With a new release of PCLinuxOS comes new screenshots over at OSDir.com. Some screenshots remind me of another non-Linux OS.
GoblinX celebrates its first birthday
DesktopLinux.com reports GoblinX’s first birthday.
Symphony OS Beta 1 PR1 screenshots
OSDir.com has screenshots of the refreshingly different desktop of Symphony OS Beta 1.
Featured Distribution of the Week: LG3D LiveCD
DistroWatch.com’s distro of this week is the LG3D LiveCD. Go read the review.
Your first reaction after booting into LG3D is likely to be that of awe. The panoramic background, 3D visualisation effects of the taskbar and windows, specialist 3D applications such as the background selector on the screenshot below – all these are likely to lead to several hours of exciting desktop entertainment.
Minix 3 available for download
Heise online has some info on the new Minix release. The install CD also works as a LiveCD, and computer requirements are up to a 386 w/ 16 MB of memory.
An open Studio to Go
NewsForge has a review of Studio to Go.
Open source software developer and musician Richard Bown wanted to make Rosegarden, a popular MIDI sequencer for Linux, available to all people, even if they weren’t fortunate enough to be using an open source platform.
Looking-Glass Based Distro Reviewed
We’re linking to Slashdot who is linking to Tuxmachines.org for a review they posted about the new LG3D LiveCD. Read the comments while the site slowly loads in a backgrounded tab of your browser.
BeOS successor Zeta with free live CD
Heise Online announces that yellowTAB released a Zeta (related to BeOS) LiveCD. The more the better! Now we need free, legal LiveCDs of XP and OS X.
Dine in geek heaven with Dyne:bolicII
Computerworld has an article with a lot of quotes from core Dyne:bolic developer Jaromil about the new features going into Dyne:bolicII. A lot of work is going into the new release, with the latest packages, new scripts, fast customization, and low system requirements.
Jaromil says the main addition to version two, currently in beta, is that it will include all the compiler tools required in order to modify it.
Run With The Big Dogs On Chubby Puppy Linux
LinuxPlanet has a review of a modified Puppy Linux LiveCD.
Chubby Puppy Linux “fills out” the regular Puppy Linux release with the addition of the OpenOffice.org suite of applications. It’s a full figured Linux version in a fast, lightweight liveCD package.
Klax KDE 3.5 Beta 2 screenshots
OSDir is back with screenshots of KLAX with a prerelease version of KDE 3.5.
New Releases Around the Corner
DistroWatch has news of several large development releases for some of the most popular LiveCDs avaliable. These include Kanotix 2005-04, Damn Small Linux 2.0, and PHLAK LittleBoy!
Ubuntu 5.10 is Out!
Ubuntu (and Kubuntu) 5.10 is officially stable today, with new install ISOs, LiveCDs, and LiveDVDs. Get the Live and Install CDs mailed to you at no cost through Ubuntu’s Shipit program.
Mandrake Move becomes Mandriva Linux Discovery Live
DistroWatch has a few words on the new Mandrake Move, I mean Mandriva Linux Discovery Live.
USB FlashDrives The New PC?
Slashdot has a link to an entertaining article about the future of computers belonging to removable flash drives and hard drive-less computers. While there are still some obvious roadblocks such as limits to the number of writes, speed, and capacity, these are being improved daily. I’d like to have my customized operating system with all my documents, pics, and music with me wherever I go.
Tilix 1.0 screenshots
OSDir has screenshots of Tilix 1.0.
MitraX live CD
Linux.com reviews the MitraX LiveCD. Looks like an interesting LiveCD, it even comes with the Offile NT Password and Registry Editor, in case you need to reset a password on a Windows machine.
MitraX boots notably faster than similar live CD distributions. In less than half a minute, MitraX boots into the FVWM-95 desktop, which looks like Windows 95 and works in a similar fashion. This is a smart choice because it is practical and lightweight. For this kind of distribution, it’s more than enough.
How to break into a computer that is right at your fingertips
SearchSecurity.com has posted an article about breaking into a Windows box using Knoppix. It seems a little odd to me that this is considered “breaking into a computer”, when in the second part of the article the computer is doing exactly what it was setup to do (ie. boot off a cdrom).
ATmission 2.0-01 (reloaded) screenshots
OSDir has screenshots of ATmission 2.0-01 (reloaded).
Download, burn, and boot: doing disaster IT with a shelter lab LiveCD build
Ars Technica put up another thorough article detailing the needs of computer stations and labs setup after hurricane Katrina for the survivors. Hannibal goes over what he learned, talks about current solutions, and details what needs to be improved.
One of the most unexpected and least visible aspects of hurricane Katrina’s aftermath was the critical role that information technology played in the relief effort. Throughout the Gulf Coast, shelter workers and residents built and used improvised computer labs consisting of donated, Internet-connected PCs and printers.