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Xubuntu + BeOS like theme + Remastersys = PC/OS?

This must have been the briefest test run a Linux distribution had on my box. Frankly, when I noticed GRUB on the CD it already was out of the window. For good measure I continued until the live desktop, only to confirm the massive suspicion I had. This is yet another remaster posing as something [...]

Friday, July 18th, 2008

OpenSUSE 11.0: Shine and annoyance

OpenSUSE 11.0 is another major Linux spring release. Ubuntu 8.04, Mandriva 2008 Spring and Fedora 9 preceded it. SUSE was the first (and only) distribution I bought. This new release will become the basis for the commercial offering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, which Novell will bring to market in 2009. The first buzz on [...]

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

First Impressions: Mandriva Spring 2008

First Impressions: Mandriva Spring 2008
Orignally on Content Only!, 23 april 2008
Maybe I am wrong, but I have seen only raving reviews about the new Mandriva Spring 2008. Positive reviews. Since I always like to draw my own conclusions and Mandriva is one the releases this spring, I decided to give it a spin. I installed [...]

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Wordpress 2.5 - first experiences

This weekend I upgraded my weblog to Wordpress 2.5. Normally, no big deal. I have been using Wordpress for some time now and am happy to work with. The upgrade instructions never posed any problem, nor did they this time.
The only thing bothering me was the necessity to manually update my small collection of plugins. [...]

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008