DesktopLinux.com announces the last test release version of SimplyMEPIS 3.3.2.
Other new features in 3.3.2 include built-in software RAID and dmcrypt support
MEPIS: the miniature monster of Morgantown, West Virginia
Mad Penguin has an interview with the founder of MEPIS.
Freespire Review
GNUMAN.COM has a short review of the new Freespire LiveCD. Looks like it’s not perfect, but then, it is the first release.
Freespire attempts to morph Linspire into free distro
DesktopLinux.com reports on Freespire, a Linspire, uh, inspired project. Currently in LiveCD form.
DevelopGo – A Programmer’s Platform
OSDir, or Distroreviews.com (are they the same?) has a review of DevelopGo. Worth reading if you’re interested in the various development LiveCDs.
Although I am a Windows Programmer, I was searching for such a Live CD that would allow me to experiment with different types of
toolkits and IDEs available in Linux.
GoblinX Mini 1.2.0 Reviewed
DistroReviews.com has a review of the new GoblinX Mini LiveCD.
GoblinX has never lacked in providing a stunning experience from their desktop image right through to their themes ,which is carried into their bundled applications.
Windows Got Ya Down? Try a Remix
Wired has a piece on the many modified copies of Windows floating around on the torrent sites. Some of them sound extremely useful, including the bootable WinPE along with several WinXP installers on a single DVD. Of course, none of these are legal, but it’s still amazing how much people have been able to do with closed software. Imagine how much farther they could have gotten if they could modify the source code too.
In addition to two Chinese variants of Windows, the Super WinPE disc includes dozens of boot-time utilities for troubleshooting system snafus. One is an experimental “pre-installation environment” that uses a “mini-Windows XP” for system scanning and file recovery, similar to the popular Knoppix LiveCD version of Linux.
New Book: Peter van der Linden’s Guide to Linux
NewsForge has a product announcement about a new book with a Linspire LiveCD.
Van der Linden walks the reader through running the Linux live CD (no installation necessary.)
KNOPPIX 4.0 DVD – joys and problems
DistroWatch has some info on the new Knoppix 4.0.1 DVD, including a suggestion to wait for the next version, 4.0.2, to be released because of a UnionFS bug.
With the LinuxTag edition it took us about 7 minutes to get from the boot prompt to the full KDE desktop, but the new release gets there in half the time on the same system.
Newbie Adventures in Knoppix and Fedora
Groklaw has a long, detailed account of a Windows user trying out Knoppix for the first time. An entertaining read.
The grandmother is our own brooker, who decided to try to save a relative’s files on an ailing XP computer using a Knoppix CD.
OnebaseGo 3.0 Review
tuxmachines.org has another review, this time of the OnebaseGo 3.0 LiveCD. Overall the reviewer appreared to like it.
The feature that most amused me in OnebaseGo is “Docking”. Do not be confused by that name. It is actually “remastering” the LiveCD in an easy way. The “docking” gives the ability to remaster the OnebaseGo Live CD with your own settings and software without requiring a hard-disk installation.
Because Beauty is Basic
tuxmachines.org reviews the new GoblinX Mini LiveCD. Lots of screenshots to get a feel of the unique desktop.
The desktop is a unique experience due to the original theme and color scheme chosen by the developers.
More Whax and Auditor hacking demos
digg has a link to a webpage which has all the Whax and Audior hacking demos available in a single download. Use these to become a computer security expert and get a high paying job.
I’ve scoured the net to locate every single movie and flash demo for Whax (formerly known as Whoppix) as well as Auditor.
Thinking inside the box
Dirk Eddelbuettel blogs about slides he just released for a talk he gave on Quantian and distributed statistical computing. Probably worth reading if you run a lot of R jobs, or are interested in high performance clusters.
A Subjective Look at PCLinuxOS
Blog of Helios has A Subjective Look at PCLinuxOS. Don’t forget the “subjective” part, read the first two comments for more on this.
There is no struggling to find codecs and Java packages, you no longer have to install mplayer plugins and place individual components into the proper folders… In the majority of cases, it works.
KNOPPIX 4.0 RELEASED!
I saw it first on Distrowatch. The offical Knoppix 4.0 is out!
Austrumi 0.9.7 Released
Tuxmachines.org has a quick review of the updates in the latest Austrumi LiveCD. Austrum is a 50MB LiveCD which includes Firefox and a nice looking desktop layout.
Are Computers without Hard Drives Useless? Doubtful.
Flexbeta has and article talking about Knoppix, and what it can be used for. More of an introduction to Knoppix than anything else.
Development Release: Klax 3.5 Alpha
DistroWatch has links to the SLAX-based LiveCD Klax with the ultra-new KDE 3.5 development release. By far the easiest wat to test KDE 3.5.
Massive Linux handout set for French schools | CNET News.com
64,000 LiveCDs are being distributed to students in French schools. This is great in so many ways, not only will it cut down on software piracy (MS will be happy), it will enable many more students to use tools that they may not have been able to use previously. Not everyone can afford MS Office, Photoshop, etc, and not everyone can/is willing to pirate it. Once this generation comes to expect this kind of capability on any computer, manufacturers will include it on their systems, and people will end up getting a $300 Dell with a full office suite, image editing apps, and practically every program they could ever use.
Every student between the ages of 15 and 19 attending a school in Auvergne will be given a pack containing two CDs. The first CD contains free software for Microsoft Windows and Apple Computer’s Mac OS X, including the OpenOffice.org office productivity application, the Firefox browser and the GIMP image editing application. The second CD is a Linux Live CD, allowing pupils to try the open source operating system without installing it.