type "ufw enable" which you only need to do once. If for some odd reason you want to disable it, then not surprisingly it's "ufw disable." If you need to do it point-and-click style, there is gufw (Gnome Ubuntu FireWall).
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About ARM. I've been very interested in getting a low-power ARM board, but most (or all) of the commercial offerings look pretty lame, and I'm not geeky enough to build my own board. At US$35, the Raspberry Pi has been a hit because it's so cheap, but still pretty lame specs. Then the other day I saw this article on Arstechnica:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/korean-company-offers-3-5-inch-quad-core-arm-linux-computer-for-129/
At US$129, it's nearly four times as expensive as the Raspberry Pi, but packs a lot more punch. I just might spring for it, though I'll wait a few months for a few others to write up their reviews. Maybe something else even better will come along in the meantime.
17 • Linux on ARM (by Michael Murphy on 2012-07-17 03:41:45 GMT from United States)
I'm currently running Arch Linux ARM on my Seagate Freeagent Home network drive and using it as my NAS. It was really easy to setup and has been running with no issues since as my backup destination for three PCs.
18 • Kubuntu + Low fat Settings (by Woodstock69 on 2012-07-17 05:25:35 GMT from Papua New Guinea)
To follow-up from a couple of weeks ago - Thanks very much to RollMeAway, Peter and Greg for their suggestions, in particular for kubuntu-low-fat-settings. After installing Kubuntu 11.10 in VirtualBox 4.1.16 I was initially disappointed with its slow and sluggish responsiveness.
After applying the low-fat package, I nearly fell off the chair (though probably more due to the broken chair leg...). Kubuntu was flying. Well enough to surprise the heck out of me anyway. I'm so close to dropping KDE3, now it's not funny. Just a bit more testing after updating Oneiric to Precise and that will be that. KDE4 + Digikam 2.6 (or 2.7) + Dolphin 2.0!
Kubuntu isn't my preferred distro, Debian is, but the reviews I read about kubuntu-low-fat-settings don't go into much detail so I can't apply the same setting to Debian.
I can honestly say I'm very happy with Kubuntu 12.04 + VirtualBox 4.1.16 + KDE4.8.4. I am anticipating very similar results when I install on my real system.
Do I have to say it? Probably.... YMMV.
19 • Windows Borders (by Steve on 2012-07-17 10:53:56 GMT from United States)
Compiz also lets you do custom-size window borders with Emerald and the Emerald Theme Manager. This works with Mate, XFCE, KDE, and possibly Unity.
20 • RE: ARM Linux Computer. (by Eddie on 2012-07-17 15:38:08 GMT from United States)
For anyone interested in a small ARM computer that is perfect for Linux, check out this article. A good value for the money.
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/07/korean-company-offers-3-5-inch-quad-core-arm-linux-computer-for-129/
21 • Linux on ARM (by Patrick on 2012-07-17 18:30:44 GMT from United States)
I am still running my Sheevaplug as a home server and MythTV backend, and I just got a Raspberry Pi a couple of weeks ago. I'm using Debian on both. Actually, on the Pi I'm using Raspbian now, which is a Debian version compiled for the processor in the Pi so the hardware floating point can be used.
Both are nice ARM based systems and work very well if you keep their limitations in mind. For server or embedded use they work great, using them as a desktop system seems limiting, mostly due to lack of RAM. When running Debian, you can pretty much forget you are not running a normal PC, the experience is very similar to using a low end PC, especially if you stick to the terminal.
22 • CentOS (by Johannes on 2012-07-17 21:35:35 GMT from Germany)
Excellent to see that CentOS has been updated quite rapidly from 6.2 to 6.3. They're doing an excellent job :-)
23 • Re: #18-have you tried Arch w/kde? (by brad on 2012-07-18 00:30:52 GMT from United States)
Arch is very vanilla, fast, lets you install only what you want.. and you can tweak it till your hearts content..
once you go Arch... its hard to use any other distro... but of course Kubuntu is WAY more compatable w/ 3rd party .deb packages.. but if you just want to run pure linux and dual boot etc.. than Arch is the proberly the fastest way to go... that's my .02 now I'm broke
24 • PCBSD (by Grumpy on 2012-07-18 04:25:06 GMT from United States)
The last PC-BSD live cd takes 20 minutes to boot on my system, a core i5. If they're adding multiboot, who really gives a rat's ass. They should spend their time fixing the problems they already have.
