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Open Mandriva Lx 3.01 Review : A Sweet Nostalgia

It has been 10 years, since I've been using Linux as my productive, daily operating system from early 2007. I have tried many Linux distros, but my first distro was Mandriva One 2007. At the time, Mandriva Linux was a star among Desktop Linux distributions. It was beautiful, very easy to use, and the most important thing was : it supported restricted multimedia formats by default. I was very sad when I heard Mandriva is finally discontinued in 2010. You never forget anything, anyone or any brand you have used for the first time. Mandriva is like my first, gorgeous, lovely girlfriend that I would never forget forever. Community Reborn In 2012, Mandriva community continued to maintain Mandriva Linux and rebranded it as 'OpenMandriva Lx'. Later, the community released OpenMandriva Lx 2013. Until now, OpenMandriva Lx is recognized as the official continuation of the Mandriva Linux. There are also another forks of Mandriva Linux : PCLinuxOS, Mageia, anda ROSA Linux. ...

How To Easily Install Google Chrome on Solus OS

Google Chrome running on Solus OS Solus OS is a brand new, independent Linux distribution that comes with its own package management called eopkg. Unfortunately, there is no Chromium Browser yet in Solus' default repository. Also, Google Chrome only supports RPM dan DEB package. And so, how to install Chromium/Google Chrome web browser on Solus OS? There are two choices you can pick. (Personally, I prefer to "install" Google Chrome). 1. Chromium .Appimage You could use Appimage version of Chromium Browser that can be download from THIS REPOSITORY . After you downloaded the appimage file, make it executable by command chmod +x file_name. Last, install the dependecy : sudo eopkg install gconf 2. Google Chrome Chromium's .Appimage lacks Google account login so you can't access your synchronized bookmarks and histories from your another PC. Alternatively, you can use Google Chrome by a simple tricks as follows : - Download Google Chrome stabl...

BlankOn X Tambora Review : Fast and Gorgeous

BlankOn is an Indonesian, Debian based Linux distribution. In January 2017, BlankOn development team has released its newest version BlankOn Linux X (10) codenamed “Tambora” (which is a name of a volcano in Indonesia). 1. Overview BlankOn Linux X Tambora uses Linux kernel 4.6.0-1. Not like other recent Linux distributions today, BlankOn X Tambora supports both 32bit and 64bit architecture. It is really a very good decision to keep the 32bit support, because there are many Linux users who still use an old computer with slow CPU and small amount of memory. BlankOn Linux X Tambora with Manokwari Desktop 2. Manokwari Desktop BlankOn has a custom desktop shell called Manokwari, built on the top of GNOME. It’s a gorgeous, simple and really fast desktop. BlankOn X Tambora uses GNOME component version 3.20.1. Manokwari has 5 important elements :  Left Panel When you click the left top corner at the distribution logo, an elegenat drop-down traditional menu will a...