Ubuntu, another choice

"Computers are like air conditioners - they stop working properly when you open Windows." TECH SOURCE FROM BOHOL: Top 50 Linux Quotes of All Time

TIPS FOR LINUX EXPLORERS Helpful info for those learning Linux These Linux tips are meant to provide just enough information to whet your appetite for more. They are updated frequently and are not presented in any particular order. There is a site-search box at the end of this page. . . . . . . . The First Things To Know: ISOs and md5sum Checksum ISOs in Windows Burning ISOs Windows Tools: Burning ISOs Windows Tools: Gparted Md5sum of already burned CDs Check CD Script SHA-1 Checksums Live CDs ( distros that run from CD ) Basic rules for install Change the BIOS settings Making a boot floppy Boot/Rescue CD Formatting Floppy and Zip disks The Tree Runaway Processes ( and how to kill them ) Skinny Elephants ( if all else fails ) Copy and paste The "reset"-button Updating your distro Su and Root ( the difference ) Install cheatcodes Lost user password Lost Root password Tricks in KDE home The Linux Counter Ultimate Boot CD Backing-Up the M...

"...the Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it. " Linus Torvalds

"Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." -Linus Torvalds, September 2003

You would think that a GNU/Linux distribution dedicated to shipping only free software would be uncontroversial. After all, isn't free software what GNU/Linux is all about? Yet, when the latest version of GNewSense was announced recently, Slashdot readers were divided in their reactions. Some thought the distribution would have too limited appeal, and argued that what was needed was a distribution so popular that hardware and software vendors would have to support it. Others suggested that GNewSense had two uses: As an indicator of what the free software community has done so far, and as a summary of what still needs to be done before the goal of a completely free operating system is realized. GNewSense began at a conference in Tunis in 2005 when Paul O'Malley heard Mark Shuttleworth and Richard Stallman talking about the possibility of a politically free version of Ubuntu, whose various incarnations include proprietary wireless drivers and access to non-free video dr...

We took our first look at components of the Ubuntu Netbook Remix last week shortly after it was announced at the Computex show in Taiwan. Canonical's original announcement provided little insight into plans for subnotebooks based on the software and left questions unanswered about how the Netbook Remix will be distributed, but a blog entry by Canonical boss Mark Shuttleworth offers some answers, along with news that Canonical will push hardware partners to release open source drivers. Shuttleworth says that Canonical is currently collaborating with several hardware manufacturers (though he can't disclose their identities at this time) to create custom installation images that are tailored to particular mobile products. These installation images will focus on hardware-specific optimizations for increased performance, shorter boot times, and extended battery life. They will not be released to the public alongside the regular Ubuntu builds because they will contain third-party ...

Nexuiz is a free, cross platform, first person shooter distributed under GNU General Public License by Alientrap Software. It started back in May 31 2005 with version 1.0 using DarkPlaces, a significanlty modified quake engine. The current version, 2.2.3, was released on January 26, 2007. Nexuiz’s logo is based on the chinese character “力” which means strength. Several notable features of the game include ability to multiplay up to 64 players ability to generate bots for practice sessions dynamic lighting system similar to Doom 3 Download here: Nexuiz