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1 • Short sighted (by vw72 on 2014-03-31 13:35:24 GMT from United States)
I understand the Ubuntu Gnome developer's decision and that they are a small development team, but I think the decision was really short sited.
All of the reviews of Gnome 3.12 show it to be very good (for those who like Gnome) but given the release cycles of the major distros like Fedora, openSuse, etc., most will probably skip 3.12, because 3.14 will be coming out by their next release.
Ubuntu Gnome could have gained a lot of new users for those looking for 3.12. Instead, UG 14.04 will be stuck with using Gnome 3.10 for the next three years. In the past Ubuntu would have been using the development releases (in this case 3.11.x) while preparing the next distro release, so that when the final came out, it was would upgrade automatically to the final version.
Again, their position is understandable, but it is a shame they lost an opportunity to bring new users to their fledgling distro.
2 • Command line tips (by Bill on 2014-03-31 13:36:49 GMT from United States)
Thanks for those tips. I can definitely make use of the geoiplookup as sometimes my firewall reports pings from outside sorces I do not recognize. Now at least I can do some back tracking.
3 • Cubuntu and Lubit (by Wanderer on 2014-03-31 13:41:51 GMT from United States)
The Cubuntu website is in French, no word on the distro being in French. Lubit is Italian and the distro is in Italian. Seems worth mentioning.
4 • Cononical still doesn't care about it's users? (by Eric on 2014-03-31 13:45:07 GMT from Canada)
Seems the ridiculous (in my opinion) choice of Cononical to not include Gnome 3.12 in 14.04 just shows they have no interest to please it's users. The whole point of a good distro was "release when done/ready". But I''ll just stick to: never under any circumstance recommend a distro running an ubuntu kernel as I have for 2-3 years already.
Here's hoping they get an unprecedented about of backlash from the community who actually care about Ubuntu/Cononicals future.
5 • @4: Vindictive, Much? (by joncr on 2014-03-31 14:25:31 GMT from United States)
@Eric: Don't imagine that *your* displeasure with Canonical means Canonical has no interest in pleasing its users. Projection is unwise.
And, Canonical does not produce Ubuntu Gnome.
If Ubuntu Gnome sat out a release cycle, they could probably get back in synch with Ubuntu and Gnome's schedules. But, that would likely prompt complaints from people who think that other people who give things away should let themselves be jerked around by the people who expect to get those free things when and how *they* decide.
In any case, the release of 3.12 and the 14.04 feature freeze within a few days of each other precluded any chance of 3.12 being in this release of Ubuntu Gnome.
6 • Tanglu (by Naked Penguin on 2014-03-31 14:26:35 GMT from United States)
RE:"The Tanglu distribution is a Debian-based project which uses software packages from Debian's Testing, Unstable and Experimental branches.The project has a focus on being a beginner friendly desktop... "
if they are going to focus on "beginner friendly" then they should stick to Debian Stable as a source because beginners wont have a clue about fixing conflict and problems that comes with unstable and experimental software.
7 • Ubuntu GNOME (by Tom on 2014-03-31 14:31:05 GMT from Germany)
I don't see much of a problem. It's an LTS version after all, so it's for users who generally prefer stability to having the latest versions. And for those being a bit more daring, there'll always a PPA offering the latest GNOME.
8 • @4 -- The hell are you talking about? (by eco2geek on 2014-03-31 14:41:45 GMT from United States)
First off, Ubuntu GNOME is a community-based distro. It's not produced directly by Canonical.
Second, GNOME 3.12 was released on 3/20/14. The beta 2 version of Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 was released on 3/27/14, and, as it says above, its features were frozen on the same date GNOME 3.12 was released. It takes a while to get a release out the door, especially if it's going to be supported for the next 3 years.
So, it's pretty obvious that the decision to not include GNOME 3.12 in Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 LTS doesn't have a thing to do with whether Canonical "cares about its users" or not; nor is it even Canonical's direct decision to make.
And I don't even like or use GNOME.
Point being, there's plenty of things to criticize Canonical for; this ain't one of 'em.
9 • Test method (by Somewhat Reticent on 2014-03-31 20:53:48 GMT from United States)
"My physical test equipment for this review was ..." no USB flash stick, so burned another plastic disc, or launched ISO with emulator or virtual?
10 • MX-14 (by dolphin_oracle on 2014-03-31 21:08:45 GMT from United States)
I agree with that point on using a debian stable release for begineer friendliness.
nice to see the MX-14 edition of antiX in the released list! (happens to be based on debian stable).
11 • So many distro's (by Davd on 2014-03-31 21:42:36 GMT from United Kingdom)
Want to ask everyone a question. Do you think the many many different distributions of Linux are a good thing?
