Articles by Susan Linton

• Issue 173 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Raring Ringtail, Debian Wheezy, Linux Potpourri and Linux in Space.
  
• Issue 172 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Fuduntu is dead, Mageia 3 and CinnArch
  
• Issue 172 - Feature: Has Ubuntu lost it? - Has Ubuntu's community been disenfranchised by Canonical's push for convergence? We investigate.
  
• Issue 171 - Distrowatch: News from the vaults of distro development - Gnome Ubuntu remix, Kali and ALT.
  
• Issue 170 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Rebellin Linux, IprediaOS, Maui Linux and more.
  
• Issue 169 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Elive, Bodhi, ArchE17 and more.
  
• Issue 168 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - SparkyLinux, SLAX, PC-BSD and the Steam Box.
  
• Issue 167 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - UEFI causing headaches, Mint, OpenSuse and more
  
• Issue 166 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Ubuntu 12.10, DEFT Linux, Parsix and the Leikr Linux watch
  
• Issue 165 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Ubuntu, RPMs, SimplyMepis and Cotton Candy
  
• Issue 164 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Mint 13 gets extra flavours, Manjaro is born, and PCLinuxOS hits troubled waters.
  
• Issue 163 - Feature: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Get the latest news on OpenSUSE, AntiX and Bodhi.
  
• Issue 162 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - OpenSUSE, Fuduntu and PureOS all come under the microscope.
  
• Issue 161 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Fedora make a deal with Microsoft, one last throw of the dice for Mandriva and SolusOS gains some admirers.
  
• Issue 160 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Get the latests updates on the Mandriva saga, check out the slack Puppy, and discover an OS so bad they named it terrible.
  
• Issue 159 - Distrowatch: This month's roundup of news from the vaults of Linux distro development - Rosa goes it alone, Slitaz reaches 4, Snow Linux leaves us cold, and Canonical announce Ubuntu Glasses ... or do they?
  
• Issue 158 - Distrowatch: Sabayon 8 - The new release of Sabayon makes more friends than enemies, Arch celebrates its tenth anniversary, and Minix gets an update.
  
• Issue 157 - Distrowatch: Mandriva, Sabayon, Frugalware and more - A look at developments in the distro world. Including some new releases and a first look at the Spark tablet.
  
• Issue 156 - Distrowatch: News from the vaults of distro development - Fedora gets beefy, Mageia is coming, and FreeBSD dedicate a release to Dennis Ritchie
  
• Issue 155 - Distrowatch: News from the vaults of distro development - More Mint, Semplice Linux, Easy Arch and the battle for the Linux desktop.
  
• Issue 154 - Distrowatch: Distrowatch: News from the vaults of distro development - Mint 12, Ubuntu 12.04, Solaris 11
  
• Issue 153 - Distrowatch: A Slackware Puppy - Starring Puppy Linux 5.3 Slacko in awesome new shape, along with blackPanther 11.1 and Finnix 103
  
• Issue 152 - Distrowatch: Autumn line-up - With Ubuntu 11.10, OpenSUSE 12.1 and Fedora 16, there's something for everyone in the new season's releases. Plus: Tiny Core 4.0, Puppy 5.2.8 and Kororaa 15.
  
• Issue 151 - Distrowatch: Mandriva 2011 - An old kernel, a new RPM and a strange desktop characterise the new-look distribution. Plus: Arch Linux 2011.08.19, Fedora 16, KDE 5 coming up.
  
• Issue 150 - Distrowatch: Linvo 2010.12.6 - Cross Linux with a Volvo and this is what you might get. Belt up and take it for a spin. Plus: Scientific Linux 6.1, Linux 3.0 kernel, Boot to Gecko.
  
• Issue 149 - Distrowatch: Sabayon 6 - With lots of new features, this Gentoo-based distribution is the sauce that makes Linux yummy. Plus: Toorox 07.2011, PCLinuxOS 2011.6 and Mandriva updates
  
• Issue 148 - Distrowatch: Mageia 1.0 - The new community fork of Mandriva might look familiar but its definitely forging its own path. Plus: Zorin OS 5, OpenSUSE 12.1, new Ubuntu netbooks.
  