25 • @18 • Kubuntu + Low fat Settings (by greg on 2012-07-18 06:19:46 GMT from Slovenia)
Another option is razor-qt which is kind of like a light KDE. but still under development. I've played arround with it a bit (a couple Ubuntu remixes with it exists) and it is really snappy. Well some stuff are still missing but on my test the things ran smoothly.
26 • @ 11: Where's the cat? (by Antony on 2012-07-18 08:23:51 GMT from United Kingdom)
Hi john,
"In short, this, or something like it, is how I might have ended up installing Kubuntu for a friend. I think it's the best KDE distro since Pardus (what happened to that cat?)."
http://worldforum.pardus-linux.nl/index.php
27 • @24 (by Chuck Borris on 2012-07-18 10:56:59 GMT from Europe)
maybe you have a crappy CD-ROM unit? try booting from a USB stick
28 • ARM devices (by Shankar on 2012-07-18 11:45:36 GMT from India)
Since the article asks, I have a GoFlex Home (just the base, was available for $16) running Debian Squeeze / Testing. Runs flawlessly as a server except for occasional crashes as a result of apparent bugs in the bluetooth module.
29 • Thunderbird (by Nate on 2012-07-18 13:27:58 GMT from United States)
Even though it's off topic, as a Linux user, I feel this warrants our attention: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/06/so-thats-it-for-thunderbird/
Thunderbird is our most common E-mail client to ship with Distros. This sort of changeover could be disastrous.
30 • Thunderbird (by Jesse on 2012-07-18 14:01:05 GMT from Canada)
@29:
>> "Thunderbird is our most common E-mail client to ship with Distros. This sort of changeover could be disastrous."
Interesting, I had the opposite reaction. Thunderbird being moved into a stable, slower development model strikes me as a good thing. Thunderbird has a strong set of features, a decent interface and, in my experience, is very stable. It doesn't really need a full team of developers hacking in new features. Thunderbird is a mature project and I think having a small team of coders just doing maintenance makes sense at this point in the project's life. A think slower development will give the project a greater sense of stability (especially next to Firefox).
31 • @25,18 razor-qt (by Pearson on 2012-07-18 15:07:09 GMT from United States)
Antony said "Another option is razor-qt which is kind of like a light KDE"
This sounds like reasonable advice, but I have to correct some terminology. Saying "razor-qt is kind of like a light kde" is like saying "XFCE is kind of like a light GNOME". The KDE and razor-qt projects are very different, and happen to use the same underlying GUI library (Qt). I'm sure some of rezor-qt look-and-feel will be inspired by KDE, but they aren't really the same at all.
Again, razor-qt may very well be a great option. I have no real experience or knowledge on it, but what I hear sounds very promising and fun.
32 • #16, ufw (by mcellius on 2012-07-18 15:37:50 GMT from United States)
Candide,
That default firewall with Lubuntu (and with lots of other distros), ufw, is actually named "uncomplicated firewall." I assume many people thinks the "ufw" stands for "Ubuntu firewall," but it doesn't. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncomplicated_Firewall)
So "gufw" stands for "GUI for uncomplicated firewall."
(I'm not involved with either; I just like the name.)
33 • Low power, small form factor, alternative CPU PCs (by Troy Banther on 2012-07-18 15:57:02 GMT from United States)
I use Debian GNU/Linux as my primary operating system for personal and professional purposes.
My preference for hardware, has, and continues to be, low power, small form factor, and alternative CPU PCs where and when available.
Of course I do the Google search for PCs fitting this category. It can get overwhelming just sifting.
I would really be interested in other individuals who've built this type of system and willing to share photos of them.
34 • Purdus (by john on 2012-07-18 20:06:50 GMT from United Kingdom)
Hi Antony,
Thanks for the information.
Very sad. It was a wonderful distro. Hope the fork/s prove successful.
35 • Kudo's (by Don on 2012-07-18 20:26:50 GMT from United States)
I just want to say Thank You to all the folks who make DW available every week. It is one of the very few places that I MUST go to every week and is an invaluable resource. So, thanks folks.
