If you publish content on the web you need to create thumbnails of published images every now and then. GIMP is useful for that, but why use such a heavy tool for such a simple task? This article explains how to create the thumbnails effectively using CLI-based ImageMagick.

Frugalware is an independent GNU/Linux distribution similar to Slackware, aiming at simplicity, speed and multimedia support. It features a wide software repository, managed by Pacman from Archlinux, which resolves dependencies and makes system updates easy. I’m going to walk you through the process of installing and configuring the latest version (0.5) of this outstanding OS.

If you like the Linux Distribution Comparison feature on our vortal, you can now help improving it on the new community Wiki. You can modify and enhance the information about your favorite distro’s features and all your changes will be visible on the production site (just after verification). By the way, anyone can edit the information, no registration needed whatsoever!

There is one huge difference between the free and non-free software that has very practical implications. This difference is dependencies between single software packages. What do they have to do with the free software philosophy and why you should not be afraid of them? Read on to find this out.

This is the second part of the article about top ten Windows failures which made me switch from XP to GNU/Linux and stick with it. I hope my thoughts will be informative and somewhat useful to all of you wondering whether to give up MS Windows. This part covers system upgrades, recovery after crashes and desktop performance.