'To cross the chasm, an OS needs a big marketing machine behind it. Linux doesn't have one. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" stuff only goes so far.'Read the editorial by V. Ryan at OSOpinion.
William Lee Irwin III recently announced on the lkml that he'd successfully gotten Linux running on a 64GB x86 server. His posts included two different boot message logs, one without his page clustering patch, and one with. In the latter case, his patch overcomes the 1GB mem_map virtual space limitation imposed by x86 32-bit servers, without which the kernel over-runs allowable memory space. Read the report at KernelTrap.
Yes, we all know the "big three" (Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE) commercial distros, we also know the next big bunch of respected traditional/geek distros (Debian and Slackware and some might add Gentoo too in this list), and we know the "other big three" in the desktop Linux area (Lindows, Xandros, Lycoris). However, not everyone knows what is available besides this "threshold". Here is a list of Linux distros that worth knowing about and to keep an eye on!
"Every once in a while a product stands out not only because it is innovative but because it just makes sense. It fills some space that has not previously been filled. I'm certain that you will agree that Knoppix -- a live Linux-On-CD Distribution -- is one of those products."Read the article at LinuxAndMain.
Linux is gaining market share in the retail industry. Use of the open-source operating system to run point-of-sale terminals in North America increased 185 percent last year, IHL Consulting Group said in a study released Wednesday.
Knowing that ArkLinux is the offspring of Bernhard "Bero" Rosenkraenzer (interview here), a former Red Hat employee and KDE hacker, should make it one of the more interesting and, arguably, credible new Linux distributions to hit the streets in recent seasons. With the rise of Lycoris, Lindows, and Xandros, among others, Ark Linux is certainly a far cry from a surefire success. Let's take a look.
DesktopLinux.com talks with Bernhard Rosenkraenzer, aka 'Bero', co-founder of ArkLinux about the company's plan to deliver a full-featured operating system based primarily upon a Red Hat Linux 7.3 / 8.0 foundation and KDE.
The new Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 brings recent Linux user interface improvements to the PowerPC architecture. Smooth, anti-aliased fonts and the clean, refined style of Red Hat's Blue Curve theme make this a beautiful creation to look at. There are
screenshots here, though they aren't big enough to really do it justice.
LinuxJournal encourages users to start downloading and testing the unstable Linux kernel 2.5.x as release is near (around July), so more intensive beta testing is required by end users. Here is a quick guide on how to compile a generic Linux kernel.
LinuxInstall.org 3.0rc2 is now available. Changes: "Kernel 2.4.18-27.8.0 with NTFS support; security updates (Total 31); Mozilla 1.3.0; Evolution 1.2.3; complete set of Red Hat 8.0 manual documents in HTML; Acrobat Reader 5.06 with Mozilla plugin; Real Player 8.0 with Mozilla plugin; Flash Player 6.0.79 with Mozilla plugin; Microsoft TrueType Core Fonts for web; Xmms 1.2.7 (music player) with MP3 support; Xine 0.9.19 (DVD/VCD/CD player) with libdvdcss; dual-boot configuration with NTFS/FAT32 support..."Changelog, screenshots.
The popular Linux distro Knoppix which can be fully operated by simply booting it off a CD, has just released version 3.2 and it includes a number of new features.
Macminute reports: Terra Soft Solutions today announced Yellow Dog Linux 3.0, a new version of its Red Hat and RPM-based operating system for PowerPC computers. Version 3.0 offers a completely rebuilt Installer, 1300 packages on 6 CDs (3 Install, 3 Source), a unified KDE and GNOME desktop environment featuring shared menus, applications, and user interface.
"It has been several months since we began our quest to find the best desktop GNU/Linux distribution of the Fall/Winter 2002 batch. We have considered lots of distributions that attempt to innovated and streamline the Linux experience and now we consider who succeeded to push beyond the rest and win our award." Find out the results here.
The entire Source Mage GNU/Linux team would like to announce the release of their very first offical release, code named "Shillelagh". Source Mage is a source-based GNU/Linux distribution based on a Sorcery metaphor of "casting" and "dispelling" programs, which the team refers to as "spells".
MadPenguin is reviewing the latest version of ArkLinux, 1.0a7. Recently, we hosted an interview with Bero, project leader of the ArkLinux distribution.
The PCQuest magazing folks have created their own distribution, PCQ Linux 8.0, based upon Red Hat's 8.0 Linux. Read the introductory article about their distro at PCQuest.com.
"UnitedLinux was designed by a group of Linux vendors to streamline their development and certification around a single Linux version. This server operating system combines technologies from each of its founding members. Released in November 2002, UnitedLinux is based on a wide variety of standards so that developers can design software that is portable across Linux platforms. UnitedLinux is a server operating system intended for Linux's primary growth areas — for enterprise and Web server applications."Read the article at TechUpdate.
Walter Kruse offers up his experiences with Peanut Linux over at DesktopLinux.com. Not talked about as often as more high profile commercial distros, this flavor of Linux is fast, lightweight, and suited to both new and advanced users. Kruse steps us through his reasons for making a move to Peanut as his distribution of choice and offers us some tips and links for customizing the environment.
