Wicks Linux

rBuilder Online allows you to create your own Linux Distro with the packages you want. There are just 8 simple steps or you get one of the distros that is already built. For that last two months, I have been unhappy with all the Linux distros I have tried. They either don't contain the packages I want or they included so many packages that I needed to download 3 or more ISO's. I will have to give this a try.

Update - 2005.12.29
I missed the several announcements. Zenwalk 2.0.1 was released on the 3rd of December. You can find OSNews Review: Zenwalk Linux 2.0.1 on there site.

Original - 2005.10.17
Zenwalk 1.3 was released on Saturday, Oct. 15. This linux distribution is built on 2.6.12.6 kernel.

Linux Magazine's Tip of the Day is list of command line tips. There are some great tips here. I am going to have to put a few the of tips to use soon.

Over at nixCraft there are part I and part II on how to execute commands on multiple linux or UNIX servers. This article shows how setup SSH to help issue command against multiple servers.

I have been using BashPodder for several months now and really like it. It is lightweight, fast and easy to run. So when I saw the posting the posting 'Lightweight podcatching client targets Linux users' from DesktopLinux.com I figured great there is another lightweight client I should check out. It turns out that the posting is about BashPodder.

The Jem Report has the article 'Debunking Common GNU/Linux Myths.' The article tackles nine common myths; is there SCO UNIX intellectual property in the Linux kernel, if I switch to GNU/Linux, I can't use Microsoft Office anymore, does Windows really have a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than GNU/Linux, Open-source programs have hundreds of different versions because there are so many people working on the project, Open-source programs are less secure because hackers can see the code, You get what you pay for, so free software must be bad, Free software is Communism. Free software promotes a gift economy and is anti-capitalist. Free software will kill the software industry and hurt the economy, no one ever got fired for recommending Microsoft and GNU/Linux is hard to use; Windows is easy to use. There are some excellent points and I will have to use a few of them in the future. I really enjoyed Jem's comments about 'no one ever got fired for recommending Microsoft.

The blog 'All about Linux' asks the questions 'How much memory is enough memory?' The short answer is there is never enough memory.

Over at UnixGuide.net the have a short list of 'Linux Shortcuts and Commands.' The guide is for the newbie.

I like the linux distro SUSE. I have found it easy to use and comes with a lot of packages to customize the system to your needs. Today I stumbled across an article from DesktopLinux.com entitles 'Hacking OpenSUSE' by Jem Matzan. The article focusing on configuring Yast to get its source information from the internet instead of the local CD or DVD drive. The article then goes on to showing you how to install additional software on your SUSE system through YaST. This is going to save me some time installing core tools.