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PCLinuxOS 2009.2 Review

Wed, 2009-08-12 00:48

Mandriva Linux (formerly known as Mandrake Linux) is an operating system that had so much recognition that various forks were made out of it to further make Linux accessible to enthusiasts and newbies while at the same time overcoming some of its weaknesses.

PCLinuxOS was among these forks and opened up in 2007 with a lot of potential because of its easier installation process and best preserved features of the original OS. From there, a community made 2008 version surfaced having code that is more diverse than Mandriva and Live Install features and then only minor updates were seen.

Author: John Doe

Mandriva 2009.1 Review

Fri, 2009-07-24 21:47

Mandriva 2009.1 is overall an excellent transition from Windows to Linux, and comes with many great features for the tech-savvy user who wants an improved, sleek desktop look and feel as well as an abundance of programs to use. Before its merger with Conectiva, Mandrake Linux was concerned with making the Linux desktop more compatible for the end user, easier to understand and operate, as well as all-around better looking. With those goals in mind, Mandriva Linux as it is known today has accomplished those goals of popularizing the Linux desktop all while creating an awesome user-interface that gives the utmost control to the computer user.

Author: John Doe

Top 3 Linux BitTorrent Applications

Sun, 2009-07-12 10:45

KTorrent

KTorrent

Maybe used as an inpiration for uTorrent's interface (the most popular BitTorrent software for windows), KTorrent is built using the KDE library and hence is a KDE application.

Written in C++ using the Qt user interface toolkit, ktorrent is maintained in the KDE Extragear.

KTorrent supports UDP trackers, has an IP address blocklist plugin, Port forwarding with UPnP, Protocol encryption, file prioritizing and can import partially downloaded files.
KHTML enables internet searching with torrent search engines.

Manual addition of trackers, download/upload speed throttling and scheduling are also possible with KTorrent.
One can create a torrent using KTorrent but to seed you need a torrent tracker.

Newer versions support IP v6 and SOCKS v4 and v5 and have a new queue manager UI.

It also allows to remove individual files from a torrent and also supports RSS feeds. A number of plugins are available to enhance features.

Being a KDE application KTorrent is most popular amongst KDE users.

Deluge

Deluge

Deluge is another BitTorrent client created using Python and GTK+ and uses the libtorrent C++ library.
The software works in any POSIX compliant OS.

Originally built to bring a native, full-featured client to GTK desktop environments such as GNOME and Xfce, official Windows and Mac OS X compatible versions are also available.

Deluge is extremely user friendly and can download multiple files in a single window, select files from a torrent before beginning the download, specify global download directory, and a completed download directory and stop uploading a torrent once it has reached a specified ratio.

Deluge enables prioritizing the first and last parts of the file to enable preview of media files in addition to many of the basic but important features like BitTorrent Protocol Encryption, UPnP and NAT-PMP.

Plug-ins are available to enhance performance: Blocklist Importer, Torrent Creator, Torrent Search.

Though Deluge is superior in various features its UI is slower. Also its pre-compiled package is very large compared to other clients.

Transmission

Transmission

Transmission is the official BitTorrent client for Ubuntu due to its minimum resource usage and usability.
It aims at providing a simple and spontaneous user interface on all platforms.

Written completely in C++ the whole package is just 330 KB.

There is also a Transmission client available for Mac OS X and one available for Android by the name of Transdroid.

It has almost all the features as the previous clients like having the ability to customize downloads to individual files in the file selection menus, IP v6 support, HTTPS tracker support, automatic port mapping with UPnP, torrent file creation and Encrypted peer connections.

Installation

You can find them in your distribution package manager ready to be installed and used.

Author: John Doe

openSUSE 11.1 Review

Sun, 2009-07-05 17:26

openSUSE is one of the few Linux distributions which seems to evolve by leaps and bounds with every new release. Although numbered as an incremental upgrade from version 11.0, openSUSE 11.1 contains enough improvements and new features to be well worth an install, even by users already running the previous release.

Author: John Doe

Fedora 11 Review

Tue, 2009-06-16 10:14

Fedora is a distribution of Linux designed to provide access to the latest open source and free software in a form that's stable, easy to manage, and secure. The biggest of the Fedora Project's offerings, Fedora's mission is to lead the advancement of free and open source content. Fedora tries to lead, rather than following, and is seeking to improve and spread free code and content. On June 9, only six months after the release of Fedora 10, Fedora 11 has come onto the scene. Here's a look at some of the major features of this version of the distribution.

Release: 
Fedora 11
Author: CoolGoose
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