Monthly Archives: March 2011

Final Count Down Linux-100

Posted on March 13, 2011 by asokaplus

I am almost completing 18 months come end of March of downloading and testing Linux Live CDs and lately few of the DVDs. All good things have to come to an end and with Sinhala Linux coming to the scene … Continue reading →

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LinuxExtras-CloudOS-JoliOS-1.2-09

Posted on March 13, 2011 by asokaplus

Cloud computing and Cloud OS had been one of my interests for some time. To begin with I started with Dropbox which is a nice way to share ones data with friends especially those who are away and abroad. I … Continue reading →

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LinuxExtras-Debain-6-08

Posted on March 13, 2011 by asokaplus

In between World Cup Cricket, my work and students examinations, I found time to install Debian 6.0 KDE CD version, in one of my old IBM computer with 512 RAM. Unlike in the good old days new Linux distributions especially … Continue reading →

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LinusExtras-Gentoo-11-10

Posted on March 13, 2011 by asokaplus

Gentoo was my last conversion or convergence. I had seen a Gentoo live CD (probably 2008) and KiWi Linux (I may be wrong here) which was probably a Gentoo Linux derivative but never caught my eye till I discovered XBMC … Continue reading →

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LinuxExtras-Sabayon-5.5-07

Posted on March 6, 2011 by asokaplus

The new editions of Sabayon 5.5 are pretty good. Their speciality latest XMBC is good too. For the first time I was able to get XMBC running in my old IBM computer with inbuilt graphic card meager 1 GiB RAM … Continue reading →

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Linux-100-Extras-Knoppix-6.4.-Updates

Posted on March 1, 2011 by asokaplus

In spite of work, Cricket World Cup, I found time to test Knoppix 6.4 CD/DVD and both are equally good and can be installed into the hard disk. In the past after various tricks I managed to install Knoppix in … Continue reading →

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