Well, since I've gone through both Ubuntu and openSuSE Linux, and my curiosity about Unix systems in general has really started to kick in, I've decided to go through a few more variants to see what ...

It looks like Linux lovers will get another netbook-optimized distro in "Mandriva Mini," which was recently announced and will first be seen on Emtec’s "Gdium" netbook — yes, that Emtec Gdium. I kid, ...

For the last few days I’ve been puzzled by a press release announcing that Mandriva had launched a new version of its Linux distribution specifically tailored for netbooks. Puzzled because for the ...

Samsung N150 Plus Netbook - Fedora, Mandriva, Ubuntu Maverick and Jolicloud Rather than continue this sequence of posts with one per Linux distribution, which would end up being a lot of repetition, I ...

The two second-tier Linux companies will adopt common Linux software and engineering. Alas, this idea doesn't have a great history of success. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Much of the world’s attention may currently be focused on Ubuntu 11.04, which makes its final debut next Thursday, but that doesn’t mean the other Linux distributions are suspended in breathless ...

Linux lovers can rejoice this week as two new distributions of the open-source platform make their way to the market. Mandriva released the latest version of its Linux product, Mandriva 2006, ...

Epicenter's Terrence Russell has an item today about Paris-based Linux distributor Mandriva, which followed the lead of Red Hat and Ubuntu on Thursday night by publicly stating it wouldn't pay ...