Knoppix 5.3, after pausing for a year, was presented at CeBIT, in Hannover, Germany. Softpedia published a short review of the new distribution.
Knoppix 5.3
LiveContent 2.0 – a DVD loaded with free Creative Commons content
FanaticAttack.com writes about LiveContent 2.0 DVD released by Creative Commons. The complete story is available here.
Granular Linux 1.0
The first preview of Granular Linux 1.0, a desktop distribution based on PCLinuxOS, has been released. Granular 1.0 (Preview) is the successor to Granular 0.90.
SimplyMEPIS 7.0 – a review
Linux.com published a review of SimplyMEPIS 7.0 – easy to try, install and use Linux distribution.
Dyne:bolic 2.5.2 – screenshots
Dyne:bolic is a LiveCD Linux distribution, shaped on the needs of media activists, artists and creatives. It is distributed with a large assortment of applications for audio and video manipulation. Dyne:bolic is based entirely on free software.
Review: GeeXboX 1.1
Raiden’s Realm published a short review of GeeXboX 1.1 –a free embedded Linux distribution which aims at turning your computer into a so called HTPC (Home Theater PC) or Media Center. The distribution comes with a complete and automatic hardware detection, not requiring any driver to be added. It supports playback of nearly any kind of audio/video and image files and all known codecs and containers are shipped in, allowing playing them through various physical supports, either being CD, DVD, HDD, LAN or Internet.
KDE 4 uses less memory
KDE 4.0 release candidate 2 reviewed
Ars technica published a brilliant review of the upcoming KDE 4.0 (release candidate 2). For tests the KDE 4 RC 2 Live CD image proved by the KDE community was used. The Live CD is based on OpenSUSE and provides easy access to a complete KDE 4 environment.