Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Free SUSE Linux ebook
Over at the Novell site they are offering a free ebook on SUSE Linux. The book is targeted at developers who want to get started writing open source application. You can only get chapter one right now and will get notified when more chapters are available.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Linux On A USB Pen Drive
NewsForge posted the article 'Run GNU/Linux from a USB pen drive.' The article shows you how to install Slax on a USB pen drive. Slax is a bootable distro based on Slackware. Slax offers multiple versions ranging in size from 47 to 188 MB. They also have several modules that can cusomize the distro with.
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Minislack - A Linux Distro For The Newbie
DesktopLinux.com is running the article 'A newbie's introduction to Minislack.' Minislack is a distribution focused on desktop usage. So there are a limited number of programming tools and application software options. This could be a good desktop for the newbie due to the limited number of options.
Minislack is a stripped down version of Slackware. Minislack cut items that were not focused on the desktop. Mini in this case does not refer to micro. You will need to have some hard drive space.
You can get MiniSlack from their website.
Minislack is a stripped down version of Slackware. Minislack cut items that were not focused on the desktop. Mini in this case does not refer to micro. You will need to have some hard drive space.
The result of all this is that Minislack...
- is simple, compact, fast, secure, and reliable
- provides one application for each key task (except editors)
- is a complete desktop/development environment.
You can get MiniSlack from their website.
