By Hoo Ann
If you are a regular user of Windows or Mac OSX, you will feel like being lost in a strange world in the first time you install and try Linux as the operating system for your computer.
The Linux landscape has become pretty interesting as of late, with all the new desktop environments and changing popularity between distributions.
During recent years, many people have touted the ease of use that comes with Linux Mint compared to virtually all other distributions. As such, Linux Mint is now one of the most popular distributions out there, and almost as popular (or in some terms more popular) than Ubuntu.
Mandriva 2011, code name Hydrogen, is the latest desktop edition of the popular Linux distribution. Released August 28, 2011, it marks a new direction in the development of Mandriva desktop distributions. Where there used to be three versions of previous editions (Mandriva One, Mandriva Free, and Mandriva Powerpack), the Release Notes say that only two [...]
There is a lot of community feeling about what Linux distributions are appropriate for production server environments and what aren't. Some of this is based on the availability of commercial support. If that is a prime criterion, your choices are (as of now) already quite narrow.
One of the hardest questions that every Linux user must answer is which Linux distribution they should use. There are so many out there that it’s become quite ridiculous to a handful of users, while others enjoy the massive variety of how Linux is served.
Ubuntu and Slackware
Some days ago on April 28th Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, was released with all the bells and whistles that we are used to see every six months.
And that it has to be, Ubuntu is the most popular distribution, and it has contributed a lot to Linux, a lot of people may not agree with that, but in my opinion it is that way.
Just one day before that Slackware Linux, also released a
After Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) has reached end of life on OCtober 28, development of Linux Mint 11, codenamed Katya, has also stopped.It’s not unusual for Linux distributions to make way for better operating systems.
Kernel News: "Whether you are new to Linux and asking "Which Distribution should I use?", or if you have been using Linux for years and want to see what the other distributions offer, this article highlights the differences between the major Linux Distributions.
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