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This review of Elementary OS is based on the goals of the project and asks three questions. 1. How stylish is Elementary OS 2. How lightweight is Elementary OS. 3. How usable is Elementary OS?

As it is a Friday I thought I would share the story of how I found my cat using the Raspberry PI.

The most common question on Reddit is "Which distro should I use?". This article looks at one request for a distribution that would be more of a challenge and more customisable than Ubuntu.

I have never reviewed Mageia before and there is a reason for that. Mageia has always been my "Eleanor". The "Eleanor" reference comes from the film "Gone in 60 seconds" and refers to the one car that Nicolas Cage cannot steal because something happens when he tries to do so. Mageia has always given me that sort of a problem. This is a review of the Gnome version of Mageia 3.

A review of the week's Ubuntu news including hacked forums, new phones, charitable donations, Edward Snowden and more.

SolydX is the lightweight version of the SolydXK distribution. It is based on the Debian testing branch which means the applications stay more relevant than base Debian which runs off the "Stable" branch.

This is a review of the lesser known Linux Mint 15 with the XFCE desktop. Linux Mint has a consistent look and feel across all its releases but how well does the Linux Mint brand work with XFCE?

This is a simple Ubuntu versus Xubuntu article, or is it? This article attempts to disassociate the operating system from the desktop environment.

If you are reading this article then it is highly likely that you are already a Linux user. This article explores why we feel the need to play the game "My distro is better than your distro".

The wait is finally over. The new arrival has been announced. For days now the press have been waiting eagerly and now it is here. No I'm not talking about the future King of England but the King of smartphones.

This article explains one user's perspective on Ubuntu and why he had to stop using it in favour of Scientific Linux.

For some people the barrier to getting Linux is the install itself. This is just a quick guide to show some of the options available for buying a laptop with Linux pre-installed

Is Ubuntu bashing a new sport? Are the issues with Ubuntu and Unity well founded or are some people living in the past of 11.04 and not giving Unity a chance.

This is a guide for new Ubuntu users highlighting everything there is to know about the Dash within Unity.

There is an internet service that provides a Ubuntu server for use for 35 minutes.This article asks the question "What can you do with a server for 35 minutes?"

Mozillux is basically Lubuntu with a set of applications the developer has decided would make Lubuntu a better distribution. ozillux looks a lot like the stock Lubuntu 12.04 release. The main difference is the panel down the left hand side. When you have a distribution like this that is so heavily based on another distribution then the thing that I think you have to review is the selection of applications that are included, and that is exactly what I have done with this review.

This week I have had the pleasure of installing, exploring and now reviewing Emmabuntus 2. Based on Xubuntu 12.04, Emmabuntus focuses on ease of installation, use and an abundance of software.

Despite using Linux there is software most of us use every day that is proprietary in nature. In this review of Fedora 18 I ask the question "Can we ever be totally free?"

Last week there was a poll to find out the answer to the ultimate question "If you could save a limited number of Linux distributions which distributions would you save?". The results are in. The larger distributions clearly came out on top. Read the full review of the poll here.

Imagine you were told that only 5 Linux distributions could be saved. Which Linux distributions would you choose to keep?