For one distro, there can be many different versions of ie. 32bit/64bit and they can be based off LXDE, XFCE, Debian, Ubuntu bases. I think choice is always a good thing and I have found Linux to support freedom of choice. But lately I have found myself being tired of there being so many choices when I want to download a distro. It must be confusing for the newcomers and noobs. I find the DVD versions of distro's the best. The one's that contain several desktop environments all on one DVD. You can then try each desktop environment as and when you want. But Linux is all about freedom of choice and being able to create what you want, isn't it? I find Linux distro's becoming more and more fragmented and it feels like there is so much saturation, it is hard to choose a good distro and stick to it over a period of time ie. at least a year.
***Spoiler alert*** The words expressed above are simply my own opinion and thats all. We all have different opinions and experiences which make us unique. If what I have typed gets you going for some reason, just sit back, take a breath and think before typing. I prefer intelligent debate instead of off the cuff remarks and fanboism.
Would be interesting to hear other people's opinions.
Thank you for reading.
12 • Ubuntu (by Toran.korshnah on 2014-03-31 21:57:32 GMT from Belgium)
The only regret I have is the fact Ubuntu is shiped with Unity only. Would love to give the others like KDE a try as well. For Unity, I really like Unity. My second thing, I'm going to shoot adobe for leaving Flash. I like Facebook Games...
13 • Cubuntu (by Davd on 2014-03-31 21:59:20 GMT from United Kingdom)
Just been reading about Cubuntu and am downloading right now. hope it is as good as it sounds. An all in one distro with multiple DE's. Something I've been looking for.
14 • Chrome on Ubuntu (by Toran Korshnah on 2014-03-31 22:00:38 GMT from Belgium)
I read Chrome Browser would still support the latest flash as only browser. Checking my plugins mine did not even have flash. I had to install 11.2.
15 • @11 Too many choices (by kernelKurtz on 2014-03-31 22:31:52 GMT from United States)
Try replacing "Linux distros" in your argument with "breakfast cereals", and see how that scans.
To me, it's a first-world problem, at best.
16 • @13 (by tony on 2014-03-31 23:35:35 GMT from Thailand)
Multiple DE distro : PCLinuxOS-FM ( FM stands for FullMonty )
17 • @12 (by albinard on 2014-04-01 02:22:59 GMT from United States)
Simple way to try any desktop on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop (or Kubuntu-, or lubuntu-, etc)
18 • @13 (by sam on 2014-04-01 02:57:18 GMT from Vietnam)
It should be named "CUM-buntu" : Cinnamon+Unity+Mate !
19 • Many Choices (by BobbiesYourAunt on 2014-04-01 03:29:59 GMT from United States)
Many choices, well at least you are not boxed in to a monopoly. Let the cream of the crop rise to the top. Any that are not worth their salt, most likely will fade. Live your life and be awesome. :D
20 • @17 Trying out desktops (by vw72 on 2014-04-01 03:34:58 GMT from United States)
"Simple way to try any desktop on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop (or Kubuntu-, or lubuntu-, etc)"
That's not a good thing to do. Installing the the way you suggest does a lot more than just installing a new desktop. By using the distro-desktop method, you are wiping out your existing ubuntu-desktop settings and replacing them with the disto desktop you selected, effectively having an xubuntu or kubuntu setup, with a bunch of ubuntu stuff mingled in.
If you have ubuntu installed and want to try out other desktops, you are better installing the xfce4 or kde-full (for the complete kde experience or kde-plasma-desktop for just the core kde system) packages:
sudo apt-get install xfce4
21 • Distrowatch server platform (by AnklefaceWroughtlandmire on 2014-04-01 04:46:48 GMT from Ecuador)
I dunno, if you guys were originally able to get Distrowatch running on FreeBSD way back then, I suspect it would be a cinch to do so now on a modern FreeBSD 10 system with pkg-ng and all of the newer tools they've recently rolled out. FreeBSD is a formidably performant OS, and quite frankly trounces Linux in terms of performance, provided it is running on hardware that supports FreeBSD with optimal drivers. To say nothing of ZFS, which is undoubtedly the best filesystem that exists on the planet.
It sounds like some of your minor infrastructure bugs and hassles could be solved by a different topology or possibly a more modern noSQL database, although I'm not knowledgeable enough to make any specific recommendations.
Just my $0.02.
--A satisfied but open-minded 100% full time Linux user. ;-)
22 • Many choices, many little empires (by Somewhat Reticent on 2014-04-01 04:57:24 GMT from United States)
Instead of one of the larger corporate empires, one could choose one of the many smaller empires. Competition may be good, but choosing among would-be masters, no matter how seductive the look-and-feel, is less attractive than freedom.
Tangle aspires to be "vendor-independent". Distro-agnostic (AppStream, pkgcon/pkcon, smart, PackageKit, Nix) tools could derail the current shark-frenzy of wanna-be app-store owners.
23 • Server Migration (by SingleCore on 2014-04-01 05:25:27 GMT from Korea, Republic of)
You said Debian packages and scripts not being up to date is one of the reasons for migration. But, you also said Ubuntu's 5 year support is a strength. Debian's release cycle is slow, but it's never been longer than 5 years.
