Jamaica Linux User Group - Jamaica Linux User Group The Jamaica Linux User Group (Jalug) is dedicated to the promotion of open source software, in particular Linux, as an alternative to expensive proprietary software. The group currently meets every second Saturday at the Liguanea Cybercentre on the premises of the Liguanea Cybercentre, (located upstairs and behind the Half Way Tree Post Office). See also Jamaica Linux User Group.
Impi Linux - Impi Linux Impi Linux is a South African Linux distribution that is based on Debian and includes some components from Gnoppix and Knoppix. It aims at being the first business desktop Linux distribution that is tailored specifically to the needs of African users. The goals of the project include software customization and localization to the eleven official South African languages. In addition to providing a free and powerful software environment, the authors of this distribution also demonstrate that Africans can be self determined in the digital world. The project name refers to the Impi Warriors..
Yellow Dog Linux - Yellow Dog Linux Yellow Dog Linux, an open source Linux distribution for the PowerPC processor architecture, was first released in 1999 by Terra Soft Solutions, a Colorado-based software company. Competing with other popular Linux distributions, such as Mandrake, Gentoo, and Debian, Yellow Dog Linux soon became the most popular distribution for PowerPC. The current version of Yellow Dog is 3.0.1, nicknamed "Sirius". Yellow Dog has tried to provide simple and working hardware support, as well as a system that runs fast on older machines. Acclaimed for its ease of use and graphical installer, Yellow Dog Linux is derivative of Red Hat Linux, and as a result, is equipped with the RPM package manager and other well-known Linux technologies. Such as GNU, LibC, GCC, XFree86, KDE, GNOME, and version.
Hispalinux - Hispalinux HispaLiNUX is the Spanish Linux user association. It was founded June 20, 1997. As of November 2003 it has 7000 members. See also: Linux User Group.
Gentoo Linux - Gentoo Linux Gentoo Linux is a high performance, source-based Linux distribution. It has an advanced *BSD-style package management system called Portage which is written in Python. Gentoo is often referred to as a meta-distribution because of its high level of configurability. This includes the optional use of "USE flags" (in the Portage system), which describe the hardware and software features the user would like to include while building packages. The originator and current head of the Gentoo project is Daniel Robbins. One of the goals for Gentoo Linux 1.4 is the addition of the Gentoo Reference Platform (GRP) that allows users to install precompiled packages built to certain baseline specifications. This may be an attempt to appease some who believe that too much time is spent by.
GoboLinux - GoboLinux GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution which redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy. In GoboLinux we have paths such as /Programs/XFree86/4.3/ and /System/Settings/BootScripts/Reboot (from official homepage) External Links Official website.
United Linux - United Linux United Linux is a consortium of Linux distributors who have banded together to create a common base distribution. The founding members of United Linux are the following companies: SuSE Turbolinux Conectiva The SCO Group (formerly known as Caldera Systems) The consortium released its first version of its software on November 19, 2002 External website: http://www.unitedlinux.com.
Fedora Linux - Fedora Linux Fedora Linux or Fedora Core is an RPM based Linux distribution, created by the community supported Fedora Project, sponsored by Red Hat, and derived from the original Red Hat Linux distribution. The goal of the Fedora Project is to build a complete, general purpose operating system from free software. Fedora was created as a result of new business strategy by Red Hat. Fedora is intended for use by conventional Linux home users, and is to replace the current consumer distribution of Red Hat Linux. Red Hat Linux Enterprise is to become a business oriented Linux distribution and comes with Red Hat based support. Support for Fedora is to come from the greater community. Fedora Core 1.0 (Yarrow) was released on 6th November 2003. Improvements over.
EducationaLinux - annual, open source conference in Australia that focusses primarily on Linux but also other open source operating systems being used in an educational system. Started in the year 2003 by Leon Brooks, the 2004 conference is being run by David Lloyd as part of linux.conf.au. * http://educationalinux.adam.com.au/ * http://linux.conf.au.
EuroLinux - the European Union's proposals to introduce laws on software patents. It is also known as EuroLinux Alliance. It is not the umbrella organisation for Linux User Groups in Europe. It describes itself as: "The EuroLinux Alliance for a Free Information Infrastructure is an open coalition of commercial companies and non-profit associations united to promote and protect a vigourous European Software Culture based on copyright, open standards, open competition and open source software such as Linux. Corporate members or sponsors of EuroLinux develop or sell software under free, semi-free and non-free licenses for operating systems such as GNU/Linux, MacOS or MS Windows." Eurolinux organised the public EU campaign against software patents that was signed by more than 290,000 people. Members include FFII, APRIL, AFUL, AEL, and European Linux user group (LUG) umbrella.
