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	<title>Low Cost Computing &#187; Linux Distributions</title>
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		<title>Mageia Linux Releases Version 1</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/mageia-linux-releases-version-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September of 2010, Edge-IT was liquidated. The Edge-IT software engineers were part of the Mandriva Linux software team. At that time, the future of Mandriva was in doubt, and many of the layed-off software engineers came together to form Mageia Linux. Mageia Linux is a purely community project, and not tied to any company. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lubuntu is a Nice Clean Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/lubuntu-is-a-nice-clean-desktop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lubuntu uses the LXDE desktop, and is an excellent choice for older machines, or for those who are seeking relief from the Unity desktop. I actually prefer LXDE as a desktop over Xfce. Installing LXDE took a little more work than Ubuntu or Xubuntu, but not much. For those who haven&#8217;t tracked the last series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xubuntu 11.10 with Xfce4 Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/xubuntu-11-10-with-xfce4-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/xubuntu-11-10-with-xfce4-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xfce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xubuntu]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bargincomputing.com/?p=245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t really planning on installing Xubuntu, but it was the only Live/Install edition with the Xfce desktop that would install on an external USB drive from a USB stick, and that supported the Broadcom Wireless driver required by my HP mini netbook. The Xfce desktop is an alternative for those with older computers with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu 11.10 and the Unity Desktop</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/ubuntu-11-10-and-the-unity-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/ubuntu-11-10-and-the-unity-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unity Desktop]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bargincomputing.com/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Unit desktop is radically different, and not intuitively obvious. It feels like I am in a different, an unfamiliar, world. I can understand why some people hate, and others love it.  After a lot of experimenting, I got used to it. With this install, I tried something different, and it worked. I already have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>openSUSE 12.1 &#8211; Great Release</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/opensuse-12-1-great-release/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/opensuse-12-1-great-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grub Legacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KDE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openSUSE]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bargincomputing.com/?p=225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It admit that I haven&#8217;t used openSUSE in some time. Since the future of MeeGo is in question, I decided to try openSUSE on my HP mini netbook. For years SuSE and then openSUSE was my default desktop. It may once again regain that status.. Whereas Gnome3 still has rough edges, KDE4 is now a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fedora 16 Live/Install CD</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/fedora-16-liveinstall-cd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/fedora-16-liveinstall-cd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 13:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadcom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fedora 16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gnome3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grub2]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bargincomputing.com/?p=211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I used Unetbootin to install the Live/Install CD onto a USB stick. No problems booting into live mode and then installing from the live mode. The installed edition booted just fine. With the exception of some Gnome3 applications not correctly sizing to my netbook screen, the installed applications worked. Yet, I have major issues with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linux  Mint 12.1 is Still My Favorite</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/linux-mint-12-1-is-still-my-favorite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2011/12/linux-mint-12-1-is-still-my-favorite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gnome3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grub2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux Mint. Unetbootin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multisystem]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bargincomputing.com/?p=193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is still my favorite Linux distro for a user desktop, but Gnome3 has its rough edges. I had a few strange problems with the install, but they were easily solved. Big mistake was using Btrfs as a filesystem. Converting Brtfs to ext4 was a big challenge, but I got it to work. The target [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>As the World Turns</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2010/09/as-the-world-turns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2010/09/as-the-world-turns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mageia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mandriva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Novell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OpenSolaris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openSUSE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VMware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bargincomputing.com/?p=159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not talking about the soap opera that ran for 54 years, I am talking about the crazy world of open source distributions. OpenSolaris is on its deathbed. Mandriva employees forked a new distro, and openSUSE may be sold to VMware. OpenSolaris problems are not new, but the latter two within the past week, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Linux Mint 9 Xfce or LXDE?</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2010/09/linux-mint-9-xfce-or-lxde/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2010/09/linux-mint-9-xfce-or-lxde/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Desktops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grub2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux Mint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LXDE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xfce]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bargincomputing.com/?p=155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another round in the battle between Xfce and LXDE. This time the distro is Linux Mint 9. So far, the Xfce desktop has lost two rounds in a matches with LXDE on the same distro. It has lost both the free memory battle and the quality of distribution battle. On this last round, who is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Quick Look at Lubuntu 10.04</title>
		<link>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2010/09/a-quick-look-at-lubuntu-10-04/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bargincomputing.com/2010/09/a-quick-look-at-lubuntu-10-04/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux Distributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LXDE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCLinuxOS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about spartan, Lubuntu keeps the desktop totally clean. Does minimal mean more memory? How far does Lubuntu take the minimalist approach? The only surprise during the install was that I was never prompted as to where to locate the boot record. It was no surprise that Lubuntu uses GRUB2, and that GRUB2 correctly recognized [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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