I Decided to check the best Gamers Linux
This is having ignored the Steam OS who never kept the promise to release a OS for the public.
Valve never kept that promise.
1. SparkyLinux GameOver comes the Last.
2. Closely followed by Fedora Free version available at FOSS Torrents.
3. ARCH Linux Old Gamer
4. Nobara comes on top of SuSe Linux comes on top
5. Ubuntu fails miserably and it does not have any.
Monkey weight categories range from the tiny, 90 marmosets to the large, 34Kg mandrills, which are the largest monkey species, though some male proboscis monkeys can weigh up to 22.68Kg.
While there is no formal weight based classification, monkeys can be broadly categorized as Small New World monkeys (e.g., marmosets), Large New World monkeys (e.g., spider monkeys), and Old World monkeys (e.g., mandrills and proboscis monkeys), which include the largest species.
Classification Basics
Order Primates:
Monkeys, apes, and humans are all primates.
Suborder Haplorhini:
This suborder includes monkeys, apes, and tarsiers.
Two main groups: Monkeys are divided into two primary groups: New World monkeys (from the Americas) and Old World monkeys (from Africa and Asia).
Examples by Size
Smallest:
Pygmy Marmosets: Weigh around 90g (3 ounces).
Largest:
Mandrills: These Old World monkeys are the largest monkey species, weighing over 34Kg (75 pounds).
Proboscis Monkeys:
Male proboscis monkeys can reach up to 22.68Kg (50 pounds).
Intermediate Sizes:
Spider Monkeys:
These New World monkeys are among the largest New World monkeys, often weighing up to 9Kg (20 pounds).
Monkeys vary significantly in weight, from under 100g to over 30Kg.
The largest species, such as mandrills and male proboscis monkeys, are Old World monkeys.
There is no formal classification system based on weight, but size is a distinguishing factor within the broader categories of New World and Old World monkeys.
48-OpenGEU
Another gem coming from Ubuntu family with E17-Enlightenment, X-Windows.
Breaking out of the boring brown Ubuntu it has produced an attractive live CD.
I have tried PCLinux-E17 (not quiet impressed yet) too but I have some reservation.
Both of them should look at Elive (which is the best Enlightenment package for me) and improve the out put of amazing E17.
Elive has a huge fan base due to change of its practice of letting the user uses ( test it) it before sending a donation.
This novel approach has made Linux very, very, user friendly.
Who will by a product without testing?
This is the failure on the part of Mandriva which make the user depend on its services and no feedback is possible.
Every new donation come from a happy Linux user but not from a grumpy user who had used Microsoft before (often a pirated copy)!
I hate pirates!
Mind you this comes from France.
Monday, July 26, 2010
40-Ylmf-ChineseOS-40
I had some difficulty downloading this partly due to the server (parent) problem and partly due to Telecoms inability to provide uninterrupted service.
Chinese developers have done a good job and hope they provide us a good server and updates.
it is Debain based and attractive adding Google services.
Monday, July 5, 2010
33-Imagine
GoblinX which was based on Slackware has changed its name to Imagine and changed its face. too.
Xfce is much better than slow to boot standard (? version 3) which was KDE.
It's about turn has made it a sleek, fast and beautiful Live CD that can be installed.
It's graphical installer is different from other partition tools.
I did not test its installation but surely coming from Slackware it must be doing its job without a problem.
It is light weight that is why like it.
Its Viking Map reader and tracer is the one, one should try for a change.
I am very much interested in Scientific and Educational packages including statistics.
This is a weak point in Linux even though there are many statistical packages no one package has taken root like SPSS.
I give 250 extra points for Viking and if they introduce a statistical package as a default I am going to use it like Berry Linux.
It must take a cue from Berry Linux which has Wine and and similar packages pre-installed.
Imagine should take a scientific lean and introduce statistics and a few scientific packages which do not consume Mib like other packages.
Good Luck and I am waiting for their next edition / version to write a review.
Give them a donation or two, too.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
30 - Untangle
Debian has emerged victorious.
Untangle has entered the fray.
It has released its White Label.
The OEM edition.
It is sleek fast and efficient.
It is the next generation of Mini Server one can carry in a mini DVD (currently CD with 444 of MiB),
No one can beat you.
