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At Home With AV Linux

By Dave Phillips | Oct 19, 2011

My studio computer collection includes two custom-built desktop machines and a Hewlett-Packard G60 laptop. more>>

Peppermint OS: Cloud Oriented Desktop Distro

By Michael Reed | Jun 30, 2011

Released in July, Peppermint Two is based on Lubuntu 11.04, an Ubuntu-derived distribution using the LXDE desktop environment (see our overview). Its main distinguishing feature is that it mixes traditional applications with cloud applications that are closely integrated into the desktop. more>>

Developer Interview: Ronald “wattOS” Ropp

By Michael Reed | Apr 25, 2011

Biff Baxter, real name Ronald Ropp, is a technology consultant based in Portland, Oregon. He's also the developer behind wattOS, an Ubuntu derived Linux distribution (see our overview). We were quite impressed with wattOS, so we got in contact with him for some Q+A. more>>

Arch Linux

The Arch Way

By Kevin Bush | Jan 13, 2011

You love tinkering with your computer. You've tried Ubuntu and Fedora, and they're good, but you feel something is not quite right. Maybe you don't like all those daemons loading on boot, or maybe you want to build your Linux desktop stack just how you want it? Perhaps you're completely new to Linux and want to learn exactly what makes a Linux workstation tick? more>>

Jolicloud: Cloud enabled and not just for netbooks

By Michael Reed | Dec 20, 2010

There’s a Linux distribution for every occasion and the main purpose of Jolicloud is to present a web enabled GUI for netbooks and similar devices. I’m going to take a look at a preview release of the forthcoming 1.1 version. more>>

The case for National Linux Distributions

By Michael Reed | Nov 15, 2010

There's a lot of news flying around at the moment about the latest Russian attempt to create a national, Linux-based operating system. Let's take a look at some of the issues that surround the creation of national Linux distributions. more>>

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