36 • Re X (by Woody Oaks on 2012-07-18 23:14:23 GMT from United States)
Answering your own questions is kind of like ... Anyway, this isn't really an answer, but it might point the way: www.fsf.org/campaigns/free-bios.html.
37 • Correction to post #31. (by Antony on 2012-07-19 08:14:24 GMT from United Kingdom)
Pearson (#31) wrote:
Antony said "Another option is razor-qt which is kind of like a light KDE"
It should read: "Greg said ........"
38 • the child surpasses the parent (by Julian on 2012-07-20 02:48:06 GMT from United States)
"it's good to see open source licenses working as they were intended".
It is indeed. It's great to see a fork contribute something that the parent distro was never going to create by itself. Clearly some upstart distros are produce something truly useful.
Ubuntu attracted a huge following largely by taking many of the things people liked about debian adding something useful. Mint turned around and did the same with Ubuntu.
Now the world of RPM distros is getting shaken up a little, again by a new distro that adds something valuable to the base distro that came before it. Mageia may not be as well known or as widely used as Fedora (or Red Hat) but clearly it's generating a lot of excitement and attention among people that watch new distros. It takes something, to achieve the #3 spot on distrowatch with a 6 month average at 1700+ hits per day. (8 years ago, mandrake linux managed to achieve the top spot on distrowatch at 1400 hits per day ;) )
39 • Sabayon9 is my choice. A great operating system that I must recommend. (by avelinus on 2012-07-20 17:50:04 GMT from Portugal)
Sabayon 9, the KDE edition.
I am very pleased with it. I installed the 64 bit version on my HP dv6 2180 with an i5 520M
I tried all versions since 4 to 9 and the last is the best ever.
Appears to be the safest and friendliest of user friendly OS.
I haven't any problems so far with any of the programs that I added.
Only the update that i decided to do, I canceled twice due to the delay.
In the older versions, i didn't like the installer.
I like very much my custom Zorin 3 wich i use on the same laptop and wich i can customise and easy install into a pen to take to my job and use in another pc. Later versions are not so friendly.There is always some program that doesn't work out of the box (once cheese no image, once tux guitar with no sound) the same problems why i don't use ubuntu daily.
Sabayon9 is my best choice. A great operating system that I must recommend.
avelinus@iol.pt
40 • @ 39 - Sabayon 9 KDE (by claudecat on 2012-07-20 18:47:20 GMT from United States)
I've said it before - Sabayon is a great distro with but one flaw - insanely slow update speed. I can literally install and update Arch in the time it takes to do a major update (100 or more packages) in Sabayon. Not so keen on the new gui "package manager" Rigo either. Aside from that, it's very stable compared to previous versions.
41 • Carla Schroder/Arm Ports - 25/31 - 40 (by Landor on 2012-07-21 00:31:58 GMT from Canada)
Poor reporting on the Arm Ports in the Miscellaneous News section. I've grown to dislike most, if not all, of writers that I previously liked. Gentoo, a long standing distribution has an Arm port. While it's omission may not be Carla Schroder's fault, but the fault of Ladislav Bodnar for wording it to sound as a defacto list of distributions with ports, it's still an undeserving omission of one of the major distirbutions in this community.
Carla probably couldn't compile a whole system anyway.
#25/31
At first glance, if it looks like anything, it actually looks like XFCE more than KDE.
#40
The problem with Sabayon is if the system is being updated by source packages then it's going to take forever because it's set to compile everything into each package, including the kitchen sink, That's how Sabayon gets it functionality, at the cost of compilation.
Keep your stick on the ice...
Landor
42 • RE: 41 Arm Ports (by ladislav on 2012-07-21 00:53:50 GMT from Brunei Darussalam)
No need to dislike me just yet, Landor. I am on holiday at the moment and I did not do any writing for the last two weeks :-)
43 • RE: 42 (by Landor on 2012-07-21 01:07:58 GMT from Canada)
I hope you're having an amazing holiday.
As you notice I left the blame open. :) I didn't read Carla's article, skimmed through to see what distributions were represented and decided it wasn't worth my read. In all truth though, I've found that I dislike Carla's opinions and writing as of late. Yours is still without major flaw, so far. :P :)
Keep your stick on the ice...