Ubuntu is also a great distro, and I have nothing against it. I hope Ubuntu would serve DistoWatch well for many years, but I am not very convinced why you need a migration.
-- SC
24 • Server Migration (by Brian Bidulock on 2014-04-01 07:17:22 GMT from Canada)
I used to run all the servers on Debian too (with some sacrificial lambs running RH 7.3 to insulate them from 0-day vulnerabilities); but I've now moved to Arch and will never go back. Using Arch after Debian was like being time-warped 5 years into the future. As the beetles say in "The Wild": "less taking, more hrolling!" Consider using a rolling release distro. Any significant open source software you want will be available on Arch years before it shows up in Ubuntu.
Using proprietary software? Have you been reading what you've been writing these years? Just load up a couple of throw-away boxes with that proprietary crap and power them in the corner to show someone so you can get your 10% and use real software on the "real" servers. I suggest that the only reason you are considering something so abhorent is because you are already 5 years behind the times (your using Debian). gosh... and you are tempted to lock yourself into being 10 years being the times at the end of that run. Don't believe me? I have one word for you: "systemd". When will that be running on your Ubuntu boxes? Sometime after Debian is "ready" to release it?
Well, you asked for comments. That's mine.
25 • @24 agreed (by Smellyman on 2014-04-01 08:26:30 GMT from United Kingdom)
I can't go back to a "normal" distro after Arch. Been rolling Arch for 5 years and I don't care what people say. It is more stable than any other distro I have used. Only distro I have ever used where I don't have to stray from their packages or jump through hoops to find/install packages.
26 • Server Migration (by Richard on 2014-04-01 08:41:29 GMT from United Kingdom)
Take a look at the email address in the "email us" link at the bottom of the article ;)
27 • @6 (re Tanglu) (by Simon on 2014-04-01 09:15:30 GMT from New Zealand)
Thank you: that's exactly what I was thinking. What is this ridiculous obsession with using the latest untested software, that people are happy to smack new users with a "beginner" distro using packages from Debian Unstable and Experimental? The same goes for #24: a rolling release distro for high volume servers?! Let's hope these people who think it's more important to use the latest whiz-bang-wow than to provide services that actually work reliably and consistently are never given control of any systems that other people *have* to use.
28 • @26 Server Migration (by Jan on 2014-04-01 10:02:46 GMT from Germany)
Thanks for this hint. :) I´m very happy to notice that as I was on the edge of writing a more serious comment on this (could´nt wrap my thoughts around why distrowatch may switch to proprietary software & Amazon cloud stuff to improve speed and earnings for opensource projects).
29 • Digital Era website (by greenpossum on 2014-04-01 10:37:15 GMT from Australia)
Maybe they could start by making their website default to https access as many sites now do.
Re: server migration. Juju and Landscape do exist but Net-Ju is well, look at the date.
30 • Server Migration (by Brian Bidulock on 2014-04-01 11:25:34 GMT from Canada)
Got me. Hook line and sinker!
31 • Server migration (by Pearson on 2014-04-01 12:55:50 GMT from United States)
My primary concern with moving to Net-Ju is that it's proprietary. It seems almost contradictory to have a site primarily dedicate to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) use a proprietary solution. I'd think the benefits of a proprietary solution would have to *greatly* outweigh the costs to make this a philosophically consistent decision.
I wonder if the performance improvements could be met with an architectural changes (different database, different synching mechanism, different networking topology, etc). I'm not a sysadmin, so I may be off base on this.
32 • @26 sure had me going (by GNUday on 2014-04-01 17:53:29 GMT from Canada)
thanks for the heads up, good one DW, ya got me, lol.
33 • Server migration - I've been fooled (by Pearson on 2014-04-01 18:40:17 GMT from United States)
I thought I saw this on March 31. I guess I got fooled, especially since I rarely click the email links (don't wanna do the email from work).
34 • Servers migration: April 1st joke? (by msx on 2014-04-01 19:10:22 GMT from Argentina)
If not, go with Ubuntu: I've been running the desktop version since a month and it's plain amazing how well it performs. I didn't tested the server flavour though, but judging from how well my installed OS performs I like to think it will be equally great. Cheers!
35 • Tanglu et al (by Somewhat Reticent on 2014-04-01 21:39:15 GMT from United States)
Why do so many trolls talk as if DebIan-based distros don't test?
36 • Hidden Joke¡ (by Charles on 2014-04-01 22:23:45 GMT from Mexico)
"Trisquel 6..... release with improved Facebook integration;"
Errata o Fools day?
37 • Tanglu (by Jeff on 2014-04-02 00:38:55 GMT from United States)
If only Tanglu was available with a better selection of Desktop Environments.
Gnome has jumped the shark. Every release breaks the APIs from the previous release ON PURPOSE.
KDE is a bloated resource hog, and naming everything with a K ? I would feel somewhat embarrassed to try introducing a new user to KDE because of the K names.
