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Fluxbuntu: User-friendly Featherweight Linux?

Introduction While Linux is praised for its ability to run on older hardware, modern distributions such as [K]Ubuntu and Fedora eat up lots of disk space, memory, and processing power. And, while there are many smaller distributions that are designed to run on antiquated machines, most of them require years of Linux experience, lest the [...]

Virtualization in Linux: A Review of Four Software Choices

Introduction This week Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, announced a partnership with Parallels, maker of the Virtualization products Parallels Workstation and Parallels Desktop for Mac. Consequently, the Parallels Workstation virtualization software is now available to download and install in Ubuntu Linux, completely supported by Canonical, and done entirely through the Add/Remove programs interface. This [...]

Backing-up in Linux Made Easy with TimeVault: An In-Depth Review

Backing up in Linux is finally made simple with Time-Vault, a graphical, periodic, snapshot-based program that makes it easy to start, monitor, and modify backups, as well as restore data.

Managing your Book Collection with Alexandria

Introduction Alexandria is an application for Linux allows you to sort and track your book collection. It makes it easy to manage your collection by allowing you to sort items into multiple libraries (for example, books at your office, in your home, or elsewhere), and adding books is as simple as entering its ISBN. Once [...]