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Submission + - Linux Mint 13 Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com)

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on Thursday May 24, 2012 @01:06PM

JimLynch writes: "Woohoo! It’s Linux Mint time again! Linux Mint 13 (wow, not exactly a lucky number!) has just been released, so I hopped right on it. Linux Mint has long been one of my favorite distros. We’ll find out in this review if the latest version measures up to its previous incarnations.

Linux Mint 13 comes with two different desktop options: MATE or Cinnamon. For this review, I picked the MATE version. You can download either of them. See the install section of the review for download details."

Submission + - Blizzard's Mobile Mistake (jimlynch.com)

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on Saturday May 12, 2012 @01:36AM

JimLynch writes: "Blizzard is generally regarded as a smart company with a savvy business model and knowledgeable developers. However, it has made a terrible mistake by not developing mobile versions of its popular games.

Oh sure, Blizzard released its Mobile Armory ages ago. And it’s fine for what it does, but it doesn’t let you play World of Warcraft on your iPad, iPhone or other mobile device."

Submission + - Sneak Peek: Linux Mint 12 (eyeonlinux.com)

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on Sunday November 13, 2011 @01:44PM

JimLynch writes: "The first release candidate for Linux Mint 12 is out now, and I couldn’t resist doing a sneak peek of it. I’ll do a full review on DLR when the final release comes out.

Linux Mint 12, as you may have heard, uses GNOME 3.2 as its desktop environment. But the Linux Mint developers never do anything quite the same as other distros. In this release they’ve added MGSE (Mint GNOME Shell Extensions) that make it possible to use the GNOME 3 desktop in a way similar to previous releases of GNOME."

Submission + - Kubuntu 11.10 Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com) 1

Submitted by JimLynch on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @04:08PM

JimLynch writes: The release of Ubuntu 11.10 also means that all of the related spins have also been updated, including Kubuntu 11.10.

Many people have expressed dissatisfaction with Ubuntu after Canonical added Unity to it. Kubuntu has often been mentioned as a possible replacement for Ubuntu for users who dislike Unity and want to move to another environment. Does Kubuntu 11.10 work well as a replacement for Ubuntu 11.10? We'll find out in this review.

Submission + - Ubuntu 11.10 Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com)

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on Tuesday October 18, 2011 @01:38AM

JimLynch writes: "Yet another Ubuntu release is upon us. This time around it’s Oneiric Ocelot (Ubuntu 11.10). Canonical, as you may already know, tends to name its release after various kinds of animals. The ocelot is a dwarf leopard that dwells in South and Central America and Mexico. The other part of the name is the word “oneiric” which essentially means “relating to dreams” according to the Merrian-Webster dictionary."

Submission + - Mageia 1 Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com)

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on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @05:31PM

JimLynch writes: "Mandriva had been around a long time and is a popular desktop distribution. I was intrigued to find that Mandriva now has a fork called Mageia. The first release of Mageia came out recently and I finally found some time to sit down and give it a go. Mageia was created by former Mandriva contributors."

Comment Apple's Greed Knows No Bounds (Score 2) 307

by JimLynch on Monday July 25, 2011 @08:45PM (#36878414) Attached to: Amazon, Google Cave To Apple, Drop In-App Buttons

Here's my take on it. Apple's greed is amazing to behold. And you have to love the conflict of interest between being owning the platform and also competing with Amazon via iBooks. How is it one company gets to take 30% of the sales of their competitor? Apple, Greed and the Amazon Kindle App http://jimlynch.com/2011/07/25/apple-greed-and-the-amazon-kindle-app/

Submission + - Apple, Greed and the Amazon Kindle App (jimlynch.com)

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on Monday July 25, 2011 @08:43PM

JimLynch writes: "Despite sitting on a 75 billion dollar cash hoard, Apple's greed has manifested itself yet again. This time Kindle app users are the ones paying the price."

Submission + - The Dark Side of Distrohopping (eyeonlinux.com)

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on Friday July 15, 2011 @12:56PM

JimLynch writes: "I’ve been a distrohopper for as long as I can remember. What is a distrohopper you might be wondering? Well it’s a guy or gal who loves using different desktop distros and who frequently hops from one to another.

As fun as distrohopping is, it’s not all wine and roses. There’s a dark side to never being able to stay with one distro and that’s what I’ll talk about in this column."

