Aug 2, 2009
Jul 6, 2009
Mandriva 2009.1 Spring
Mandriva is quite popular distro and now I am going depict mt first experience with Mandriva.
My Test Machine:
AMD64 3000+ Processor
MSI Motherboard
512 DDR II Ram
ESPON C 58 Printer
Samsung Monitor.
Installation:
It is smooth and fast and graphics looks gorgeous during installation.
You will be able also to use from installation media some very useful tools:
Multimedia Experience:
If you install VLC & SMPlayer (provider in DVD) you can play most of things. But if you want to play using Dragon or Totem you have to buy codecs from fluendo is the only option.Flash Player is useless in Mandriva 2009 spring edition.
Screenshot:
Software Salection:
· X.org server 1.6.0
· Qt Creator 1.0
· Qt 4.5.0
· OpenOffice.Org 3.0.1
· GIMP 2.6.5
· Amarok 2.0.2
Conclusion: I think Mandriva is going to windows way by selling most of things whether it is codecs or its powerpack.Desktop experience is good but it is not uto Ubuntu and OpenSuse. Flash is totally useless.
Rating : 2.5/5
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My Test Machine:
AMD64 3000+ Processor
MSI Motherboard
512 DDR II Ram
ESPON C 58 Printer
Samsung Monitor.
Installation:
It is smooth and fast and graphics looks gorgeous during installation.
You will be able also to use from installation media some very useful tools:
- HDT (Hardware Detection Tool): get a complete description of your hardware without booting a complete os
- draksnapshot restore tools: restore your full system in an easy way from a date you will choose and many other updates and fixes.
- DVD edition (32 or 64 bits) with a traditional installer.
- Desktop Option - KDE 4.2.1, GNOME 2.25.92, LXDE,.
Multimedia Experience:
If you install VLC & SMPlayer (provider in DVD) you can play most of things. But if you want to play using Dragon or Totem you have to buy codecs from fluendo is the only option.Flash Player is useless in Mandriva 2009 spring edition.
Screenshot:
Software Salection:
· X.org server 1.6.0
· Qt Creator 1.0
· Qt 4.5.0
· OpenOffice.Org 3.0.1
· GIMP 2.6.5
· Amarok 2.0.2
Conclusion: I think Mandriva is going to windows way by selling most of things whether it is codecs or its powerpack.Desktop experience is good but it is not uto Ubuntu and OpenSuse. Flash is totally useless.
Rating : 2.5/5
May 9, 2009
Kubuntu
Today I am going to review one of my favorite Distro Kubuntu. As everyone knows it comes in top 20 in Distrowatch.com website. Kubuntu is based on Debian and uses KDE as its default desktop. Before going to discuss my experience with newly launch 9.04 version lets have a look on my test machine configuration.
My Test Machine:
AMD64 3000+ Processor
MSI Motherboard
512 DDR II Ram
ESPON C 58 Printer
Samsung Monitor.
Release Date : April 23rd,2009.
Installation:
I greatly impressed by its installation, it was smooth, quicker than previous one 8.10 and stable enough to use ext4. It is exceptionally fast distro. Lots of people reviewed and experienced some problem with Network Manager but all my setting was detected automatically.
Whats New :
* 4.2 desktop environment
* kernel 2.6.28.9
*Ext4 filesystem support
* Amarok 2.0.2
*OpenOffice.org 3.0.1
I liked to see KDE 4.2 is much faster than how it was in Kubuntu 8.10. Great transparency effects, wobbly windows, animated minimise/maximise of windows are just a few of the wonderful desktop effects KDE has to offer.
Hardware Detection:
As usual its great , none of Distro except OpenSUSE can beat Kubuntu and Ubuntu in terms of hardware detection.
Conclusion:
Its time to move from windows to Linux because Kubuntu once again proved open-source is not only better , it is best in the market and its look is simply gorgeous.
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My Test Machine:
AMD64 3000+ Processor
MSI Motherboard
512 DDR II Ram
ESPON C 58 Printer
Samsung Monitor.
Release Date : April 23rd,2009.
Installation:
I greatly impressed by its installation, it was smooth, quicker than previous one 8.10 and stable enough to use ext4. It is exceptionally fast distro. Lots of people reviewed and experienced some problem with Network Manager but all my setting was detected automatically.
Whats New :
* 4.2 desktop environment
* kernel 2.6.28.9
*Ext4 filesystem support
* Amarok 2.0.2
*OpenOffice.org 3.0.1
I liked to see KDE 4.2 is much faster than how it was in Kubuntu 8.10. Great transparency effects, wobbly windows, animated minimise/maximise of windows are just a few of the wonderful desktop effects KDE has to offer.
Hardware Detection:
As usual its great , none of Distro except OpenSUSE can beat Kubuntu and Ubuntu in terms of hardware detection.
Conclusion:
Its time to move from windows to Linux because Kubuntu once again proved open-source is not only better , it is best in the market and its look is simply gorgeous.
Gnome Wallpaper
Black LinuxThis blog is dedicated to our Gnome community.Lets have look over Gnome Wallpaper design for 1600*1200 resolution monitors. This fantastic wallpaper made with the help of famous open-source Software GIMP. You can also create your own wallpaper and can contribute to open-source community.
Artist: Sanjay Prasad
Resolution:1600*1200
License: Artistics 2
Format: JPG
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KDE wallpaper
This blog is dedicated to our KDE community.Lets have look over KDE Wallpaper design for 1600*1200 resolution monitors. This fantastic wallpaper made with the help of famous open-source Software GIMP. You can also create your own wallpaper and can contribute to open-source community.
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May 6, 2009
KDE Wallpaper
Black Hole
This blog is dedicated to our KDE community.Lets have look over KDE Wallpaper design for 1600*1200 resolution monitors. This fantastic wallpaper made with the help of famous open-source Software GIMP. You can also create your own wallpaper and can contribute to open-source community.
Artist: Sanjay Prasad
Resolution:1600*1200
License: Artistics 2
Format: JPG
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