Landor
44 • Distros (by Leon on 2012-07-21 02:37:10 GMT from France)
Does on e really need to download and install clones of Ubuntu, Fedora, etc? One might have to install a distro based on Gentoo, or Arch as its not that easy for a novice.
If one installs Ubuntu, and then installs necessary apps, even delete some, add Cairo dock, one gets a very fast very well working distro. One can install Remastersys and make one's own iso and give it to friends or even upload it. What do you think?
45 • RE: 44 - gNewSense Alpha (by Landor on 2012-07-21 03:46:34 GMT from Canada)
#44
I don't find much of a use for many remastered/clones of other distributions, that's actually putting it lightly. I can say though that there are a few exceptions in my opinion. One distributions that comes to mind is gNewSense, now based off of Debian, previously Ubuntu. I used to strip Ubuntu down to make it libre and it was a massive undertaking to say the least. Far harder than making Debian libre, say. Without distributions like gNewSense, those that wanted a libre distribution would have to jump through a billion hoops. It's not simply add or removing a few packages like most of the others are.
gNewSense Alpha:
As I stated here before, DistroWatch classified gNewSense as dormant in error. Well, they released an Alpha ISO for i386 and amd64 systems, I forget, a week or two ago and I didn't mention it. If you feel like testing it, feel free, it's rough around the edges though.
Here's the announcement from gnewsense-dev:
Hi all,
I'm glad to inform you that the first alpha installer for the 3.0 release (Parkes) is available for download at http://beta.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-three/installer/3.0-alpha1/
Known issues:
* No gNewSense branding integrated yet.
* The parkes-updates repository doesn't work yet. parkes-security is available.
* The version of some of the patches packages is lagging (e.g. Linux, Iceweasel).
Keep your stick on the ice...
Landor
46 • RE: 45 (by Landor on 2012-07-21 03:48:32 GMT from Canada)
I should say that the announcement was made by Sam Geeraerts.
Keep your stick on the ice...
Landor
47 • @44 and 45 (by Burt on 2012-07-21 09:30:47 GMT from United Kingdom)
Salix is one exception. An excellent desktop implementation of slackware.
48 • Libre distributions (by Barnabyh on 2012-07-21 13:21:42 GMT from United Kingdom)
@45. Perhaps you could do a comparison between gNewsense and Trisquel from your well-informed POV. I would find that very interesting as you're obviously much more into pure libre than I am. Always enjoy your opinionated contributions ;).
49 • Gentoo on ARM (by Jesse on 2012-07-21 14:16:18 GMT from Canada)
>> "Gentoo, a long standing distribution has an Arm port."
Carla might have omitted Gentoo because the project is often referred to a a meta-distribution. Since Gentoo offers source packages it could be compiled just about anywhere and mentioning it would be redundant.
50 • @49 re:gentoo (by Reuben on 2012-07-21 15:08:01 GMT from United States)
>> Carla might have omitted Gentoo because the project is often referred to a a meta-distribution. Since Gentoo offers source packages it could be compiled just about anywhere and mentioning it would be redundant.
This could be said for any distribution. After all, all the source needed to compile for another platform is out there. Gentoo on the other hand, tests and make sure a package compiles on a specific platform before unmasking a package on a specific platform.
51 • RE: 48 (by Landor on 2012-07-21 15:33:43 GMT from Canada)
Surely you jest. I'm just a simple, ordinary Linux user, who is far from well-informed about anything. There's so many more who could do the job a lot better than I could, just look around here week in and week out.
I'd love to see one of them do it too. It would be a highlight of DistroWatch Weekly in my opinion.
Even that would be better than all press the kiddie distributions like say Mint and Salix get. :)
Keep your stick on the ice...
Landor
52 • Ubuntu with Cinnnamon (by Pete on 2012-07-22 15:41:10 GMT from Germany)
I am quite thankful to Clem for making the Cinnamon desktop. I have Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity and also Cinnamon and Cairo dock+Gnome+effects, so do I have to install Mint 13 Cinnamon? I don't think so, because Ubuntu 12.04 is quite fast.
Any desktop environment can be installed in Ubuntu 12.04. I am quite thankful to Cannonical too for such a nice distro.
