Fuduntu to FuSE: Providing interesting alternatives

It seems to me that the folks that brought us Fuduntu and will soon be bringing us FuSE (assuming openSUSE has no issues with it) are primarily interested in presenting interesting alternatives for the desktop linux community.

I’m looking again… for a Linux Distro that is.

I have 4 computers at present, 1 tablet running Android, 1 Mac Mini dual-booting OSX and Crunchbang Statler, 1 Thinkpad T42 running Archbang 2012-12, and 1 Inspiron 2200 running Crunchbang Statler.

Quick Review of Fedora 17: Beefy Miracle

I just downloaded and ran the LiveCD of Beefy Miracle, Fedora’s most recent release.

Likes:

1. Japanese input methods and fonts come preinstalled.
2. Accessibility features available.
3. Generally polished interface
4. Feels mature finally.

Dislikes:

1. Stuck with fallback mode on unsupported video cards
2. Touch screen design for use on non-touch devices is stupid.
3. Lack of configuration options, right clicking on the wallpaper and panels does nothing.  There’s no way to change the default window manager theme which is over-sized and made for fingers not cursors.

Solus OS: The distro LMDE wasn’t?

I’m looking into a Linux distribution called Solus OS and created by Ikey Doherty who gained a bit of name recognition for doing the Linux Mint Debian Edition.

Comparing the two there’s one major difference:  Solus OS is based on Debian Stable with a custom repository of up-to-date user land packages like Firefox and LibreOffice.  It’s not rolling.  That’s a good thing, because LMDE had a problem with breaking.

What is a Linux Distribution?

TLDR: a Linux distribution is a collection of software including the Linux kernel that is provided to users via the Internet.

In this post I’m going to explain what the phrase “Linux Distribution” means.  I’m assuming a basic level of competence with technology, but not necessarily anything in depth.  I will make prolific use of links to Wikipedia and other websites where appropriate.  I am not attempting to advocate anything, just explain, but I have some personal bias as a Linux user.