38 • i like K (by greg on 2014-04-02 08:18:58 GMT from Slovenia)
It doesn't bother me.
is KDE really bloated? works quite snappy even on older maschines. ram usage isn't every thing and in the age when most computers ship with 4GB ram does it really matter if ram usage is 280 or 300 or 350 mb?
39 • @8, re. #4 (by Barnabyh on 2014-04-02 08:23:41 GMT from United Kingdom)
Not to fan the flames but I think Eric's main point in comment no. 4 is still valid, that 'release when ready' is a better approach. I understand all releases under the official Canonical umbrella that are synced with development have deadlines, and they are silly and self-imposed. Even the Fedora guys have seen sense and deviate from their schedule when there is a good reason.
I think Gnome 3.12 might have been worth releasing a few weeks later. It would have been better had Ubuntu Gnome stayed independent.
40 • Lost distro (by Bernard Victor on 2014-04-02 08:33:43 GMT from United Kingdom)
I had installed a distro who's name I have forgotten and which I accidentally deleted.
It has a very distinctive interface, unlike any other and an unusual way of configuring your desktop.
I think that it was only released in late 2013, and beleive it was based very loosely on Fedora and Gnome 3.
Can any one help. I picked it up from reading about it in a forum but cannot remember where.
41 • #40 (by zykoda on 2014-04-02 10:11:59 GMT from United Kingdom)
!'d hazard a guess at PearOS!
42 • Server migration (by Kazlu on 2014-04-02 11:38:07 GMT from France)
Awwwww. Thanks #26, I was also about to write something about this, I was completely into it. I should have thought about this when I refreshed the page - which I fisrt loaded on march 31st - and discovered there was a new article!
Good one DW, very well put.
43 • Ubuntu GNOME (by Kazlu on 2014-04-02 11:42:13 GMT from France)
I don't see the problem with not including GNOME 3.12. The Ubuntu family uses a time-based released schedule, that means rigorous planning is necessary, no exceptions. Especially for an LTS. I would understand a switch to GNOME 3.12 if GNOME 3.10 was not a viable solution, but as long as it works it's good like this. It's better for the ones who seek stability for an LTS version. Those who absolutely want the latest GNOME can still have it via PPA or consider switching to Parsix for example.
44 • @40 Lost Distro (by ILoveLinux on 2014-04-02 13:16:27 GMT from Germany)
Try the DW search located at the top of the page. In "OS Type" choose "Linux", in "Based on" choose "Fedora", and in "Desktop Interface" choose "GNOME".
Hope that helps!
45 • @40 My guess is Korora (by Eric on 2014-04-02 13:59:06 GMT from Canada)
https://kororaproject.org/ is most likely the fedora based distro you were seeking, they had a release in late 2013 Korora 19.1 (Bruce) but now there's Korora 20 (Peach) available.
46 • Wish it were still April 1 (by Marco on 2014-04-02 14:37:59 GMT from United States)
https://one.ubuntu.com/services/shutdown/
47 • RE:39, Only for hobbiest. (by Garon on 2014-04-02 16:23:39 GMT from United States)
I guess "release when ready" would be good but then 90 percent of the distros here would never be released. One example of releasing when NOT READY is Fedora, so I'm really not sure what you mean when you say "Fedora guys have seen sense and deviate from their schedule when there is a good reason." There is nothing ever stable or ready when Fedora is released. lol, can you say "test bed"?
@46, Very true but I do see their point. It's going to be hard to complete with Microsoft and Google when they offer so much free storage space. I'm surprised that Dropbox is still going.
Too bad that the migration was an April fools joke. It would have been a good move for Distrowatch. You know that eventually they will have to migrate, don't you know? Distrowatch will be assimilated and their technology absorbed into the collective. Resistance is Futile.
48 • @40 Lost distro (by ange on 2014-04-02 16:28:13 GMT from Hungary)
Distinctive interface? Then Linux Deepin, but it's based on Ubuntu.
49 • Net-Ju (by Todd Dixon on 2014-04-02 16:54:51 GMT from United States)
I got a little excited thinking about how our company might use something like Net-Ju. One graph would have been enough, but three graphs literally sealed the article for me.
Of course, had I read the heading of the section well, "Humour", I probably would have put it together a little quicker than I actually did. Nice play.
50 • Who'd've thought? (by Somewhat Reticent on 2014-04-02 17:58:44 GMT from United States)
Intriguing synchronicity, an April Fools' article proposing dependence on a proprietary cloud service just before the day Ubuntu One announces shut-down - and code-release to open-source.
51 • USB2.0 device(s) can disconnect on resume (any distro!) (by zykoda on 2014-04-02 18:45:46 GMT from United Kingdom)
USB2.0 devices (mouse, keyboard, sticks, disks..etc) can fail to resume and disconnect causing problems with smooth data flow, regardless of distro! More recent distros seem to suffer more frequently than earlier ones. The whole phenomena seems to be connected with the expectation that a resume should take place within 10milliseconds, which does not always happen, leading to a disconnection and a lag for reconnection and reassigment of the device! Is there a solution to this fundamental issue that jepodises linux USB? The issue is long standing!
