papirux magazine FOSS

2008 30 10 2008

Well, I found surfing with this little magazine called papirux free software, has very good articles to read are:

  • The new face of the GPL
  • The virtues of free software versus proprietary software.
  • Game: Circus Linux!
  • How To: Installing Ubuntu 8.04 preserving Windows XP
  • Tip'sy tricks
  • Free lessons

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Watta ubuntu for old equipment

2008 13 07 2008

Today in reading the page of Neri had with me a new Linux distribution based on ubuntu whose name is watt, the developers have this motto (light-fast-now) that translates: Light-fast-now, Watt is a distribution designed to teams with very low yields and / or old equipment,

also allows you to use several desktop interfaces: mWattOS - Milliwatt-xfce-Gnome

for now is in beta version which can be downloaded from its homepage

* Wattosa1 (499mb)

* it should be noted that as most of the distros based on ubuntu, Watt also works as a LiveCD
I leave them here a gallery of images:
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Contacts Ubuntu

2008 12 05 2008

ubuntu family id cards: Cards are a "presentation" for which we use Ubuntu or one of its "flavor" as Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and anything that ends in BUNTU, ideals or to put in forums or to print and paste it into the door or in a notebook.
I leave them here to show the images and links to the download:

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ubuntu 8.04

2008 25 04 2008

Ubuntu Hardy heron left yesterday, the latest version of the Linux distribution as spoken today,
I was difficult to get on. ISO as it was unloading at a average of 20 kb / s. Today I could barely finish the download. ISO, the probe into the virtual machine and very interesting, one of the things that most caught my attention was that this brings and distribution wubi the (Ubuntu Installer for Windows User) an application that allows Windows users to install Ubuntu as if it were a program over windows.
I leave here to take a picture of my virtual machine:

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missing 2 days for hardy heron

2008 22 04 2008

and on Thursday, leaving Ubuntu 8.04, which was renamed to hardy heron.
More info here: http://www.ubuntu.com/

Download ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download



Linux Reader, read Linux partitions on windows

2008 18 04 2008

Linux Reader

Peuser truth there is not much about this application because its purpose is a single, giving users who have Windows and Linux on a computer, the ability to view the files in the Linux partitions from windows.

linux reader's official website: http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
linux link to download the reader here (1.73 MB)

I leave them here a picture of the program:

ZIP Repair. Zip Fix and Recovery



ReactOS open source operating system like Windows

2008 17 04 2008

ReactOS is an advanced operating system free open source that provides an implementation of zero created an operating system compatible with Microsoft Windows XP. ReactOS aims to achieve binary compatibility with applications and device drivers for NT and XP systems, using a similar architecture and providing a complete and equivalent public interface.

Simply put ReactOS is an idealization of windows open source.

but the question is: why not use ReactOS and any linux with wine?
- Approach to desktop environments
- ReactOS is based as a clone of Windows NT
- Wine is not 100% compatible with Windows applications.

its current version is the ReactOS 0.3.4. and is also available the source code of ReactOS for those who wish to develop.
I leave them here a few images:

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