Red Hat 9 in Action
By: bilbrey on 2003-05-03 20:33:11
I installed Red Hat 9 on a couple of systems early this month. So the million dollar question is, Am I still using it? Read on to see what the answer is...
United Linux Beta 3 - Installation and Overview
By: bilbrey on 2002-11-17 19:09:40
United Linux (http://www.unitedlinux.com/) is "a standards-based Linux operating system targeted at the business user. It is developed, marketed and sold by an experienced partnership of Linux companies." That's marketing speak for "Geez, I hope we succeed selling one distribution where we were struggling to sell four before." It's a consolidation of the Linux Market, taking some of (hopefully) the best of each parent: SCO, Conectiva, SuSE and Turbolinux. I pulled the three disc set a while back, and now I'll walk through an install and initial review with you.
Two Distro's: A Security Update.
By: bilbrey on 2002-09-18 07:12:09
Earlier this week, I posted an article about the latest proposed offerings from Mandrake and Red Hat. Those of you familiar with my approach to writing about Linux distributions may have been a bit ... stunned to see very little about how secure the installations were. This small addendum is the planned second part of that article, addressing just those concerns.
A Tale of Two Distros
By: bilbrey on 2002-09-16 07:15:29
Recently (since mid-August, 2002), both Red Hat and its erstwhile one-time repackager Mandrake have both issued Beta and/or Release Candidate versions of their popular Linux distributions. While this site runs on a machine loaded with Red Hat 7.1, I haven't used either personally for more than a year now. Of special interest also is the controversy over Red Hat's customizations of their desktop, especially the modifications to the KDE desktop. So let's have a look together at these two up-and-coming contenders for the pole position on your drives and processors.
Looking at Lycoris Desktop LX
By: bilbrey on 2002-05-02 09:55:00
Lycoris (http://www.lycoris.com) is the company that publishes the distribution called Lycoris Desktop/LX (formerly known as Redmond Linux). In this article I'll install, secure and review specific features of the distribution. Of specific interest to me are the Lycoris-specific programs that provide a Windows like interface to local networking, computer management, and more. Can this be Aunt Mildred's Linux???