52 • Re: Lost distro (by wtzhu on 2014-04-03 13:06:01 GMT from China)
If it was reported on DistroWatch's main page, you can roll back by specifying the "News Filtering Options" with Year=2013 and Month=12 or so.
53 • @40 Re: release when ready (by Rev_Don on 2014-04-03 13:45:35 GMT from United States)
I believe the "Release When ready" comment amount Fedora refers to the fact that a couple of the recent releases were delayed so they could work on some bugs. I don't remember all of the details, but at least a couple of them were fairly substantial. I seriously doubt that it has anything to do with the fact that Fedora is essentially a Testing distro rather than a LTS distro.
54 • Should have been @47 Re: release when ready (by Rev_Don on 2014-04-03 14:47:40 GMT from United States)
Sorry, but I made a mistake in my previous comment #53. It should have been in re#47, not 40. Not having the ability to edit a post is a real bummer and something that should be looked into being implemented.
55 • USB timing - not just Linux (by Somewhat Reticent on 2014-04-03 15:25:38 GMT from United States)
Abysmal programming of USB timing has been aggravating since its inception in 1996, and will likely remain so as long as hardware drivers remain proprietary (vigorous competition in a robust market may help); the good news is that open-source developers are very much http://www.linux-usb.org/aware, and vigorously nailing such bugs as the infamous "Linux plug&pwn".
56 • USB timing - not just Linux (by Somewhat Reticent on 2014-04-03 15:28:56 GMT from United States)
Abysmal programming of USB timing has been aggravating since its inception in 1996, and will likely remain so as long as hardware drivers remain proprietary (vigorous competition in a robust market may help); the good news is that open-source developers are very much aware (see http://www.linux-usb.org), and vigorously nailing such bugs as the infamous "Linux plug&pwn". [edited for readability]
57 • PearOS status (by george on 2014-04-03 15:30:12 GMT from United States)
I have been searching the web for anything new about PearOS ... since it's demise earlier this year ... to no avail. Has anyone heard anything (positive I hope)?
58 • RE:53, Maybe so. (by Garon on 2014-04-03 18:10:52 GMT from United States)
@53, I guess your probably right. But you have to admit that Fedora was not, in my opinion, a good example of a distro that releases when ready. But then again, you have to ask yourself, what is your definition of "release when ready"? I guess it could mean different things to different people.
59 • home network? (by robert kresl on 2014-04-03 21:26:40 GMT from United States)
Greetings Lads & Lassies..I am a "noobie" with a question from my work colleague..He wants to run his old Pentium(tm) 4 /1 Ghz / 2GB ram box as a home server (for his tunes or files) to link Ethernet 10/100 connection (cross-over cable) from his basement shop to his current Windows(tm) 7 (or 8?) box in the living room for file sharing..What would you guys recommend for guys like us who have never done this..Can you recommend a good distro?..Me? I typically use various flavors of Puppy linux because it works to get my stuff done..Also use Ubuntu 13.04 (waiting for 14.04 Final) and Linux Mint 15/16 cinnamon/mate flavors..But I have no idea of what I am doing to help my pal out..any ideas folks?..(also I have a problem reported here on DW comments awhile back..Opera does not show "comments" submission boxes..Seamonkey /Firefox does though)...TNX in advance for all you kind folks and any help appreciated.
60 • #59 - Home Network? (by GregNOIBN on 2014-04-04 03:16:12 GMT from United States)
Mr. Kresl - this type of question is best asked at a major distro forum (like Mint, Ubuntu, OpenSuse or Fedora). That way, a multiple question/answer thread can be used, as there are multiple ways of networking and perhaps your original method/plan isn't the best way. Distrowatch is just not designed for that type of online discussion.
61 • @60 (by robert kresl on 2014-04-05 03:22:37 GMT from United States)
TNX Greg{...} I agree with you..no offense given..nor taken..forums are the best place for my type of questions but are focused on the distro {which is -TBD-}..But, the only angle I am coming from is, my work colleague / pal with only a Windows background..What would be a good starting "OOTB" distro to setup what he needs?..as I stated, I have never tried or needed to setup home network...I am sorry to waste anyones' time here on DW..but many gurus here and thousands of noobs like me {might be thousand more with same question}..I am sorry, but we just need a compass direction..TNX all!
62 • RE:61 Xubuntu 14.04 (by Garon on 2014-04-05 05:30:04 GMT from United States)
Xubuntu 14.04 would be an excellent distro for your purpose. It will be final later this month and will be a LTS release that will be supported for many years. Setting up the network will be no problem and there will be plenty of help available in the Xubuntu and Ubuntu forums and on the main web site. If that doesn't tickle your fancy then I would take a look at Lubuntu 14.04. As I stated both distros will be released later on this month. Good luck and happy computing.
63 • @59 (by jaws222 on 2014-04-05 05:40:29 GMT from United States)
I'm not sure if he has a preference for Ubuntu based or Debian based, but if Ubuntu Xubuntu would be good like Garon suggested or try LXLE. On the Debian side Crunchbang is excellent for older hardware as is Point Linux.