Submission + - Amazon's East Coast Screw Job (jimlynch.com)

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on Tuesday July 12, 2011 @01:41PM

JimLynch writes: "One of the most widely read and much loved fantasy book series is George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire.” This series includes the books “Game of Thrones” and its sequels. Millions of people have read these books and mostly enjoyed them. Well the latest release is called “A Dance With Dragons” and it was finally released yesterday.

I made it a point to pre-order the book on my Kindle so I was quite excited when I realized it was going to be released last night. I was eagerly waiting for the clock to tick 12:01 AM so I could sync my Kindle and start reading the new installment in Martin’s series. However, a strange thing happened when the clock finally struck midnightmy damned book never appeared! I kept trying to sync my Kindle and it kept telling me that I had no new items available."

Submission + - Sabayon Linux 6 Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com)

Submitted by JimLynch on Monday July 04, 2011 @06:03PM

JimLynch writes: The last time I looked at Sabayon Linux it was up to version 5, this time around it’s version 6. Sabayon Linux is based on Gentoo and, as you may already know, Gentoo has not always been considered the easiest version of desktop Linux for non-technical users to install and use. Sabayon Linux does a pretty good job of making Gentoo available to those who simply want to install and use Gentoo without having to roll their own or otherwise deal with Gentoo’s potential headaches.

Submission + - Fedora 15 KDE Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com)

Submitted by JimLynch on Monday June 27, 2011 @01:11PM

JimLynch writes: Fedora 15 was recently released and I decided to snag a copy to review. Since there are a billion reviews already of the default desktop version with GNOME 3, I’ll be covering the KDE version in this review (though I may circle back to the GNOME version at some point for a review). As I noted in my column “The Many Faces of Fedora,” there are quite a lot of Fedora spins now available. You can get spins that focus on gaming, design, security or that use different desktops (such as LXDE, KDE, Xfce or GNOME).

Fedora has moved into a number of niches with this release and it should be interesting to see if makes this distro even more popular than it already is. As I write this review, it’s #3 on DistroWatch’s page hit ranking list. Not too bad for a distro that used be regarded as a bit of a fuddy-duddy with limited appeal.

Submission + - The Many Faces of Fedora (eyeonlinux.com)

Submitted by JimLynch on Thursday June 16, 2011 @02:26PM

JimLynch writes: There’s no doubt that Fedora is one of the most popular versions of desktop Linux. As I write this column, Fedora is currently at #3 on Distrowatch page hit ranking. Only Linux Mint and Ubuntu beat it in DistroWatch’s page hit ranking system. That’s pretty good for a distro that sometimes doesn’t get nearly the same amount of attention and accolades as Ubuntu.

Some folks might be unaware though that Fedora comes in a number of different versions; each designed to appeal to a particular audience. Yes, it’s true. Fedora has many faces and here’s a brief look at each of them for those who might be interested in taking another look at this fine desktop distribution.

Submission + - Peppermint OS Two Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com)

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on Friday June 10, 2011 @01:26PM

JimLynch writes: "There’s been quite a lot of talk about “the cloud” lately so what better time to do a review of one of the best cloud-oriented desktop Linux distributions? Peppermint OS One came out a while ago and its successor has just been released. Peppermint OS Two is based on Lubuntu 11.04 and, for the first time, comes in a 64-bit edition. Lubuntu is a good choice as a base for Peppermint OS Two since it runs well on older or slower hardware."

Submission + - Xubuntu 11.04 Review (desktoplinuxreviews.com)

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on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @02:29PM

JimLynch writes: "In one of my last reviews I covered Linux Mint 201104 Xfce, a distribution featuring the Xfce desktop environment that is based on Debian Testing. Linux Mint 201104 is a rolling release distro. Rolling release distros are great for some folks but not so great for others. In this review I cover Xubuntu 11.04, an Ubuntu derivative that also features the Xfce environment. Xubuntu 11.04 is not a rolling release distro though; it follows the same release pattern as Ubuntu and the rest of its official derivatives.

Xubuntu is not as popular as its big brother, Ubuntu, but it has its own charms. It’s ideally suited for those who are looking for a slimmer alternative to Ubuntu itself but who also want to stay within the Ubuntu family of distros."

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