Have you ever wondered who are the people behind Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware,..? Stop wondering and have a look at faces behind popular Linux Distros.

Debian? Ubuntu? Sidux? Pardus? Mepis? Gentoo? Whoa! Why are these Linux distros so strangely named? Why not name a OS simply – door, room or window? Although, Linux distros have very strange names but it is interesting to know, why they are called so?

If you are proud Linux user, these graphics may help you express it. Put it on forum signatures, use it as your avatar, use it as web logos.

Every Linux distribution is associated with its emblems or logos. Here is list of most popular Linux distribution’s logos in descending order. The list is according to my preferences, Please comment with your list.

From the OS platform statistics at w3schools, we can see that as of August, 2008 only 3.9 percent belongs to Linux. Whereas, Vista’s users are 12.5 percent. Vista manages to pull off 5.2 percent increase in last 8 months compared to Linux’s meager 0.3 percent. So, why is the penguin is crawling?

Wonder why would anyone name a Linux distribution – Debian or MEPIS? Read-on to know the meaning of names for famous Linux distributions.

For last few days i was in search of a Linux distro which i could install and use from my 1 GB pen-drive. By install and use, i meant to say that i could use it as a normal operating system to save my documents, bookmarks and install my favorite applications (persistent install). I tried many distro DSL, Wolvix to name a few. But, winner of them all was Pendrivelinux 2008.

I am starting a new series of post where i will be showing-off cool desktop effects, wallpapers, etc.