By now, I have tested many Linux distros. But I had yet to come across any distro that actually did better in VMware then on actual hardware.
Meet Mint 6 Felicia, the community “Fluxbox” remake. The Fluxbox is a window manager that replaces Gnome’s default window manager. It is lightweight, customizable, and fast.
It performed absolutely flawlessly [...]
Introduction
I have been distro hopping a lot in recent times, ever since I got VMware, and dedicated about half my system resources to it. I was testing a lot of the less known Linuxes but never came across one that had no big problem.
Of course, Dreamlinux is not one of the myriad of unknowns. It’s [...]
Introduction
My readers will know that I had been experimenting quite a bit recently with VMware virtualization.
Recently, I ran across reviews pointing out that Slackware based distros are the ultimate word in speed.
Truth is, I hate configure-it-all-yourself distros. I want things to be easy, and smooth. What about those who don’t know how to?
Then I read [...]
Introduction
As my readers will know, I have recently been testing out lots of OSes in VMware. The latest to hit my test line was the beta of Windows 7. In this very brief review, I intend to outline the major achievements of Windows 7 so far.
Despite everything, the hardware requirements for running a normal copy [...]
Introduction
There are plenty of articles around the internet stating that Windows 7 is going to kill Ubuntu or vice versa. These articles are irrationally designed to be Microsoft vs Linux debates, though that is hardly the case: Ubuntu only represents a fraction of the linux distro world, albeit the major one on desktop computers, and [...]
