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?

Synaptic? deb? sudo? apt? Damn! I still remember when I first installed Ubuntu (my first encounter with Linux). But God bless Google, Ubuntu Forums, a few other resources and Blogs. Things became easier than I thought. Here, I will be posting a reference about Ubuntu things! And to end with top 5 Ubuntu resources on web for Ubuntu starters.

Many new comers are afraid of that “haunted Terminal”. Why open a console when you can do it via GUI? This article is not against the use of terminal but for noobs (and pros too) these GUI tips may prove more productive. How many times have you thought to “configure the boot menu” or “change mount points” but afraid of it because you have to enter that “Haunted Manson”.

Nautilus has sparse right-click menu, with these scripts you will be able to get some handy actions. No additional dependency is required for the scripts to run. Here is the list of top 10 nautilus which is highly recommended.

With the beta release of Adobe Air for linux, you can use your favourite Adobe Applications applications. Although only few linux distro have been supported but I was able to run it on Ubuntu 8.04 without any fuss.

[Ubuntu] VLC has released the 0.9.2 version but in Ubuntu repository the version is still 0.8.x. If you are not afraid of trying non-Ubuntu repository (does not contain signed key) you can update your VLC to its latest release 0.9.2. And if you take my word, its worth it. The 0.9.2 version underdevelopment for last 2 years has got major fixes and new features.

[Ubunutu] This the second post of Show Offs series. And its again for ubuntu users (will definitely post for windows next time). This post is about top 5 lock-dialogs and how to install it.

Feeds, images, reviews, e-mails, editing, re-editing, composing – all of them and a lots more are part of a bloggers daily routine. After a few months of blogging experience, here is a list of top 10 applications which I use to blog when on Ubuntu.

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?