• Issue 147 - Distrowatch: Mepis and Anti-Mepis - The popular Debian brothers offer something for just about everyone. Plus: Open Xange, Linux Mint 11, Raspberry Pi
  
• Issue 146 - Distrowatch: Make way for the new contender - GhostBSD 2.0 - third release in a year for this relative newcomer in the easy-to-use BSD clone market. Plus: Puppy 5.2.5 and Trisquel 4.5
  
• Issue 145 - Distrowatch: Finding Unity - Ubuntu 11.04 - changes abound and mixed reactions greet the latest announcements from Canonical. Plus: Fedora 16, Slackware 13.37, Kororaa GNU/Linux.
  
• Issue 144 - Distrowatch: OpenSUSE 11.4 - continuing the lizard blizzard - It heralds the future, partially by becoming the first major distro to come with LibreOffice. Plus: Linux Mint 10 KDE, Bodhi Linux, and the AppStream universal package manager.
  
• Issue 143 - Distrowatch: Ubuntu happenings - The rumour mills about mobile continue to turn. Plus: Foresight Linux Development, MiniNo, and Mandriva-Mythware
  
• Issue 142 - Distrowatch: OpenSUSE news - Deal with Attachmate hasn't hurt the distribution's development in the slightest. Plus: next Mandriva scheduled for May 2011, SimplyMepis approaching, and Transparent Hugepage Support patch.
  
• Issue 141 - Distrowatch: Natty dread - Ubuntu 11.04 continues to make good progress. Plus: Mandriva vs Mageia, OpenSUSE 11.4, Galbraith Latency patch.
  
• Issue 140 - Distrowatch: They're off! - Ubuntu 11.04 - Work on the Natty Narwhal begins at the forthcoming Ubuntu Developer Summit. Plus: Linux Mint 10, Sabayon 5.4, NonVisual Desktop Access.
  
• Issue 139 - Distrowatch: Just fork it! - Forks, shutdowns and sell-offs - these are uncertain times, with OpenIndiana (from OpenSolaris) and Mageia (Mandriva). Plus: OpenSUSE 11.4 and Arch Linux.
  
• Issue 138 - Distrowatch: Ubuntu 10.10 - Maverick's cosmetic updates and the announcement of the 11.04 release schedule. Plus: Fedora 14 alpha, Me-OS, Fedora 4 beta 1.
  
• Issue 137 - Distrowatch: Ubuntu 10.10 development - Lots of tweaking builds excitement on the road to the Maverick Meerkat. Plus: ChamelonOS, FreeBSD 8.1, PC-BSD 8.1, The Board for Gnome.
  
• Issue 136 - Distrowatch: Ubuntu 10.10 - After a brief lull, more Maverick Meerkat details are emerging bleary-eyed from the burrow. Plus: Debian 6.0, Fedora 14, Ubuntu Unity interface.
  
• Issue 135 - Distrowatch: Ubuntu 10.10 approaches - Users' appetites whetted by early planning reports. Plus: OpenSUSE 11.3 and Fedora 14.
  
• Issue 134 - Distrowatch: PCLinuxOS 2010 - User-friendly KDE distro gets a faster kernel, the best of GTK and 100% more bull. Plus: Tiny Core, Calculate and opinion on Ubuntu's titlebar button placing.
  
• Issue 133 - Distrowatch: SimplyMepis 8.5 - SimplyMepis stays as solid as ever during the transition from KDE 3.5 to KDE 4. Plus: Linux Mint 8 community editions, Slitaz 3.0 and favourite browser poll.
  
• Issue 132 - Distrowatch:  Elive Topaz 2.0 - Enlightenment and Debian-based distro breathes new life into older hardware, but it doesn't come for free. Plus: Igelle DSV 1.0, PC-BSD 8.0 and Google evilness polls.
  
• Issue 131 - Distrowatch: Absolute Linux 13.09 - This customised version of Slackware turns out to be absolutely fabulous. Plus: ArtistX 0.8, SystemRescueCd 1.3.5, Gnome 3 excitement.
  
• Issue 130 - Distrowatch: Zorin OS 2.0 - Get a distro that looks like Windows but is faster and more customisable. Plus: Sidux 2009-04, BlackPanther OS, Linux netbooks at CES
  
• Issue 129 - Distrowatch: Linux Mint 8 - Small incremental changes to this smart Ubuntu derivative ensure system stability. Plus: SimplyMepis and PLD betas, Puppy-based distros, who uses Ubuntu stats.
  
• Issue 128 - Distrowatch: Mandriva 2010 - With stability issue cast aside, could this turn out to be the best distro of the year? Plus: OpenSUSE 11.2, Fedora 12 and favourite distro survey.
  
