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Micro-Distros part 3

Monday, 25 January 2010 13:30 |

Written by chris_f |

This is getting nuts.

Once again, I started out with the idea of reviewing two separate distros only to discover (again) that they're both micro, or mini, or whatever. TinyCore was reviewed in one of my previous micro-distro comparisons; that was version 2.3 and it acquitted itself well. This time we have version 2.8 and I thought it was as good a time as any to see what's new and exciting with it. In addition we have Android-x86, which I wanted to do in the previous Micro-Distros installment but I couldn't get it installed/configured in time and still finish a paper I had to do for school.

Illegal immigration

Sunday, 17 January 2010 01:28 |

Written by chris_f |

I've mentioned it before, in these pages and elsewhere. There is a movement to port Linux apps, an entire desktop environment, and, indeed, the kernel itself, to Windows. Slowly. Insidiously.

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Last Updated (Sunday, 17 January 2010 01:35)

Toorox-01.2010

Monday, 11 January 2010 00:54 |

Written by chris_f |

A while back I reviewed a Gentoo-based distro called Calculate. I was impressed. It was based in Russia, and a few linguistic issues made this clear. Here we have a Gentoo-based distro based in Germany. Guess how I know?

Okay, but seriously. I dig Calculate; it made me appreciate Gentoo all that much more. Now we have Toorox, which has a user interface so slick I almost forgot it was KDE4. Almost.

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