Saturday, October 08, 2005
Linux Distributions Compared
Three comparison charts. 1. GENERAL: The basic general information about the distributions (i.e., creator/company, license/price etc.); 2. TECHNICAL: Information on technical aspects of the distributions; 3. FEATURES: Information on features in the distributions. The tables specifically do not include subjective viewpoints on the merits of each operating system. For this kind of information, please see operating system advocacy. To compare Linux distributions with other operating systems, please see comparison of operating systems.
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Friday, October 07, 2005
Hacking openSUSE 10.0
When you're done installing OpenSUSE 10.0, your desktop system is not complete. You still need support for Java programs, MP3 audio files, and browser plugins for Macromedia Flash, Adobe Acrobat, RealPlayer, and Windows Media Video.
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The History of Microsoft Windows
In 1983 Microsoft announced its development of Windows, a graphical user interface (GUI) for its own operating system (MS-DOS) that had shipped for IBM PC and compatible computers since 1981. Microsoft modeled the GUI, which was first known as Interface Manager, after that of Apple's Mac OS.
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
The History of Linux
In August 25, 1991 the historic post was sent to the MINIX news group by Linus .....
"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. ... It is NOT protable (sic) (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(."
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"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. ... It is NOT protable (sic) (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(."
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005
openSUSE's 'leaki-wiki'
On October 1, 2005, openSUSE.org's wiki page was attack. Adrian Schroeder shares a brief note on this subject and reassures the openSUSE community that the domain itself "was never exposed".
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The History of SUSE
SUSE Linux was originally based on Slackware Linux; In mid-1992, Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was founded by Peter McDonald, which was the first comprehensive distribution to contain elements such as X and TCP/IP. The Slackware distribution (maintained by Patrick Volkerding) was initially based in large parts on SLS.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Hacking Linspire (Circumventing the CNR)
Hacking Linspire (Circumventing the CNR) by: Jem Matzan
Linspire 5.0 (Five-0) is a Debian GNU/Linux-based distribution with a pretty interface, proprietary video drivers and browser plug-ins, and a pricey desktop software subscription model. If you like Linspire but hate the company's Click N Run pay-as-you-go software service, here's how to disable and circumvent CNR and switch to using standard Debian packages and the Synaptic package manager.
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A simple step-by-step process to get a free copy of Linspire 5.0.59. Following these directions to download the BitTorrent file for the full version on one CD-ROM (less the CNR or Extras CD).
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YaST Source of Installations (9.3 & 10.0)
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Monday, October 03, 2005
Using Wine in SUSE with Sidenet
A Wine section will appear in your Kmenu AFTER you install your first Windows program or AFTER you install Sidenet. You must be working in your standard user, not SU nor even ROOT.
I would go to Wine HQ and download the latest versions available for SUSE (the versions available from YaST2 are not up-to-date)
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I would go to Wine HQ and download the latest versions available for SUSE (the versions available from YaST2 are not up-to-date)
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