Head start is on,
Enjoy it and make a contribution too.
I give 250 points in my point scheme for OEM editions straight away.
With few more utilities a live CD based on OEM can top the 1000 marks!
Saturday, June 26, 2010
29 - MonomaxOS
If one is fed up of Suse and Mandriva (I am fed up with both of them, both while being heavy and make a point to omit good utility packages that are in the commercial versions) this one is for you.
It has shed some of its weight to 1.7 and the slimmer versions provides what Suse and Mandriva keep as commercial packages.
It has XBOX (Multimedia) for which I give 250 points and it's score is over 2000 (out of 3000 odd points which I give for a all inclusive heavy distributions).
It also has blender in it's official version and if they had put the same (blender) in the multimedia version I would have given 2500 points.
This is much better than Pardus which also come from Greece.
(I think Pardus is government sponsored and MomomaxOS is a free to make its own decisions).
Sabayon (Slakware) and Monomax (Ubuntu) are almost similar but I prefer Sabayon for its comparatively light weight strategy.
Pick is yours.
If a distribution cannot put its act together with 1.5 GB it is not worth the downloading time in this part of the world (Sri-Lanka).
Our downloading is pretty slow and servers hang up in the night!
Guys switch off the Server (Our Telecom) and go to sleep and that is the time unfortunately I download the Linux distributions for testing.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
27-Kanotix
Kanotix is has come of age and its KDE is attractive.
Previous version I could not boot and that was one reason I did not write a review.
Now that it has resolved hardware compatibility problem, it passes the 750 point barrier I have set for live CDs.
However, it is on the heavy side being a KDE derivative.
I am Running all Linux Distributions I used in the past in BOX Utility
All can be downloaded from Archive Linux site. I am trying PC-BSD and TrueOS, too. I have not tried WMLinux in the past but I am downloading to have feel of the Window managers. thrying SparkyLinux5.1-GameOver.
1. First was Scientific Linux Gnome-OK
2. Second was Peppermint Linux 8-OK
3. Sparky Linux GameOver-Failure
4. TrueOS Install-OK
5. PCLinux-Failure
6. PCBSD Install-OK
I cannot believe I have tried all these in my working life.
Ibbankatuwa lena in Ceylon
AI generated Information
Yes, the Ibbankatuwa lena is located in Sri Lanka, which was historically known as Ceylon.
It is an important prehistoric burial site dating back to the Early Iron Age, around 600 BC, where ashes of the dead were placed in clay pots within cist tombs formed by four large stone slabs. The site, now a protected archaeological site, contains numerous tombs and has provided evidence of early civilization and trade in Sri Lanka.
Key facts about Ibbankatuwa:
Location:
Near Dambulla in the Central Province of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon).
Time Period:
Prehistoric megalithic period, specifically the Early Iron Age.
Purpose:
An extensive burial site containing cist tombs and urns.
Artifacts:
Excavations have found clay pots, iron and copper artifacts, beads, and even imported gemstones, suggesting trade networks.
Significance:
It is one of the largest burial sites discovered in Sri Lanka and is a key part of the country's Cultural Triangle, a major archaeological region.
Debian on a cellphone
I think I neglected this fact since when I tried it last time on Android 13 it did not work but Ubuntu did.
I am currently downloading the Userland from Android Application center. It is 57MB. I would report the outcome later.
YES, one can run run Linux on a Samsung Tablet.
I got my Samsung tablet from the attic but forgot to try it.
I may do it later, because it is Android 14 or 15 which I cannot find from the SETUP.
It needs at least Android 14.
I think it is Debian Buster which is Version 10.
The reason Abiword did not work on this utility proves that.
I started with Android Version 4.4 which was named Kitkat.
My cellphone on Android 13 does not support.
There is Linux Utility called User Land.
Do not use it it.
It is taken over by Ubuntu and one has to pay for the services.
I tried using User land 10 years ago on a Nokia Phone, supporting Android 8.
I could not do anything with it and gave it up. I think it was Android version 6.
I had over 10 Nokia phones and I did not know what version they were until, this Cellphone towers reach became an issue.
Current version of Android is 15. I think my old cellphones could support up to version 9, named Pie.