64 • 59 & 64 server for lunch (by server perver on 2014-04-05 10:14:03 GMT from Australia)
59. try the server distros. pfsense just released. if one doesn't work so well just try another one. open source is all about freedom to explore.
64. if you don't like someone's lunch habits, try viewing someone else's lunchtimes. open sauce is all about freedom to eat :)
65 • Home server (by Barnabyh on 2014-04-05 18:13:54 GMT from Germany)
Definitely use something that is pre-configured as a file server to take some of the work out of setting it all up. To do a search for 'server' type distros here was good advice. Myself, I have just gotten back into giving SMS another shot, it's a great little server and easy to maintain for a -now more experienced- Slackware user. It's got a file server ready to go. Simple and always a pleasure to use.
Barnaby
66 • Addition to my previous comment (by Barnabyh on 2014-04-05 18:31:21 GMT from United States)
Oh yeah, SMS also offers Vbox images in a link list on the right side of the page of around 1,600MB.
67 • RE: Website Migration (by Noe Juan on 2014-04-05 21:24:07 GMT from United States)
Quote: "... The only downside is the use of Canonical's proprietary Net-Ju technology, but our philosophical oppositions to closed source software seem outweighed by the benefits offered by the Ubuntu platform. "
Are you sure your only philosophical conundrum has anything to do with Net-Ju being "closed" source and not the estimated 10% increase in revenue?!
Please don't hand me (us) a line of BS should you end up running this web site using Net-Ju -- or any other closed source code. I say use closed source when there is no other choice (which is clearly not the case here). Because if you start to go down that typical corporate road of implementing closed software then you might as well run your web site from a IIS (Microsoft) platform too. And if that's what you want to do then please be honest about your clear money thirst.
However, I think I speak for a number of people when I say "don't do it!" And if that means riding a free train as opposed to an over priced, cramped, stinky, mindless advertisement-laden jet then I think I'll stick with the train. (It may take a little longer but you're also less likely to crash as hard should it runs out of gas!)
68 • #67 April Fool! (by anticapitalista on 2014-04-05 22:29:56 GMT from Greece)
#67 You are the April Fool of the year, congratulations!
69 • NAS boxes (by stalinvlad on 2014-04-07 01:46:02 GMT from United Kingdom)
I wonder if in future reviews of distro's you could include connecting to a NAS box You know the sort of thing Buffalo et al make. These are now quite common in households and the ease with which you can browse them in windows and on tablets & smartphones is, in my opinion, their great appeal I have had some upsetting experiences with linux in this regard mainly solved it must be said by sticking to KDE
I do feel that a quick mention that out of the box you could browse a NAS would be enormously helpful
Thanks
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• Issue 1108 (2025-02-10): Serpent OS 0.24.6, Aurora, sharing swap between distros, Peppermint tries Void base, GTK removinglegacy technologies, Red Hat plans more AI tools for Fedora, TrueNAS merges its editions |
• Issue 1107 (2025-02-03): siduction 2024.1.0, timing tasks, Lomiri ported to postmarketOS, Alpine joins Open Collective, a new desktop for Linux called Orbitiny |
• Issue 1106 (2025-01-27): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta 6, Pop!_OS 24.04 Alpha 5, detecting whether a process is inside a virtual machine, drawing graphics to NetBSD terminal, Nix ported to FreeBSD, GhostBSD hosting desktop conference |
• Issue 1105 (2025-01-20): CentOS 10 Stream, old Flatpak bundles in software centres, Haiku ports Iceweasel, Oracle shows off debugging tools, rsync vulnerability patched |
• Issue 1104 (2025-01-13): DAT Linux 2.0, Silly things to do with a minimal computer, Budgie prepares Wayland only releases, SteamOS coming to third-party devices, Murena upgrades its base |
• Issue 1103 (2025-01-06): elementary OS 8.0, filtering ads with Pi-hole, Debian testing its installer, Pop!_OS faces delays, Ubuntu Studio upgrades not working, Absolute discontinued |
• Issue 1102 (2024-12-23): Best distros of 2024, changing a process name, Fedora to expand Btrfs support and releases Asahi Remix 41, openSUSE patches out security sandbox and donations from Bottles while ending support for Leap 15.5 |
• Issue 1101 (2024-12-16): GhostBSD 24.10.1, sending attachments from the command line, openSUSE shows off GPU assignment tool, UBports publishes security update, Murena launches its first tablet, Xfce 4.20 released |
• Issue 1100 (2024-12-09): Oreon 9.3, differences in speed, IPFire's new appliance, Fedora Asahi Remix gets new video drivers, openSUSE Leap Micro updated, Redox OS running Redox OS |
