TIC11 09/03/18 - 12:21 Tropical Ice Cube Newsletter
Tropical Ice Cube Newsletter #11: Penguins are everywhere! From: "Jean-Philippe 'Tropical Ice Cube' Monteiro" <jph//AT//zenerves.net> To: pplug//AT//googlegroups.com, barcampphnompenh//AT//googlegroups.com, jugcam//AT//googlegroups.com Date: 09/03/18 - 12:20
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Howdy, Nixettes and Nixers!
Welcome to issue 10 of the Tropical Ice Cube Newsletter, your (quite) weekly dose of OpenSource news here in Phnom Penh.
HOT NEWS:
Long Life the BarCampPhnomPenh "II" newly formed team - the Tropical Ice Cube will join too, of course. On the table, discussions aroused about location of the next BCPP II, the need for a renew of the website/wiki and, more generally, who's volunteering to do what. One thing emerged: Last year was great, and it was so much fun that next year has to be spread over 2 days, in a bigger place! Stay tune or join on:
http://groups.google.com/group/barcampphnompenh
http://barcamp.org/BarCampPhnomPenhPlanning
http://www.barcampphnompenh.org
Any help welcome!
On the LinuxFormat DVD this month:
15 alternative free OS to check out!
Aranym, Aros, DesOS, FreeDOS, Haiku, KolibriOS, MenuetOS, Miniux, NetBSD, OpenSolaris 08-11, Plan9-4, ReactOS, Syllabe, Visopsys
...and also...
VirtualBox 2.1.2 + USB image to create a Fedora 9 Live Stick.
The LinuxFormat magazine, while available at a pricey 21USD by MonumentBooks, now sports an online arm: http://www.tuxradar.com - as far as I can tell, all the articles from the magazine are there without much delay, and to get the DVD that was issued with the treepulp'n'ink issue, you only have to turn to me then... 012 561 005!
The What's Out & About website http://www.ladypenh.com is linking to the Tropical Ice Cube from no further than its frontpage - under the label "Unhappy windows users in PP click here' with the 'here' being an hyperlink to tropical Central. Thanks LadyPenh!
Join the Facebook Tropical Ice Cube Group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=62414700265
Follow my twitteries to learn about latest downloads:
http://twitter.com/tropicalicecube
SHOWCASE: ULTILEX
What is your preferred minimalist rescue system that you carry around in case a disaster strikes?
- The 50 MB Damn Small Linux?
- The administrator-friendly Finnix?
- The super-fast Puppy Linux?
- The Slackware-based Slax?
- Or the Swiss army knife for your hard disks in SystemRescueCd?
If you can't make up your mind, there is an excellent alternative for carrying five different live CDs: ULTILEX. ULTILEX isn't a distribution, but rather a single live CD that can boot any of the above-mentioned systems, and do much more. In fact, its GRUB boot menu carries a staggering 39 boot entries, including such useful gems as booting FreeDOS, running Smart Boot Manager or Ranish Partition Manager, executing a system or a hard disk diagnostic utility, cracking Windows NT passwords, wiping the hard disk, booting from a floppy disk or a selected hard disk, and of course running the popular Memtest86+ memory diagnostic tool. All the alternative options for booting the live distributions are also preserved. The tool is provided as a live CD image, but this can be easily transferred to a bootable USB device with an included script. This is a must-have CD for any system administrator or intermediate Linux user.
LATEST Additions to the DISTROthèque Repository:
http://tic.zenerves.net/latest_news.html
ArchLinux 2009.02 USB image - Move with your own Hacker Platform everywhere that can boot off an USB
stick!
PCLinuxOS 2009.1 - KDE-based Mandriva derivative in LiveCD form, your mobile office companion.
Puppy 4.1.2 - Light & live, nice & expandable: a minimalist system that does more than you'd think.
Slax 6.0.9 - That's a Slackware-based mini-distribution that's easy to configure and tweak to fit your exact needs.
TinyCoreLinux - Spin Off from Damn Small Linux: DSL was 50 megs with a 2.4 kernel. TCL is 10 megs with a 2.6 kernel!
ULTILEX.2.1.0 - See above 'featured showcase' on ultilex.
Zenwalk 6 - slim and fast using only one application per task, with focus on multimedia usage.
This Week recommended READINGS:
Tutorial: An introduction to Logical Volume Management
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090309#feature
Installing Linux with Logical Volume Management
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090316#feature
I was requested for an opinion by Victoria Ho from zdnetasia:
Thoughts on the recession impacting open source
Find the article here:
What I told her is in-extenso here:
http://wiki.zenerves.net/index.php/Original_message_to_ZDNet
And, as usual, a last one for a bit of fun:
So, what's the f**king difference between a Netbook and an ultrathin?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/13/miniature_computer_field_guide/
The Tropical Ice Cube - To boldly go where no penguin has gone before!
!! Don't Forget !!
The Tropical Ice Cube always keep the 10 most important Linux Distributions available in their most recent release figure - JUST ASK!
&&
As Ever, lots of OpenSource Software for M$ Windows too!
"Send a Text Message, Receive Linux for Free"
Getting your computer running Open Source, free software has never been so easy in Phnom Penh: Just
send us a Text Message from your Mobile Phone, and get the Linux Distribution of your choice, for
free!
Text/call on 012 561 005 with either:
* Your request for Linux distro, with pick-up yourself at my office: I will reply with street
address and delay/time to pick up the disc;
or
* Your distro request with your street address and possible hours for delivery; cost is 1usd per
disc/dvd, Business Hours best.
This newsletter brought to you by
Jean-Philippe Monteiro
The Tropical Ice Cube
twit: tropicalicecube
web: http://tropicalicecube.zenerves.net
mail: tic /AT\ zenerves.net
Face: Tropicalicecube Phnompenh
Facebook Tropical Ice Cube Group:
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Phnom Penh Linux User Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/pplug
Mob: 012 561 005
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