Free Software Linux

INX is an interesting Linux distro released today, which is based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and it is console only, without any graphical “X” programs. According to the release note INX is intended as a ‘tutorial’ and “introduction to the Bash command line”. It is important to note that INX is not the only console-only Linux distro. However their intention seems to be clear, as they are looking to build a console only “liveCD” distro which is “fun, and not intimidating for console beginners.”

lg-live is a live Linux DVD pre-installed with some of the top linux games out there. You just boot from your dvd, select your game and start playing. As simple as that. Minimum requirements for the games to run: - AMD 1800+ - 512MB ram - ATI Radeon 8500 (NVIDIA GeForce3) The liveDVD itself is based on ArchLinux and comes pre-loaded with 13 popular Linux games, and more are planned for future release. Some of the games currently available are:

Today, I have been playing around a bit with the new version of Ubuntu (Intrepid Ibex) Alpha 6 release. As expected the release itself is not very stable and broke my Ubuntu install in a lot of places including compiz fusion. I was expecting an Alpha release to act like this so I installed it on one of my several “test machines”, where I can go crazy with it without having to worry about breaking something. If you plan to try out the any alpha release, please don’t try it on your main machine. Under normal circumstances, when there is a new release of Ubuntu, you can just pull up your synaptic package manager and you will be prompted to upgrade to the latest version.