Cellphones supporting version 10 to 12 were expensive and as a pensioner I could not afford them, until I decided to buy two cellphones at cut rate before leaving Ceylon to Australia.
I knew in Australia cellphones were much expensive than in Singapore.
It is the same feeling now but Debian let one installs Synaptic Package Manager and I even Installed Abiword, focus writer and LibreOffice.
Synaptic has ton of applications to choose.
I am still learning with only mouse key to work around, it is bit of a task. My fingers are OK, having been a Pediatric guy with surgical skills but my vision is the one that handicapping me.
I had to try Debian 4 times. Debian does not support it is an old edition.
I hope Debian Developers should look into its support for cellphone.
If an old guy like me can get it going on my Samsung I think newbie can do that.
Thank you Samsung.
I even got Chromium Browser running.
I think one should Install Synaptic Package Manager first. Synaptic look for libraries and that helps the Chromium Browser.
However, font installer hung up
I thought, I started using Debian from Version from version 10,
No but version 7 and may be even version 6 which I cannot member.
Debian 6.0 In Sinhala-Sinhala Linux
I can now report to you that Debian DVD 1 (one of many) has Sinhala capability and is available at LinuxTracker with many seeders and one can download it in less than 24 hours.
Please do not go for point to pint download or slt.net.
The good news is that I have now installed Debian in Sinhala with Sinhala drop down menu (mixture of Sinhala and English) and it is amazingly good.
It is Gnome but I will miss K3B but the Debian Sinhala is going to stay in my main computer from now onward and I will be reporting bugs if I detect any.
I hope, in its next edition, it drops Openoffice and go for LibreOffice.
In any case, it is going to improve my Sinhala leaps and bounds.
Thank you Debian and the Translator Team.
I have no hesitation in recommending it’s use but with one or two advice and some warning is in order.
Please get a proficient Linux guy / girl to install it and do not copy the DVD with Nero.
For best use one must have an internet connection when one installs it and Debian configures the card automatically (better have a router instead of telephone connection) in its initial install and please have patience, it takes a fairly long time to install (do it in the night when internet is not busy).
With those provisos HAPPY SINHALA LINUX for all.
Mind you this was edited with Sinhala Linux activated and Debian’s Iceweasel on the web track.
Old Note on the CD
Now I have tried installing Debian 6 in Sinhala, I can report back and say it can be done but prior understanding of Linux and how Debian does things is essential.
I also have to report that the 4 CD / DVD that I downloaded is not available in Linuxtracker due to unfortunate incidents there.
It is up and running but it will be sometime before all Debian CD/DVDs are restored for download.
Moment I have good news I will be posting it here and elsewhere.
I have to tell you that I had to format my hard disks and redo all the installations new.
It is all fun and game in Linux but took lot of my spare time and not having interesting cricket matches to watch was a bonus.
Everything went on smoothly and I was expecting to work in Sinhala after the installation but sadly it was not to be.
I could not select Sinhala at boot time and none of the Linux distributions let you do that currently and even though many of the Linux distributions have the multilingual capacity, Sinhala has not been promoted in the web world outside Sri-lanka.
I am afraid lot of translation work has to be done in legible and lexicographical world of Sinhala and enough Sinhala fonts have to be installed in the usr/src folders.
Coding for fonts and character map is now available but translation of computer terminology is extremely difficult and many thanks for the guys and girls for trying it.
I enjoyed installing it in Sinhala with my limited ability in Sinhala but lot of guess work, in doing so but having known Debian for a long time and had sweated a lot learning Linux, a little over decade ago, the guess work (Sinhala terms) did work.
This gives an opportunity to learn how Linux works especially Debian for one who has difficulty in English language.
But my advice for all is one should be proficient in both Sinhala and English to be a successful translator and Learning Linux in that process is an added bonus.
I am not at all good in Sinhala to be of any help to you but I am there to test the capability of Sinhala in Linux and report to the wider web.
Thanks again guys and girls for trying a very difficult task.
With good team work and perseverance it can be accomplished and good luck with your future efforts.
Debian is the best Linux distribution to learn nuts and bolts of Linux, even though it is bit difficult to master it and the learning curve is steep at the beginning but it invariably drops quickly after the first year of trying.
Do not give up your efforts of Learning Linux in Sinhala and English too.
