Category Archives: My Choices for 2011

Personal Experience

LinuxExtras-CloudOS-JoliOS-1.2-09

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

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

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

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

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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Linux100-Extras-ArtistX-06

ArtistX was not in my original 100 purely because of its heavy weight and my inability download. But I downloaded it after completing Live CD/ DVD 100 and was impressed by it. Capacity was 2.4 but the new version is … Continue reading

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K-Torrents

There are many clients for torrent downloads. Below is how to make good use of K-Torrents 1. One needs a Linux distribution with KDE desktop. 2. Look in the Internet Section and open K-Torrents (K stands for KDE) 3. Use … Continue reading

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Linux-100-Extras-Debain 6 in Sinhala-05

I am happy to report that Debian 6 is available with Sinhala graphical installer. Well. well I am happy to tell you that I downloaded KDE version (currently downloading Gnome version) of Debian 6 and it can be installed in … Continue reading

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Linux-100-Extras-Fedora14-04

Another new version (14 a brand new conceptually) has come out after I felt out of with Fedora 3 (Redhat 8 and 9 were my favorites) and I have been looking at it from version 9 (also because of ADIOS … Continue reading

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Linux-100-Extras-PCLinuxfullMonty

PCLinuxfullMonty has everything you want and it has I believe 64 bit capability too. Go for it when the going is good. 4 GiB of it and it is a very affable Gorilla.

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