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PCLinuxOS Day 12 - Attempting to triple boot my laptop

Last friday my car broke down. This in itself has nothing to do with the series about PCLinuxOS, but it did leave me with a couple of unplanned spare hours. A perfect opportunity to change the operating systems on my laptop. I wanted to upgrade Ubuntu to 7.10, to install Sabayon Linux and to install [...]

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

PCLinuxOS Day 11 - Documentation and Information

I am not someone who believes that a Linux distributions sells itself, that technological achievement is enough to push it to the desktop of end users. As long as the educational systems keep on teaching Windows-based skills, there will be a lot of users who need some hand holding, some guidance, some instruction. What does [...]

Friday, January 18th, 2008

PCLinuxOS Day 10 - MiniMe 2008 edition: First impressions

PCLinuxOS is at the heart of it’s own ecosystem of remasters. During the month I want to check them out. The first one is the MiniMe 2008 edition.
What is the MiniMe 2008 edition about
The default PCLinuxOS 2007 is a complete distribution with a collection of software to get started. The decision on which collection has [...]

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

PCLinuxOS Day 9 - Wrapping up the control center

I am enjoying these days with the control center, but it’s time to wrap it up and move on. There are plenty of other things that need attention.
Network & Internet
Connectivity can be considered a key element, especially when you moving around with a laptop. The page Network & Internet is packed with tasks, some of [...]

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

PCLinuxOS Day 8 - Between a desktop and a server

Another day at the control center. I am impressed with the scope of tasks that can be executed via one tool. Earlier I mentioned Webmin and the control center shares quite a few characteristics with that tool (though the functions are different, of course). Let’s continue digging deeper.

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Monday, January 14th, 2008