Tag Archives : Linux distribution

  Canonical, while maintaining a more user-friendly Linux distributions market attacks very well at a point where Linux, generally speaking, often fails: marketing. They have a nice and striking visual identity, shop for products, and spared not facilitate the use of Ubuntu to the four winds and say what they are doing. Some decisions may sound [...]

Reconstructor is an online service very practical and easy to use application that lets users create their own Linux distribution. With it you can add any package, application and file you want as a native feature of the new system created. A cool fact about Reconstructor is that the user can create a project and share with anyone. That way you and [...]

One of the major computer manufacturers worldwide, Dell has prompted new efforts by Microsoft to make Windows more safe, saying that the Ubuntu Linux distribution offers greater protection, mainly because it is less targeted in security attacks PCs, given the low number of system users. According to the site IT PRO, the company decided to give greater [...]

The Synaptics, a maker of track pads, today announced that its software suite for Gesture touchpads is available now for OEMs. With multitouch support for some of its trackpads models. With it, usersof distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, SUSE and others may soon join the fashion of gestures initiated by the iPhone and enlarge images with a pinch gesture [...]

The 12th version of Fedora Linux distribution derived from the old Red Hat Desktop and developed by the community, is now available for download. The system can be downloaded free of charge, either in the form of LiveCDs as a DVD installation. Among the main features visible to the End User are the instant messaging client Empathy, compatible with various [...]

The development team of the Moblin project, a Linux distribution optimized for netbooks originally created by Intel and now under the control of the Linux Foundation, announced Wednesday the launch of the first beta version of Moblin 2.1. Despite the small difference in the numbering, this version brings important changes in the question that matters [...]

As expected, today launched the newest version of Ubuntu, possibly the Linux distribution most beloved today. And this for a very good reason: Ubuntu, besides a great look, it’s easy, fast and safe (this last one is something that Windows isn’t enough). Karmic codenamed Koala, version 9.10 promises to bring lower boot times, improved User [...]

The safety in Linux doesn’t seem to be more the same, mainly after Denis Sinegubko, a specialized Russian researcher in safety, discovered that Linux servers can be infected to be used in a botnet used to distribute malware. In his blog, Sinegubko informs that the infected servers can make everything that a domestic “zombie” computer can [...]

As the source code of the operating system is opened and anybody can modify it, the number of distributions is enormous. Formerly, who wanted to create a new Linux distribution had to study a lot the system of files, operation of the kernel, configuration of the graphic interface and initialization systems. That learning process gave a great jump with [...]