Let’s do the test!

I downloaded the ISO image of the LiveCD from the KateOS mirror server, burned it and run off the CD. The first thing I noticed was a nice looking splash screen (fbsplash) that showed up during the booting process. After some 2 minutes I was presented with an also nice looking session manager. I logged in using the default values. The desktop turned out to be a slightly modified latest version of XFCE 4.4 with a lot of additional applications. I noticed that all my devices were detected automatically and worked out of the box. Unfortunately I could not connect to the Internet, even though I have a simple cable connection and DHCP usually configures it without issues. This is a minor problem for me (I didn’t bother to look for a solution since all I wanted to do it to test the OS — the network connection was not a key thing), still it could be a stopper for an inexperienced user.

A detailed description of a KateOS install. Anyone intersted in trying Kate, check this out first.

Source: polishlinux.org

We have trouble. After 40 years of development and almost 20 years of commercial use, the Internet is getting clogged up. We have more spam than legitimate e-mail, more advertising than content, and a few not very well-behaved protocols making trouble for all of us (more on this part next week), with the result that real utility is beginning to drop for many Internet users, who have to buy more and more bandwidth in order to effectively keep the same service level. Yes, we have trouble, and it is compounded by the current popularity of Internet video, which has knocked Moore’s Law on its ear through the willingness of whole cascades of companies to lose money to show us dogs dancing and children falling off bikes.

An interesting idea

Source: PBS: I, Cringely

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) provides an easy way to declaratively create an image using XML, and XForms provides an easy way to edit XML. In this article you will put the two together to create an XForms-based XVG editor for creating SVG images such as logos.

Source: Creating an XForms-Based Logo Generator

There’s nothing like free software to save some drain on your storage management or data protection budget — if that free software works, of course. Here are 10 storage utilities you can download and start using to manage your storage-area network (SAN), deploy network-attached storage (NAS), or monitor and assess the privacy of your network.

Source: 10 free storage utilities