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| • Issue 1171 (2026-05-04): Xubuntu 26.04, extending memory with VRAM, Ubuntu plans AI features, Devuan developer forks GTK2, Mint introduces hardware enablement builds, Linux running on a PlayStation 5, local kernel exploit found in Linux |
| • Issue 1170 (2026-04-27): ENux 5.2.1, picking a second distro, AlmaLinux expands CPU support, FreeBSD publishes Status Report, Ubuntu MATE skips 26.04 release |
| • Issue 1169 (2026-04-20): Lakka 6.1, free software and source-based distributions, FreeBSD Foundation publishes compatible laptop list, Debian holds Project Leader election, Haiku progresses ARM64 port, Mint to extend development cycle, Linux 7.0 released |
| • Issue 1168 (2026-04-13): pearOS 2026.03, EndeavourOS 2026.03.06, which distros are adopting age verification, Arch adjusts its firewall packages, Linux dropping i486 support, Red Hat extends its release cycle, Debian's APT introduces rollbacks, Redox improves its scheduler |
| • Issue 1167 (2026-04-06): Origami Linux 2026.03, answering questions for Linux newcomers, Ubuntu MATE seeking new contributors, Ubuntu software centre is expanding Deb support, FreeBSD fixes forum exploit, openSUSE 15 Leap nears its end of life |
| • Issue 1166 (2026-03-30): NetBSD jails, publishing software for Linux, Ubuntu joins Rust Foundation, Canonical plans to trim GRUB features, Peppermint works on new utilities, PINE64 shows off open hardware capabilities |
| • Issue 1165 (2026-03-23): Argent Linux 1.5.3, disk space required by Linux, Manjaro team goes on strike, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA driver support and builds RISC-V packages, systemd introduces age tracking |
| • Issue 1164 (2026-03-16): d77void, age verification laws and Linux, SUSE may be for sale, TrueNAS takes its build system private, Debian publishes updated Trixie media, MidnightBSD and System76 respond to age verification laws |
| • Issue 1163 (2026-03-09): KaOS 2026.02, TinyCore 17.0, NuTyX 26.02.2, Would one big collection of packages help?, Guix offers 64-bit Hurd options, Linux communities discuss age delcaration laws, Mint unveils new screensaver for Cinnamon, Redox ports new COSMIC features |
| • Issue 1162 (2026-03-02): AerynOS 2026.01, anti-virus and firewall tools, Manjaro fixes website certificate, Ubuntu splits firmware package, jails for NetBSD, extended support for some Linux kernel releases, Murena creating a map app |
| • Issue 1161 (2026-02-23): The Guix package manager, quick Q&As, Gentoo migrating its mirrors, Fedora considers more informative kernel panic screens, GhostBSD testing alternative X11 implementation, Asahi makes progress with Apple M3, NetBSD userland ported, FreeBSD improves web-based system management |
| • Issue 1160 (2026-02-16): Noid and AgarimOS, command line tips, KDE Linux introduces delta updates, Redox OS hits development milestone, Linux Mint develops a desktop-neutral account manager, sudo developer seeks sponsorship |
| • Issue 1159 (2026-02-09): Sharing files on a network, isolating processes on Linux, LFS to focus on systemd, openSUSE polishes atomic updates, NetBSD not likely to adopt Rust code, COSMIC roadmap |
| • Issue 1158 (2026-02-02): Manjaro 26.0, fastest filesystem, postmarketOS progress report, Xfce begins developing its own Wayland window manager, Bazzite founder interviewed |
| • Issue 1157 (2026-01-26): Setting up a home server, what happened to convergence, malicious software entering the Snap store, postmarketOS automates hardware tests, KDE's login manager works with systemd only |
| • Issue 1156 (2026-01-19): Chimera Linux's new installer, using the DistroWatch Torrent Corner, new package tools for Arch, Haiku improves EFI support, Redcore streamlines branches, Synex introduces install-time ZFS options |
