Linux Patriotism

Dispute between Linux user and one that is widely used OS in the world at the time a few years ago had become highly visible. Althought there is peace between one of the big players with a Linux OS on this one, like Cold dispute is still continuing. Not a few newbies had dared to put wallpaper like War and the feud between the Linux OS and the OS else. Many digital artists also nurture this feud with pictures of funny but provocative nuances very thick.

Age went by with no felt. Along with the super rapid growth of Linux plus a growing number of distributions with the biggest technology and beauty then according to my observations desktop Linux users are now beginning to concentrate on various community based distribution. Call there are some communities or rather a Linux distro community begun to pick up, ranging from well established and a large number of members.

The interesting thing seen in various forum based Linux distributions is the ego of each user distro that is poured on the forums community based distro that. Ego who claim that distro is most right choice has often become a personal tickle outside the community or stakeholder within community. Not infrequently there are mediating party which asserts that Linux is the best and have been using linux it was good. This hight ego usually suffer from the user who recently graduated from the newbie stage and never experienced also by the author at that time. This feels too thick at each institution will begin to unravel the dependence of one of the IT product in this case a paid OS else and expensive to community solutions. Personally respectively admin on eeach unit when discussing a box full of egoism name distro that thick. Until there is a funny comments on one post 3 major distros in the world with read distro war.

Whereas in the real world is very diverse use linux for a particular purpose and which is suitable for router and gateway, there is a match for the server and there are indeed suitable only for the desktop computers. Now after meeting with users of other distributions (cross-distro) that is basically their own Linux distributions began to emphasize and focus on the sense and direction of their own and share a specific user. Each distro has pluses and minuses of each, as well as the user. There is a more fun challenge, some are pleased width the ease and no complicated installation and configuration.

How to Make Music With Linux

Are you like listening to music and Linux Operating System?, why not try to learn to make your own songs, who knows you are gifted a songwriter. Then how do I study? no confussion, just use Linux.

Learning music with Linux? Can we do it?

Sure can lots of multimedia software that can run on Linux. And the most fun free, we can use freely, without having to pay to those who make software.

There is multimedia software whose name is LMMS (Linux Multimedia Studio) that we can use to learn create their own music. This software allows you to compose a song or a particular melody in your desktop Computer.

LMMS is a cross platform software, means it can run on many operating systems, On their site, you can download the LMMS for Windows Operating System (2000/XP/Vista), also For Linux Opeating System (Ubuntu8.04/8.10, OpenSuse, and Pardus 2008. If you want you can tamper with the software because it is source code available too.

Well, when it is so we can keep track with a variety of formats, among other things :

• WAV - Microsoft WAV format
• AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format
• AU - Audio file format
• FLAC - Free lossless Audio Compression
• Raw PCM
• Ogg - Open wavelet compression format
• MP3 - MPEG layer 3 audio encoding
• Speex - An Ogg subformat for speech compression
• VOC - files created using a Creative labs soundblaster cards
• DrumSynth

Now what good is not it? Come immediately create and listen to your music in your computer.

Come on, wait no more. Install and immediately make a song with Linux
Good Luck

Linux Distro

Linux Distro = Linux Distribution is a member of the family of software distributions built on top of the GNU/Linux. Such distributions consist of a large collection of siftware application such as word processor, spreadsheets, media players and data base applications. The operating system will consist of the linux kernel, usually a set of libraries and utilities trom the GNU project, with graphics support from the X window System. Distribaution optimized for size may not contain X and tend to use more compact alternative to the GNU utilities.

Because most of the kernel and supporting packages are free and open source software. Linux Distribution have taken a wide variety of forms from fully featured desktop and server operating system to minimal envirnments. Aside from certain custom software, a distribution is most simply described as a particular assortment of applications installed on top of a set of libraries married with version of the kernel, such that its out of the box capabilities meet most of the needs of its particular end user base

Big hundred in the world famous Linux distro :