• Issue 127 - Distrowatch: Fresh distros - Ubuntu 9.10, Fedora 12, OpenSUSE 11.2 and Mandriva 2010. Plus: Sabayon, GoblinX, Linux 2.6.31 features.
  
• Issue 126 - Distrowatch: Slackware is back - It's causing controversy in the community, but could this be lucky number 13? Plus: Puppy Linux 4.3.0, DesktopBSD 1.7, distro hoppers.
  
• Issue 125 - Distrowatch: Take control with Arch Linux - Has combining customisability with ease created the arch-enemy of the pre-built distro? Plus: SAM Linux, Linux From Scratch and Mono-free distros.
  
• Issue 124 - Distrowatch: Minnow's big splash - Pardus Linux 2009 - new distro on the block brings simplicity and convenience to the desktop. Plus: Kongoni GNU/Linux, Supergamer Supreme, KDE 4 verdicts.
  
• Issue 123 - Distrowatch: One big 'meh' - Fedora 11: Enterprise elements in Leonidas leave target demographic underwhelmed. Plus: German distro Toorox; Linux-gamers Live; opinions on Mono.
  
• Issue 122 - Distrowatch: OpenSolaris 2009.06 - Updated Unix-like OS with enterprise capabilities and contracted support. Plus: Puppy Linux 4.2.1, Linux Mint 7.0, components of the Linux Standard Base.
  
• Issue 121 - Distrowatch: Mandriva 2009.1 - The spring version of this beginner-friendly distro brings some seasonal excitement. Plus: SliTaz GNU/Linux, future hardware choices.
  
• Issue 120 - Distrowatch: Deal with the devil? - SUSE Linux Enterprise 11: Novell's commercial release. Plus: Elive, Parsix and kernel 2.6.29 features.
  
• Issue 119 - Distrowatch: Slack attack - Two Slackware derivatives hit the version 6.0 milestone. Plus: SimplyMepis 8, PCLinuxOS 2009.1, Xfce 4.6 released.
  
• Issue 118 - Distrowatch: Say hello to Lenny - Debian releases 5.0 to great community excitement. Plus: Knoppix Adriane, PCLinuxOS 2009 Beta, Linuxquestions.org Members Choice Awards.
  
• Issue 117 - Distrowatch: Mass appeal - Sabayon Linux 4 - growing in maturity and looking nice. Plus: Austrumi; Mandriva and Ubuntu alphas; Windows 7 predictions.
  
• Issue 116 - Distrowatch: OpenSUSE 11.1 - The new release from Novell and the community. Plus: Slackware 12.2, Linux Mint 6.0, favourite distro stats.
  
• Issue 115 - Distrowatch: Fedora force 10 - Improvements and innovations across the board, wrapped up in tasty new eye candy. Plus: Ubuntu 8.10, OpenSolaris 2008.11, Ubuntu opinion poll.
  
• Issue 114 - Distrowatch: Mandriva 2009 is here. - Plus: OpenSUSE 11.1 incoming, BSDanywhere, distro installation methods.
  
• Issue 113 - Distrowatch: Distrowatch - PC-BSD 7.0: FreeBSD 7 and KDE 4.1.1 provide the sound basis for this popular and easy-to-use package. Plus: gOS 3.0, Foresight Kids Edition, worldwide distro popularity
  
• Issue 112 - Distrowatch: On schedule - Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSUSE and Ubuntu gear up for their next releases. Plus: GNewSense 2.1 and MIB Live Games.
  
• Issue 111 - Distrowatch: Debian 4.0r4 - Etch-and-a-half interim release supports newer hardware and features Linux 2.6.24. Plus: CCux 0.9.9, Musix GNU+Linux.
  
• Issue 110 - Review: Zonbu OS - We test drive a beginner-friendly Linux distribution that took its head out of the clouds and landed on a computer near you.
  
• Issue 110 - Distrowatch: Gentoo for you - Gentoo 2008.0, with its new installer and package options, is no longer just for the 1337 minority. Plus: Sabayon 3.5, Mandriva 2009, desktop popularity
  
• Issue 109 - Distrowatch: Great Geeko! - OpenSUSE 11.0 features a new installer, re-written Zypp software manager and cutting-edge 3D eye candy. Plus: Linux Mint 5, Zenwalk 5.2, and distro user stats
  
• Issue 108 - Distrowatch: Slackware at 15 - We wish the distro daddy many happy returns as it celebrates its 15th birthday at version 12.1. Plus: Antis (Mini Mepis), Puppy Linux 4.0, GPL violating distros