| • Issue 1155 (2026-01-12): MenuetOS, CDE on Sparky, iDeal OS 2025.12.07, recommended flavour of BSD, Debian seeks new Data Protection Team, Ubuntu 25.04 nears its end of life, Google limits Android source code releases, Fedora plans to replace SDDM, Budgie migrates to Wayland |
| • Issue 1154 (2026-01-05): postmarketOS 25.06/25.12, switching to Linux and educational resources, FreeBSD improving laptop support, Unix v4 available for download, new X11 server in development, CachyOS team plans server edtion |
| • Issue 1153 (2025-12-22): Best projects of 2025, is software ever truly finished?, Firefox to adopt AI components, Asahi works on improving the install experience, Mageia presents plans for version 10 |
| • Issue 1152 (2025-12-15): OpenBSD 7.8, filtering websites, Jolla working on a Linux phone, Germany saves money with Linux, Ubuntu to package AMD tools, Fedora demonstrates AI troubleshooting, Haiku packages Go language |
| • Issue 1151 (2025-12-08): FreeBSD 15.0, fun command line tricks, Canonical presents plans for Ubutnu 26.04, SparkyLinux updates CDE packages, Redox OS gets modesetting driver |
| • Issue 1150 (2025-12-01): Gnoppix 25_10, exploring if distributions matter, openSUSE updates tumbleweed's boot loader, Fedora plans better handling of broken packages, Plasma to become Wayland-only, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1149 (2025-11-24): MX Linux 25, why are video drivers special, systemd experiments with musl, Debian Libre Live publishes new media, Xubuntu reviews website hack |
| • Issue 1148 (2025-11-17): Zorin OS 18, deleting a file with an unusual name, NetBSD experiments with sandboxing, postmarketOS unifies its documentation, OpenBSD refines upgrades, Canonical offers 15 years of support for Ubuntu |
| • Issue 1147 (2025-11-10): Fedora 43, the size and stability of the Linux kernel, Debian introducing Rust to APT, Redox ports web engine, Kubuntu website off-line, Mint creates new troubleshooting tools, FreeBSD improves reproducible builds, Flatpak development resumes |
| • Issue 1146 (2025-11-03): StartOS 0.4.0, testing piped commands, Ubuntu Unity seeks help, Canonical offers Ubuntu credentials, Red Hat partners with NVIDIA, SUSE to bundle AI agent with SLE 16 |
| • Issue 1145 (2025-10-27): Linux Mint 7 "LMDE", advice for new Linux users, AlmaLinux to offer Btrfs, KDE launches Plasma 6.5, Fedora accepts contributions written by AI, Ubuntu 25.10 fails to install automatic updates |
| • Issue 1144 (2025-10-20): Kubuntu 25.10, creating and restoring encrypted backups, Fedora team debates AI, FSF plans free software for phones, ReactOS addresses newer drivers, Xubuntu reacts to website attack |
| • Issue 1143 (2025-10-13): openSUSE 16.0 Leap, safest source for new applications, Redox introduces performance improvements, TrueNAS Connect available for testing, Flatpaks do not work on Ubuntu 25.10, Kamarada plans to switch its base, Solus enters new epoch, Frugalware discontinued |
| • Issue 1142 (2025-10-06): Linux Kamarada 15.6, managing ZIP files with SQLite, F-Droid warns of impact of Android lockdown, Alpine moves ahead with merged /usr, Cinnamon gets a redesigned application menu |
| • Issue 1141 (2025-09-29): KDE Linux and GNOME OS, finding mobile flavours of Linux, Murena to offer phones with kill switches, Redox OS running on a smartphone, Artix drops GNOME |
| • Issue 1140 (2025-09-22): NetBSD 10.1, avoiding AI services, AlmaLinux enables CRB repository, Haiku improves disk access performance, Mageia addresses service outage, GNOME 49 released, Linux introduces multikernel support |
| • Issue 1139 (2025-09-15): EasyOS 7.0, Linux and central authority, FreeBSD running Plasma 6 on Wayland, GNOME restores X11 support temporarily, openSUSE dropping BCacheFS in new kernels |
| • Issue 1138 (2025-09-08): Shebang 25.8, LibreELEC 12.2.0, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, the importance of software updates, AerynOS introduces package sets, postmarketOS encourages patching upstream, openSUSE extends Leap support, Debian refreshes Trixie media |