User Mode Linux - User Mode Linux User Mode Linux (UML) is an alteration to the Linux kernel that allows a complete Linux kernel to be run inside an existing Linux system. There are numerous things that become possible through the use of UML. Network services can be run from an UML environment and be totally sequestered from the main Linux system in which the UML environment runs. Often, UML is used to set up Honey Pots, which allow one to test the security of one's computers or network. UML may also be used to test and debug new software, including Linux kernels without adversely affecting the host system. As of Linux 2.6.0 UML is integrated into the main kernel source tree. Originally, UML was going to be called "Linux on Linux,".
Demudi Linux - Demudi Linux Demudi stands for Debian Multimedia Distribution. Demudi is a Linux distribution based on Debian Linux which is designed for easily working with multimedia. The project is an extension of the Debian Linux project and a major part of Agnula, a European Union funded project to improve access to multimedia software..
KDE - stood for "Kool", but was later changed to stand simply for "K," which is "The first letter before 'L' (which stands for Linux) in the Latin alphabet." According to the KDE website, "KDE is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fill the need for an easy to use desktop for Unix workstations, similar to the desktop environments found under MacOS or Microsoft Windows." KDE was originally patterned after CDE, the "Common Desktop Environment." CDE is an older Unix desktop environment used by commercial Unix vendors, such as Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. Historically, the GNU project had concerns about the licensing of the Qt library, leading to their founding the GNOME Desktop project (and Harmony, a now-abandoned project to duplicate Qt). Qt was re-licensed to provide.
KDevelop - KDevelop KDevelop is a C and C++ IDE for the Linux (and other Unix-like) operating systems. The last stable release is 2.1 which is now declared obsolete. The successor, called "Gideon" (KDevelop 3.0), is a complete rewrite of KDevelop. It is planed to release it together with KDE 3.2 in February 2004. Unlike many other IDEs, KDevelop does not include a compiler, instead relying on gcc to produce executable code. The new version 3.0 ("Gideon"), is currently under development, and supports many more programming languages like Ada, Bash, Fortran, Java, Pascal, Perl, Python, Ruby and SQL..
KDM - a graphical login interface for computers using Unix/Linux. It is the K Desktop Environment replacement for the X Display Manager (XDM). KDM allows users to pick their session type on a per-login basis..
Kernel - included in a shell, husk, or integument. The term kernel can also mean a single seed or grain, as "a kernel of corn". The kernel of an operating system is its essential component, such as the Linux kernel. In mathematics, kernel has several different, somewhat unrelated meanings; see Kernel (mathematics), or go directly to Kernel (function), Kernel (algebra), or Kernel (category theory). This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to various pages that might otherwise have the same name..
Verdana - all Macintosh and Windows computers. Being part of a "Web fonts" package that was downloadable for years from the Microsoft web page, most computers with Linux and other Unix-like operating systems have it installed as well. The font is generally regarded as the superlative font for on-screen reading, the primary purpose for which it was designed. Since it is installed on most of the world's computers, it is the obvious choice for the main text font for many major websites. Tahoma is a related typeface, that for all classification purposes is Verdana Narrow..
VESA BIOS Extensions - versions of VBE (those bundled with the vast majority of existing video boards) supported only a real mode interface, which couldn't be used without a significant performance penalty from within protected mode operating systems, such as Windows 95 or Linux. This meant that the VBE standard was almost never used for writing video-drivers, and each video board vendor had to invent a proprietory protocol for communicating with their own board(s). Moreover, VBE does not include tools to control display refresh rate to prevent flicker, a severe problem at high resolutions. See also: VBE 3 standard (PDF format) SuperVGA/VESA programmer's notes.
KGX - an acronym for the free software combination of KDE/GNU/linuX for a graphical workstation. This term was invented as a means to market the usage of KDE on GNU/Linux platforms. These types of acronyms have been somewhat successful for other products (see LAMP), but KGX never really built any momentum. KGX is the SIL code for the Kamaru language of Sulawesi. KGX is the FAA identifier for the Grayling Airport of Grayling, Alaska..
Knoppix - Knoppix Knoppix is a Linux LiveCD. It is a free Linux distribution on one CD, developed by GNU/Linux consultant Klaus Knopper. Knoppix is based on KDE desktop and Debian GNU/Linux. The Gnoppix project uses a modified form of Knoppix with GNOME as the default desktop environment. It includes some added packages that are not currently considered stable and some other modifications to the packages: i.e. for hardware autodetection, because Knoppix automatically recognizes most Linux supported hardware on the computer when booting. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Usage 2 Highlights 3 Graphic cards 4 Variations 5.
