KateOS is a Polish distribution which is completely community-driven. The effects of the community work are pretty impressive. Kate is original and has its own feeling. Each new release of the system brings a few decent innovations and offers an even better GNU/Linux lightweight multimedia desktop. On February 12th a new beta version KateOS Live 3.2 was released. I decided to give it a try and share my experience with this nice and modern Linux distribution.

Xgl is a hardware accelerated X-server created by Novell. Thanks to the abilities of modern graphics cards, it uses 3d-rendering, which opens up w whole new bunch of possibilities for modern computer desktops. I will be demonstrating Xgl with Compiz window manager basing on my Mandriva 2007 Free (32–bit version) Linux distribution.

Dreamlinux is an operating system that boots from a Live-CD with the option to install on a hard drive as well. Dreamlinux is not just another Live-CD based on Debian, it’s not another distro coming with XFCE 4.4. Dreamlinux 2.2 MME is a polished multimedia system from which Xubuntu developers could really learn a lot and which has the potential to demolish Windows Multimedia Center as far as the functionality is concerned. This review concerns Dreamlinux 2.2 Multimedia Edition.

KateOS and Zenwalk are both lightweight, Slackware-derived GNU/Linux distributions featuring XFCE. Now you can compare them side by side thanks to the efforts of our Wiki community. It’s not the matter of one being better than another, it’s the matter of being the most suitable for you.

Pardus is a Turkish distribution that comes with KDE as the default desktop. It is however not just another pack of known open source apps. Pardus comes with its own, original GUI system installer, a package management system — PISI and system settings applet — TASMA, as well as a few additional goods.

Have you ever wanted to try OpenBSD but you had a hard time figuring out the differences between it and other BSD flavors? This introduction is all you need to know to get started — it includes a description of OpenBSD 4.0 features, list of pros and cons, and lots of links to external OpenBSD resources.

Lintrack is a new GNU/Linux distribution for routers, firewalls, network access servers and more. It features new approaches to several areas such as system configuration and integration. I would like to introduce you to the project and provide step-by-step instructions for configuring Lintrack as a simple OSPF backbone router and a PPPoE network access server.

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.