| • Issue 1137 (2025-09-01): Tribblix 0m37, malware scanners flagging Linux ISO files, KDE introduces first-run setup wizard, CalyxOS plans update prior to infrastructure overhaul, FreeBSD publishes status report |
| • Issue 1136 (2025-08-25): CalyxOS 6.8.20, distros for running containers, Arch Linux website under attack,illumos Cafe launched, CachyOS creates web dashboard for repositories |
| • Issue 1135 (2025-08-18): Debian 13, Proton, WINE, Wayland, and Wayback, Debian GNU/Hurd 2025, KDE gets advanced Liquid Glass, Haiku improves authentication tools |
| • Issue 1134 (2025-08-11): Rhino Linux 2025.3, thoughts on malware in the AUR, Fedora brings hammered websites back on-line, NetBSD reveals features for version 11, Ubuntu swaps some command line tools for 25.10, AlmaLinux improves NVIDIA support |
| • Issue 1133 (2025-08-04): Expirion Linux 6.0, running Plasma on Linux Mint, finding distros which support X11, Debian addresses 22 year old bug, FreeBSD discusses potential issues with pkgbase, CDE ported to OpenBSD, Btrfs corruption bug hitting Fedora users, more malware found in Arch User Repository |
| • Issue 1132 (2025-07-28): deepin 25, wars in the open source community, proposal to have Fedora enable Flathub repository, FreeBSD plans desktop install option, Wayback gets its first release |
| • Issue 1131 (2025-07-21): HeliumOS 10.0, settling on one distro, Mint plans new releases, Arch discovers malware in AUR, Plasma Bigscreen returns, Clear Linux discontinued |
| • Issue 1130 (2025-07-14): openSUSE MicroOS and RefreshOS, sharing aliases between computers, Bazzite makes Bazaar its default Flatpak store, Alpine plans Wayback release, Wayland and X11 benchmarked, Red Hat offers additional developer licenses, openSUSE seeks feedback from ARM users, Ubuntu 24.10 reaches the end of its life |
| • Issue 1129 (2025-07-07): GLF OS Omnislash, the worst Linux distro, Alpine introduces Wayback, Fedora drops plans to stop i686 support, AlmaLinux builds EPEL repository for older CPUs, Ubuntu dropping existing RISC-V device support, Rhino partners with UBports, PCLinuxOS recovering from website outage |
| • Issue 1128 (2025-06-30): AxOS 25.06, AlmaLinux OS 10.0, transferring Flaptak bundles to off-line computers, Ubuntu to boost Intel graphics performance, Fedora considers dropping i686 packages, SDesk switches from SELinux to AppArmor |
| • Issue 1127 (2025-06-23): LastOSLinux 2025-05-25, most unique Linux distro, Haiku stabilises, KDE publishes Plasma 6.4, Arch splits Plasma packages, Slackware infrastructure migrating |
| • Issue 1126 (2025-06-16): SDesk 2025.05.06, renewed interest in Ubuntu Touch, a BASIC device running NetBSD, Ubuntu dropping X11 GNOME session, GNOME increases dependency on systemd, Google holding back Pixel source code, Nitrux changing its desktop, EFF turns 35 |
| • Issue 1125 (2025-06-09): RHEL 10, distributions likely to survive a decade, Murena partners with more hardware makers, GNOME tests its own distro on real hardware, Redox ports GTK and X11, Mint provides fingerprint authentication |
| • Issue 1124 (2025-06-02): Picking up a Pico, tips for protecting privacy, Rhino tests Plasma desktop, Arch installer supports snapshots, new features from UBports, Ubuntu tests monthly snapshots |
| • Issue 1123 (2025-05-26): CRUX 3.8, preventing a laptop from sleeping, FreeBSD improves laptop support, Fedora confirms GNOME X11 session being dropped, HardenedBSD introduces Rust in userland build, KDE developing a virtual machine manager |
| • Issue 1122 (2025-05-19): GoboLinux 017.01, RHEL 10.0 and Debian 12 updates, openSUSE retires YaST, running X11 apps on Wayland |
| • Issue 1121 (2025-05-12): Bluefin 41, custom file manager actions, openSUSE joins End of 10 while dropping Deepin desktop, Fedora offers tips for building atomic distros, Ubuntu considers replacing sudo with sudo-rs |
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