1. Ubuntu
2. Fedora
3. Mint
4. OpenSuse
5. Debian
6. Sabayon
7. PCLinuxOS
8. Mandriva
9. Arch
10. Puppy
11. Lubuntu
12. Slackware
13. CenTos
14. Ultimate
15. FreeBSD
16. Peppermint
17. MEPIS
18. Tiny Core
19. Gentoo
20. Dreamlinux
21. Zenwalk
22. Chakra
23. CrunchBang
24. Kubuntu
25. aptosid
26. Red Hat
27. PC-BSD
28. Vector
29. Super OS
30. Salix
31. MeeGo
32. ClearOS
33. KNOPPIX
34. Xubuntu
35. Ubuntu Studio
36. BackTrack
37. gOS
38. PartedMagic
39. Frugalware
40. Absolute
41. Pardus
42. Unity
43. CloneZilla
44. Zentyal
45. SliTaz
46. ZevenOS
47. SystemRescue
48. OpenBSD
49. Zorin
50. TinyMe
51. PC/OS
52. wattOS
53. MINIX
54. Macpup
55. ArchBang
56. Element
57. Mythbuntu
58. liuX-Gamers
59. EasyPeasy
60. Quirky
61. Slax
62. GhostBSD
63. scientific
64. imagineOS
65. DragonFly
66. lunar
67. Elive
68. 64 Studio
69. NuTyx
70. RIPLinux
71. aLinux
72. Untangle
73. moonOS
74. Calculate
75. LFS
76. Kongoni
77. AUSTRUMI
78. Nexenta
79. GParted
80. Alpine
81. Solaris
82. Yellow Dog
83. FreeNAS
84. IPFire
85. BlankOn
86. Novel SLE
87. ALT
88. NetBSD
89. Parsix
90. Ubuntu Christian
91. Moblin
92. Linux XP
93. PureOS
94. Turbolinux
95. LinuxConsole
96. blackPanther
97. Wolvix
98. Linpus
99. Greenie
100. VortexBox
     

Programming Languages on Linux

Most Linux distribution support dozens of programming languages. The most common cellection of utilities for building both Linux applications and operating system programs is found within the GNU toolchain, wich includes the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU build system. Amongst others, GCC provides compilers for Ada, C, C++, Java and Fortran. Propietary compilers for Linux include the Intel C++ Compiler, Sun Studio, and IBM XL C/C++ Compiler. Basic is supported in such forms as Gambas., FreeBasic and XBAsic.

Most distribution also include support for PHP, Perl, Ruby, Python and other dinamic languages. While not as common, Linux also supports C# (Via Mono), Vala and scheme A number of Java Virtual Machines and development kits run on Linux, including the original Sun Microsystem JVM (HotSpot), and IBM J2SE RE, as well as many opensource projects like Kaffe.

The two main frameworks for developing graphical applications are those of GNOME and KDE. These projects are based on the GTK+ and Qt Widget toolkits , respectively, which can also be used independently of the larger framework. Both support a wide variety of languages. There are a number of integrated development environments available including Anjuta, Code Blocks , Eclipse, Greany, K Develop, Lazarus, Mono Develop, NetBeans, Qt Creator and Omnis Studio while the long estabilished editors Vim and Emacs remain popular.

Linux

Linux is an Operating System (OS) for computers, comparable to Windows or Mac OS. It was originally created starting in 1991 by Finnish programmer Linus Torvalds with asistance of developers from around the globe. Linux resembles Unix, an earlier operating system, but unlike Unix. Linux is both Free Software an open source software, that is, you can not only download and run it on your computer, but also download all the source code the programmers created to build the operating system. You can then modify or extended the code to meet your needs.

Linux runs on a wide variety of hardware platform, from huge mainframes to desktop PC to cell phones. It is licensed under the free software. You can think of Linux as having two parts a kernel, which is the basic interface between the hardware and other system software, and the functions that run on top of it, such as Graphical User Interface (GUI) and application programs.

No single company sells Linux. Because it is open source software, anyone can package Linux with some programs and utilities and distribute it. The diferent flavors of Linux are called distributions. You can get information about some of the most popular distributions from distribution page. A comprehensive resource for distributions is Distrowatch.com.

Many Linux distributions are designed to be installed on your computer hard drive, either as a sole operating system, or in a dual boot configuration with another operatig system, which lets you choose which operating system to run every time you start your computer. Others are designed to run as live CD that boot from removable media, typically CD, but there also Live DVD distributions, and even that boot from diskettes and USB storage media. Live distributions can be useful becouse they let you run a different operating system without affecting any of the contents of your hard drive

If you're Windows user to whom Linux is completely news, trying it out might sound daunting. For you we explain in a separate article how you can test linux without altering your Windows computer, how to install Linux while preserving all of your Windows program and files, and how to choose what linux flavor suits your need best.