• Issue 1099 (2024-12-02): AnduinOS 1.0.1, measuring RAM usage, SUSE continues rebranding efforts, UBports prepares for next major version, Murena offering non-NFC phone |
• Issue 1098 (2024-11-25): Linux Lite 7.2, backing up specific folders, Murena and Fairphone partner in fair trade deal, Arch installer gets new text interface, Ubuntu security tool patched |
• Issue 1097 (2024-11-18): Chimera Linux vs Chimera OS, choosing between AlmaLinux and Debian, Fedora elevates KDE spin to an edition, Fedora previews new installer, KDE testing its own distro, Qubes-style isolation coming to FreeBSD |
• Issue 1096 (2024-11-11): Bazzite 40, Playtron OS Alpha 1, Tucana Linux 3.1, detecting Screen sessions, Redox imports COSMIC software centre, FreeBSD booting on the PinePhone Pro, LXQt supports Wayland window managers |
• Issue 1095 (2024-11-04): Fedora 41 Kinoite, transferring applications between computers, openSUSE Tumbleweed receives multiple upgrades, Ubuntu testing compiler optimizations, Mint partners with Framework |
• Issue 1094 (2024-10-28): DebLight OS 1, backing up crontab, AlmaLinux introduces Litten branch, openSUSE unveils refreshed look, Ubuntu turns 20 |
• Issue 1093 (2024-10-21): Kubuntu 24.10, atomic vs immutable distributions, Debian upgrading Perl packages, UBports adding VoLTE support, Android to gain native GNU/Linux application support |
• Issue 1092 (2024-10-14): FunOS 24.04.1, a home directory inside a file, work starts of openSUSE Leap 16.0, improvements in Haiku, KDE neon upgrades its base |
• Issue 1091 (2024-10-07): Redox OS 0.9.0, Unified package management vs universal package formats, Redox begins RISC-V port, Mint polishes interface, Qubes certifies new laptop |
• Issue 1090 (2024-09-30): Rhino Linux 2024.2, commercial distros with alternative desktops, Valve seeks to improve Wayland performance, HardenedBSD parterns with Protectli, Tails merges with Tor Project, Quantum Leap partners with the FreeBSD Foundation |
• Issue 1089 (2024-09-23): Expirion 6.0, openKylin 2.0, managing configuration files, the future of Linux development, fixing bugs in Haiku, Slackware packages dracut |
• Issue 1088 (2024-09-16): PorteuX 1.6, migrating from Windows 10 to which Linux distro, making NetBSD immutable, AlmaLinux offers hardware certification, Mint updates old APT tools |
• Issue 1087 (2024-09-09): COSMIC desktop, running cron jobs at variable times, UBports highlights new apps, HardenedBSD offers work around for FreeBSD change, Debian considers how to cull old packages, systemd ported to musl |
• Issue 1086 (2024-09-02): Vanilla OS 2, command line tips for simple tasks, FreeBSD receives investment from STF, openSUSE Tumbleweed update can break network connections, Debian refreshes media |
• Issue 1085 (2024-08-26): Nobara 40, OpenMandriva 24.07 "ROME", distros which include source code, FreeBSD publishes quarterly report, Microsoft updates breaks Linux in dual-boot environments |
• Issue 1084 (2024-08-19): Liya 2.0, dual boot with encryption, Haiku introduces performance improvements, Gentoo dropping IA-64, Redcore merges major upgrade |
• Issue 1083 (2024-08-12): TrueNAS 24.04.2 "SCALE", Linux distros for smartphones, Redox OS introduces web server, PipeWire exposes battery drain on Linux, Canonical updates kernel version policy |
• Issue 1082 (2024-08-05): Linux Mint 22, taking snapshots of UFS on FreeBSD, openSUSE updates Tumbleweed and Aeon, Debian creates Tiny QA Tasks, Manjaro testing immutable images |
• Issue 1081 (2024-07-29): SysLinuxOS 12.4, OpenBSD gain hardware acceleration, Slackware changes kernel naming, Mint publishes upgrade instructions |
• Issue 1080 (2024-07-22): Running GNU/Linux on Android with Andronix, protecting network services, Solus dropping AppArmor and Snap, openSUSE Aeon Desktop gaining full disk encryption, SUSE asks openSUSE to change its branding |
• Issue 1079 (2024-07-15): Ubuntu Core 24, hiding files on Linux, Fedora dropping X11 packages on Workstation, Red Hat phasing out GRUB, new OpenSSH vulnerability, FreeBSD speeds up release cycle, UBports testing new first-run wizard |
• Issue 1078 (2024-07-08): Changing init software, server machines running desktop environments, OpenSSH vulnerability patched, Peppermint launches new edition, HardenedBSD updates ports |
• Issue 1077 (2024-07-01): The Unity and Lomiri interfaces, different distros for different tasks, Ubuntu plans to run Wayland on NVIDIA cards, openSUSE updates Leap Micro, Debian releases refreshed media, UBports gaining contact synchronisation, FreeDOS celebrates its 30th anniversary |
• Issue 1076 (2024-06-24): openSUSE 15.6, what makes Linux unique, SUSE Liberty Linux to support CentOS Linux 7, SLE receives 19 years of support, openSUSE testing Leap Micro edition |
