Maui Linux 17.03 Review - Great Style, Poor Choice of Apps
Maui Linux is a continuation of Netrunner. It is based on KDE Neon and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. You get a beautifully styled KDE Plasma 5.9 with a bleeding edge Plasma desktop and associated QT applications. Maui have mostly kept away from the QT Applications, and have pre-installed a large range of GTK based apps instead.
Have you been getting random crashes on bootup of Ubuntu 13.04 or Mint 15? Well heres a possible answer. The stock kernel has had some modifications done that have caused issues that I believe mainly affect Nvidia graphics card users.
Upgrading the kernel has totally solved all those issues from me, in this video I show how to do a kernel upgrade in Ubuntu.
Download the latest Non RC kernel from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
Download the appropriate packages for your system, as well as the all.deb file.
Open Terminal:
cd ~/Downloads
sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb
Reboot
To remove the auto update packages for the old stock kernel:
sudo apt-get remove linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
You can use Synaptic Package manager to remove old kernels.
sudo apt-get install synaptic
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Review of Vinux 4 which is optimised for Blind or Partially sighted users. It comes with Orca Screen Reader which provides both Text-To-Speech and Braille display support.
Its based on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, and seems reasonable enough. It lacks a couple of simple features, which I show how to make in this video with resizing the mouse cursor for across the whole system, and how to enlarge the font size.
Website: http://vinuxproject.org/
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Review of Zorin OS 6 Ultimate which is a Linux Distro ideal for anyone new to Linux and would like an alternativeto Windows / Mac but would also like to keep with a familiar comfortable style.
Zorin OS 6 comes with a look changer which allows you to change the style of your Desktop between Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Unity, Mac OSX, and Gnome 2 Classic.
Its other party piece is a moving background for the desktop.
Zorin OS 6 comes ready to use out of the box with all proprietary Audio and Video codecs pre-installed, this includes: MP3, MP4, H.264, and Flash.
It comes with a full suite of applications pre-installed, including: Chrome, Skype, Libre Office, Thunderbird, XBMC, VLC, and Kdenlive.
Zorin OS 6 Ultimate costs min €10.00 to download: http://www.zorin-os.com/premium.html
A free version called Zorin OS 6 Core is also available: http://www.zorin-os.com/free.html
But that comes with fewer features
Website: http://www.zorin-os.com/
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Feren OS is a pseudo rolling release Linux distribution based on Linux Mint and comes with Cinnamon desktop.
Feren OS have provided a look switcher to choose between macOS, Windows, and Mint style desktop layouts.
Website: https://ferenos.weebly.com/
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Tutorial on reviewing and enabling hardware and folder access permissions for Snap based applications, which includes connecting peripherals such as Joystick, Webcam, and other Bluetooth devices.
$ snap interfaces app
$ sudo snap connect app:permisson
Or use GUI equivalents in Gnome / KDE Software Installers
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A busy week already for cyber security news, we have a new Wannacry-like ransomware hitting Europe called Petya, and a brute force password guessing attack has been reported against UK Parliament email system.
Sources:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/27/ukraine-hit-massive-cyber-attack1/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40416611
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/26/uk_parliamentary_email_compromised_after_sustained_and_determined_cyber_attack/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/26/parliament_email_hack/
https://www.scmagazineuk.com/updated-uk-parliament-records-unauthorised-attempts-to-access-mp-accounts/article/670991/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40394074
http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/june/lord-speaker-statement-26-june/
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The third point release of Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS has been released, this is just an updated ISO file which packs together over a year of improvements and updates to Ubuntu 12.04.
If you're already using Ubuntu 12.04 as your day-to-day system then you don't need to do anything since your system will automatically upgrade to the latest version.
This is a Long Term Support release of Ubuntu which is supported until 2017.
Ubuntu comes with just about everything you need to get going with, such as Firefox web browser, LibreOffice, Rhythm Box music player, Totem movie player, Shotwell photo manager, plus a few more apps.
Website: http://www.ubuntu.com/
Download: http://www.ubuntu.com/download
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By Popular Request here we have Pear Linux 6.1 -- A Mac styled Distro based on Ubuntu 12.04.1, that you have to choose your own selection of applications.
Review Score: 80%
0:14 Introduction
0:59 Pear Specific Apps
2:02 Pre-Installed Apps
3:21 Conclusion
Website: http://pearlinux.fr/
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Here we have the colourful gamers type themed distro, based on Ubuntu 13.04 with MATE desktop and Compiz.
However, being based on Ubuntu 13.04 it will be end of life at end of January 2014.
The Ultimate Edition team have focused on protecting your privacy with a few add-ons on Firefox, and by keeping away from the controversial Unity searcher.
The distro is well setup and ready to use straight out of the box.
Website: ultimateedition.info
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