Buu’s

Have you ever wondered who are the people behind Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware,..? Stop wondering and have a look at faces behind popular Linux Distros.

Ubuntu:

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist and first African in space. Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd. and as of 2008, provides leadership for the Ubuntu operating system.

Debian:

Ian Murdock (born April 28, 1973, in Konstanz, Germany) is the founder of the Debian distribution and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.

Slackware:

Patrick Volkerding (born 1966) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware operating system. He is the Slackware Benevolent Dictator for Life. Volkerding earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 1993.

MEPIS:

Warren Woodford is a computer industry veteran who is perhaps best known as the developer of MEPIS Linux. From 2002 to 2007, Warren focused on developing MEPIS and building MEPIS related cross-platform applications for Linux and Mac OS, and even Microsoft Windows.

Source: http://yabblog.com/2008/10/29/faces-behind-linux

I’ve just downloaded & installed AntiX M8 -test 1, which worked like charmed on my Compaq laptop.

Gnome & Kde are become more & more floated now, do you really need a full Desktop Environment(DE) ? AntiX doesn’t give you any DE, it comes with two Window Manager (WM): FluxBox & IceWM. I prefer Fluxbox (but IceWM maybe be easier). It provides a rich-featured desktop but requires the minimum hardware. Yes, it can run on almost every boxes, so that don’t throw your old compuper away! My laptop is not old, but I love the super-high-speed and Antix seems to be suitable me. A very stable system with lighting speed is AntiX’s target.

AntiX, developed by anticapitalista, is a branch of Mepis(developed by Warren), a debian-based distro (thank God).

Homepage: http://antix.mepis.com

Communities: http://antix.freeforums.org , http://mepislovers.org/forums

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Note: For Vietnamese users, you can use Hanoilug Debian “Lenny” mirror.

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