One step forward: a review of GNOME 2.22
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| In this review, we'll look at some of the new applications included in GNOME
| 2.22. We'll then touch on some of the new features in the latest release,
| followed by a look under the hood at some of the architectural improvements.
| We'll conclude with a look ahead at what we can expect in the next version of
| GNOME.
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http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/gnome-2-22-review.ars
Zenwalk Live 5.0
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| If you're still on the quest of finding the best desktop Linux distribution
| for your needs, one worthy contender that often goes overlooked is Zenwalk.
| Zenwalk is a Slackware-based distribution that uses the Xfce desktop
| environment and is light-weight but comes with a variety of useful desktop
| applications. Zenwalk Live 5.0 was released this past week and it features
| LiveCD install support and capabilities for easily remastering your own
| Zenwalk LiveCD media. In addition, Zenwalk 5.0 has a few extra enhancements
| in the area of natural language support, multi-media, and WiFi drivers (both
| native and through ndiswrapper).
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=zenwalk_5&num=1
When in Rome: engineering the Firefox 3 user experience
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| This past week at the Mozilla headquarters in Mountain View, we talked to
| user experience design expert Alex Faaborg about the Firefox 3 visual
| refresh. He shared some insights about the interface design process and
| talked about some of Mozilla's goals for refining the look and feel of the
| Firefox user experience.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080330-when-in-rome-engineering-the-firefox-3-user-experience.html
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A Walk in the Park with Zenwalk 5.0
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| From version 3.0 up to now, Zenwalk didn’t fail to impress me. In fact, I
| think it keeps on getting better and better after every release. The speed,
| ease-of-use, and stability were much improved in this latest release. The
| light footprint and the featherweight desktop still make Zenwalk ideal for
| low-end computer hardware. I will definitely install it if I have a Pentium
| III class machine with less than 256 MB of RAM.
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| Using Zenwalk may not be a walk in the park if used by Linux beginners, but
| it’s almost there. Minus the installation, particularly the partitioning
| portion, I would say without doubt that it can easily become a
| newbie-friendly distro. A little bit of patience and some Linux love are all
| you need to fully appreciate a wonderful distro like Zenwalk.
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http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/walk-in-park-with-zenwalk-50.html
Zenwalk 5.0 Review
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| Zenwalk is a really great distribution for Linux newbies, just because of the
| fact that it chooses single mainstream application for each task. And this
| does not mean that Zenwalk will not appeal to Linux gurus. I will just
| say "Try the Zen computing" and see it yourself.
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http://simplyjat.blogspot.com/2008/02/zenwalk-50-review.html
Tiny Zenwalk 5.0 packs a big punch
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| For a single-CD distro, Zenwalk 5.0 packs quite a punch. It's light, it's
| zippy, and it has all the everyday applications a desktop user would need. It
| still isn't the best distro for users who shun the command line. But since
| I'm used to the command line after years of running Linux, Zenwalk 5.0 is
| staying on all my machines.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/126526
First look at Zenwalk Linux 5.0
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| I'm really impressed with the progress Zenwalk Linux has made in the last 18
| months. It has become a great looking system that works really well overall.
| It's full-featured while remaining light and fast. I don't see any reason why
| even a newcomer couldn't enjoy running this system as is, but I'd really like
| to see Nano replace Vi for them. In addition, I wish the developers of
| Zenwalk could look into including one of the proprietary graphic driver
| installers used by other systems. If anyone needs any help, there's a Zenwalk
| Manual online as well as a Wiki and Forum. I personally only encountered a
| few little niggles here and there, but as a whole Zenwalk was a pleasure to
| use. Congratulations to the development team for such a nice release.
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080211#feature
Zenwalk 5.0 - Something More, Something New.
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| This is another great release from the Zenwalk Linux team. The developers
| have obviously listened to the requests or even demands from its users or
| fence-sitters. Zenwalk Linux 5.0 is much more WiFi-friendly now, at least
| with Intel Pro Wireless and Intel Wireless WiFi Link chipsets. I am also very
| delighted to have found so many bleeding edge packages in the Zenwalk Linux
| official repositories, whether it's in the current or snapshot directories.
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http://www.linuxseekers.com/content/view/234/1/
Zenwalk 5.0: Slackware Made Somewhat Easier
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| I tried Zenwalk back at v3.0 and liked it. It was a fast, sleek, minimalist
| OS based on Slackware, but supposedly only aimed at more technically advanced
| users. With the release of v5.0, I decided to try it again and see how far
| it's come in the past year or so.
| For those who aren't familiar with Zenwalk, here's a brief update: Zenwalk is
| a one-CD installation of Slackware which has a philosophy of only including
| one program for each task. It was originally called MiniSlack in the pre-1.0
| days when it shipped with WindowMaker as the desktop. Now, it's based on
| XFCE, supposedly has much better hardware detection, and is a more complete
| desktop overall. It's still based loosely on Slackware, using Slackware's
| packaging system and using LILO instead of GRUB as the boot loader, but it's
| a more complete OS out of the box, despite being smaller.
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http://distrogue.blogspot.com/2008/01/zenwalk-50-slackware-made-somewhat.html
Releases : Zenwalk 5.0 has been released !
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| Since the conception of Zenwalk the decision was made to focus on simplicity
| and optimum performance. You will be happy to learn that Zenwalk 5.0 even
| while being a major release continues to follow those very same principles.
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http://www.zenwalk.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=71
Zenwalk 5: A Distribution Worth Trying
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| After using Zenwalk 5.0 Beta quite a bit since its release, we haven't hit
| any show-stopping bugs and have found these improvements to be quite modest.
| If you are new to Linux or just looking to try out a different distribution,
| we feel that Zenwalk 5.0 is a great lightweight Linux desktop worth trying
| out.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=954&num=1
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