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The quest for perfection is an endless one. Like the quest for freedom (material or spiritual), there is always one more step. It is just the nature of things in the physical universe. The best we can do is keep trying. And that is exactly what I have been doing with regards to the free operating systems that power my (desktop) computers. There was a time when distro-hopping was fun, but for...

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Linux Mint Debian is the line of desktop distributions from the developers of Linux Mint that is based on Debian. For the record, Linux Mint Debian is different from Linux Mint, which is based on More

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Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon review

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What’s the point of having 2 scrollbar types in Ubuntu 12.04?

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With free software operating systems, a popular practice is to install, out of the box, more than one application for the same computing task. For new users, it is a good thing, since it made it possible for them to test-drive the best applications that their distribution has to offer. The only downside to the practice is the extra disk space used by the duplicate applications. However,...

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Install the latest and greatest Cinnamon desktop on Ubuntu 12.04

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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, code-named Precise Pangolin, is the latest release of the popular Linux distribution. It was made available for the public just a few hours ago. While the distribution itself is very popular, the Unity desktop, the graphical interface that we all see, is not necessarily as popular. And that is because it is not very user-friendly. It has a tendency to get in your way more...

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How to run Linux Mint Debian Cinnamon in VirtualBox

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One edition of Linux Mint Debian released a few days ago, features two desktop environments - MATE and Cinnamon. The former is a fork of GNOME 2, while the later is an attempt to bring sanity to GNOME 3, to make it look like something designed for use on desktop computers. So that if you installed it on your computer, the login screen's session menu will show options for both desktop...

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Manual disk partitioning guide for Linux Mint Debian

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The latest ISO installation images for Linux Mint Debian, the line of Linux Mint based on Debian, were made available for download a few days ago. While it is one of the most user-friendly desktop distributions out of the box,...

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Chakra Archimedes-2012.04 review

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How to install Takeoff Launcher on Kubuntu 12.04

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ROSA Desktop 2012 beta review

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How to install Jitsi in Fedora

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Install Jitsi 1.0 in Debian, Linux Mint and Ubuntu

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3 minutes with GNOME 3.4 built-in desktop recorder

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How to install and configure a graphical firewall client on Comice OS 4

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  • Still in search of that perfect desktop distribution
  • The first thing to do after installing Linux Mint Debian 201204
  • Linux Mint Debian 201204 Xfce review
  • What will ‘rm -rf /’ actually do to your Linux/BSD machine?
  • Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon review
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  • Install the latest and greatest Cinnamon desktop on Ubuntu 12.04
  • How to run Linux Mint Debian Cinnamon in VirtualBox
  • Manual disk partitioning guide for Linux Mint Debian
  • Chakra Archimedes-2012.04 review
  • How to install Takeoff Launcher on Kubuntu 12.04
  • Replace Oxygen with ROSA theme on any KDE-powered distribution
  • 5 user-friendly applications you could be using now
  • ROSA Desktop 2012 beta review
  • How to install Jitsi in Fedora
  • Install Jitsi 1.0 in Debian, Linux Mint and Ubuntu
  • 3 minutes with GNOME 3.4 built-in desktop recorder
  • How to install and configure a graphical firewall client on Comice OS 4

Alpine Linux 2 review

Alpine, reviews | August 23, 2010 7:25 pm
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Screenshots:
A few screenshots from Alpine’s browser-based management interface. A view of the System information.

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System health information

A list of applications available for installation. Alpine’s browser-based management interface offers a one-click installation operation for all the available applications.

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Available packages from the online repository

A list of the services under Alpine’s runlevels.

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Runlevels

Network interface graph.
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