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Trench’s Linux tips and tricks for the week
I am far from a Linux guru. As a matter of fact I prefer Ubuntu based distros which are seen by some as Linux with training wheels. That is definitely their prerogative however I want to share the...
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Review of Linux Mint 12 Release Candidate
Why is it that developers feel the need to reinvent the wheel? Or in today’s case why do developers feel the need to make every desktop look like a damn iPad. If I wanted an iPad I would have bought...
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Trench reviews Linux desktops
I thought that I could be this awesome Linux reviewer since I used to love trying every new distro that came out then two things happened. The first is that I found the perfect distro, in my opinion,...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: Mint 12 LXDE and Zorin 6 Lite
Two new Linux distros were released recently that I thought would be worthy for the Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge. For those of you who are new I have a Asus EEEpc 701 4g Surf netbook. It is basically...
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Trench’s adventures in Linux: The quest for widescreen resolution
One of my computer setups at home is my Acer netbook that I’m running through a VGA cable to a 19″ LCD TV. The problem I had with that and Linux is that most Linux distros won’t display natively at...
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Trench reviews Linux Mint 13 and Zorin OS 6 Core RC
Recently my two favorite Linux distros had major releases. Linux Mint released Linux Mint 13 and Zorin OS released a release candidate of Zorin OS Core 6. Both are based on Ubuntu 12.04. Again I...
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Review of Xubuntu 13.04
Last week the regular series of Ubuntu Linux distributions were released. The only one that concerns me is Xubuntu because the XFCE desktop is my preference. I never was a fan of KDE and screw Unity....
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Reviews of Linux Mint 15 RC and Voyager 13.04
This past week Linux Mint released their release candidate of Linux Mint 15 in both MATE and Cinnamon versions. I tried both versions in the live environment. MATE gives you more of the traditional...
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Review of Zorin OS Core 7 RC and Trench has another adventure in Linux
Last week Zorin OS released their release candidate of Zorin OS Core 7. If you’ll recall I was a huge fan of Core 5 but not so much of Core 6. Core 7 has got me back in the Zorin fold once again. The...
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Review of Voyager 13.10
October is one of the months where new generations of the Ubuntu Linux distro and its cousins like Xubuntu are released. That means by the time November rolls around all the *buntu remixes are...
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The Asus 4G Surf Linux Challenge: PCLinuxOS LXDE 2014 Desktop
Yes it has been two years since I’ve done the EEE PC Challenge. For those of you new to the site I have an Asus EEE PC 701 $G Surf. It was the first generation of netbooks. The problem with it is that...
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Review of Voyager Linux 14.04
What can I say about Voyager Linux that I haven’t said before? It’s my favorite Linux distro of choice. It’s based on Xubuntu but surpasses Xubuntu in every way. Not a lot has changed in Voyager but...
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Trench’s further adventures in Linux: SalentOS and wattOS
I have two new Linux recommendations for you this week. The first one is SalentOS, a distro from Italy based on the long-term support (LTS) releases of Ubuntu. The one I tested was based on Lubuntu...
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Trench’s adventüres in Linüx: Emmabuntüs 2 and Wine Browser
A few weeks ago after I did my review of Voyager 14.04 I received an e-mail asking me to do a review of another French Linux distro, Emmabuntüs 2. When I went to Distrowatch to read up on it I saw...
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Trench’s adventures in Linux: Numix Bluish theme
Image courtesy of NoobsLab.com Tested out a few release candidates and betas this week but since they’re not final versions I’ll wait until the final versions come out before giving them a proper...
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Trench’s Adventures in Linux: TEST ALL THE MINTS
Recently Linux Mint released Linux Mint 17. Before we get to my review there is a little bit of news with this release. According to their release notes Linux Mint will now only be updating their...
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Trench’s adventures in Linux: Linux Mint 17 XFCE
'); }()); There’s only one thing better than a new Linux Mint release and that’s when they release the new XFCE version of their distro. If you need to get some work done and need everything to just...
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Trench’s adventures in Linux: Zorin OS 9 Core
'); }()); Zorin OS Core has been one of my favorite Linux distros since OS 5 Core. Recently they announced the release of Zorin OS 9 Core. Again, this is another distro that I can’t say enough good...
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Trench’s Adventures in Linux: The Android Desktop Experience
'); }()); The other day I found a Linux distro that is supposed to turn your PC into an Android device. Not only that but the distro had a variation just for EEE PCs. So I fired up the old 4G Surf and...
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Trench’s adventures in Linux: Zorin OS 9 Lite takes the EEE PC challenge
'); }()); Recently Zorin OS released the Lite version of their Ubuntu based Linux distro. It is intended for older and low powered computers so I was anxious to see how it would fare on my Asus EEE PC...
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