New Releases For Linux Flavors

Red Hat released its “Core”-less Community Linux distribution, Fedora, now on version 7. You can get the distribution via Bit Torrent, direct download or doing a network install. This is also the first release that comes in different sub-versions or spins, GNOME and KDE desktop environment based bootable live images that can be installed to a hard disk. These spins are meant for desktop users who prefer a single disk installation and for sharing Fedora with friends, family, and event... Read more »

Defining The Linux Kernel And Its Usage

The Linux Kernel is the center of what makes the Linux and Unix operating systems. The kernel is the foreman or mediator over all your programs and hardware components. As the core of the operating system, the kernel has access to certain services that interact with the systems hardware which no other program has direct access to. If a program wants to carry out a special task, then it must go though the kernel first. When a program wants to run, write data to a disk, write to certain parts of... Read more »

Is Vista Worth The Hype?

We have had some time now to get accustomed to Microsoft’s latest incarnation of Windows with its release of Vista. And it seems the general consensus is….PASS! If you are considering a new computer, understand the hardware has not caught up to the physical demands set forth by Microsoft and it’s newly born cash cow. The most important upgrade you could buy to make your computer experience worthwhile is more memory. In other words, the hardware needs to catch up to the software. Running... Read more »