• Issue 1075 (2024-06-17): Redox OS, X11 and Wayland on the BSDs, AlmaLinux releases Pi build, Canonical announces RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu, key changes in systemd |
• Issue 1074 (2024-06-10): Endless OS 6.0.0, distros with init diversity, Mint to filter unverified Flatpaks, Debian adds systemd-boot options, Redox adopts COSMIC desktop, OpenSSH gains new security features |
• Issue 1073 (2024-06-03): LXQt 2.0.0, an overview of Linux desktop environments, Canonical partners with Milk-V, openSUSE introduces new features in Aeon Desktop, Fedora mirrors see rise in traffic, Wayland adds OpenBSD support |
• Issue 1072 (2024-05-27): Manjaro 24.0, comparing init software, OpenBSD ports Plasma 6, Arch community debates mirror requirements, ThinOS to upgrade its FreeBSD core |
• Issue 1071 (2024-05-20): Archcraft 2024.04.06, common command line mistakes, ReactOS imports WINE improvements, Haiku makes adjusting themes easier, NetBSD takes a stand against code generated by chatbots |
• Issue 1070 (2024-05-13): Damn Small Linux 2024, hiding kernel messages during boot, Red Hat offers AI edition, new web browser for UBports, Fedora Asahi Remix 40 released, Qubes extends support for version 4.1 |
• Issue 1069 (2024-05-06): Ubuntu 24.04, installing packages in alternative locations, systemd creates sudo alternative, Mint encourages XApps collaboration, FreeBSD publishes quarterly update |
• Issue 1068 (2024-04-29): Fedora 40, transforming one distro into another, Debian elects new Project Leader, Red Hat extends support cycle, Emmabuntus adds accessibility features, Canonical's new security features |
• Issue 1067 (2024-04-22): LocalSend for transferring files, detecting supported CPU architecure levels, new visual design for APT, Fedora and openSUSE working on reproducible builds, LXQt released, AlmaLinux re-adds hardware support |
• Issue 1066 (2024-04-15): Fun projects to do with the Raspberry Pi and PinePhone, installing new software on fixed-release distributions, improving GNOME Terminal performance, Mint testing new repository mirrors, Gentoo becomes a Software In the Public Interest project |
• Issue 1065 (2024-04-08): Dr.Parted Live 24.03, answering questions about the xz exploit, Linux Mint to ship HWE kernel, AlmaLinux patches flaw ahead of upstream Red Hat, Calculate changes release model |
• Issue 1064 (2024-04-01): NixOS 23.11, the status of Hurd, liblzma compromised upstream, FreeBSD Foundation focuses on improving wireless networking, Ubuntu Pro offers 12 years of support |
• Issue 1063 (2024-03-25): Redcore Linux 2401, how slowly can a rolling release update, Debian starts new Project Leader election, Red Hat creating new NVIDIA driver, Snap store hit with more malware |
• Issue 1062 (2024-03-18): KDE neon 20240304, changing file permissions, Canonical turns 20, Pop!_OS creates new software centre, openSUSE packages Plasma 6 |
• Issue 1061 (2024-03-11): Using a PinePhone as a workstation, restarting background services on a schedule, NixBSD ports Nix to FreeBSD, Fedora packaging COSMIC, postmarketOS to adopt systemd, Linux Mint replacing HexChat |
• Issue 1060 (2024-03-04): AV Linux MX-23.1, bootstrapping a network connection, key OpenBSD features, Qubes certifies new hardware, LXQt and Plasma migrate to Qt 6 |
• Issue 1059 (2024-02-26): Warp Terminal, navigating manual pages, malware found in the Snap store, Red Hat considering CPU requirement update, UBports organizes ongoing work |
• Issue 1058 (2024-02-19): Drauger OS 7.6, how much disk space to allocate, System76 prepares to launch COSMIC desktop, UBports changes its version scheme, TrueNAS to offer faster deduplication |
• Issue 1057 (2024-02-12): Adelie Linux 1.0 Beta, rolling release vs fixed for a smoother experience, Debian working on 2038 bug, elementary OS to split applications from base system updates, Fedora announces Atomic Desktops |
• Issue 1056 (2024-02-05): wattOS R13, the various write speeds of ISO writing tools, DSL returns, Mint faces Wayland challenges, HardenedBSD blocks foreign USB devices, Gentoo publishes new repository, Linux distros patch glibc flaw |
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TPM - ThePacketMaster Linux Security Server
ThePacketMaster (TPM) Linux security server provides a full toolkit of open source security software to perform vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. Forensic analysis tools are also included. TPM Linux boots and runs from the CD-ROM - this allows any machine to instantly run TPM Linux, without having to go through an installation. TPM Linux has a wide selection of open-source security auditing utilities and computer forensic toolkits. Since the programs can all be run from the CD, nothing needs to be installed on the system in order to collect evidence, helping to ensure the evidence isn't damaged in any way.
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