While not as vocal as Lindows, Xandros is the "other" consumer desktop distribution. After seeing that Xandros 2.0 was soon to be released and that it actually had fairly up to date software, such as KDE 3.1, I knew I had to try it.    (more...)

I have never liked judging things before I have had a chance to try them out for myself. Unfortunetly Lindows does not offer a free iso download, or network installs...The first analysis tried to answer the question "Is Lindows good for Linux" by assessing Lindows business practices, role in the community, and public perceptions. This second look will be more of a review of an actual product.    (more...)

An overview of the latest Syllable release (0.4.4) along with screenshot and a comparison with Linux.    (more...)

This post I am sure will make a lot of people mad. Mandrake, after all, is the poster child for Linux on the desktop and has a fairly large following. It was at one time evolutionary! It was one of the first (if not the first) to have an "easy" installer. It created tools and wizards for helping users configure their operating system. They had focus (the desktop), they had a strong user community, and they were one of the first to market...    (more...)

Check out the screenshots the latest Syllable release...    (more...)

A look at Mandrakes latest beta release for 9.1, screenshots and a little review (rant)    (more...)

Knoppix is a really cool Linux distribution that you can run from your cd-rom with out acutally installing!    (more...)

I recently installed Lycoris beta Build 66 and here are some screenshots and a little review...    (more...)

theKompany recently released the first release candidate for the long anticipated PIM/Groupware project Aethera. Has it been worth the wait? We will see...    (more...)

"Phoenix is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component, similar to Galeon, K-Meleon and Chimera, but written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform."

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/

Updated: Phoenix 0.2 (Santa Cruz) Released --> Screenshots    (more...)

A while back Gobe Software announced that it was going to release Windows and Linux versions of it's office suite gobeProductive, which was previously only available for the BeOS. Now it seems that it will be released under the GPL, so I decided to download the alpha release of the Linux version to see what it was like...    (more...)

I have known for quite some time about ThinkFree Office but until recently have never actually tried it...ThinkFree recently released a new MacOS X client that has the aqua look, after seeing some of the screenshots of the MacOS X version I decided to finally see what they had to offer for the Linux crowd.    (more...)

With the release of Windows XP knocking on our door, and a recent upgrade to the beautiful MacOS X what does the Linux community have to offer? Mandrake does it again with their latest release adding new features to make the users experience a little easier. (includes screenshots)    (more...)

Linux-Mandrake has done it again, they have made the Linux experience just a l ittle easier. I have installed all the betas (1, 2, and 3) and Release Canidate 1 of Mandrake 8.0 and have been somewhat impressed by what I have seen. But this isn't a review on Mandrake 8.0 itself, rather a review of DrakeConf, Mandrakes own "control panel" type application.    (more...)