The MINIX 3 Operating System is a new open-source operating system designed to be highly reliable, flexible, and secure. To run MINIX 3, you need a PC driven by a 386, 486, or Pentium CPU or compatible. The standard configuration requires 16 MB of RAM. An 8-MB version is also available, but it is slower due to a smaller buffer cache. Since the distribution comes on a live CD, you can test it without allocating any hard disk space, but for a hard disk installation, 50 MB is needed as a minimum, 600 MB minimum if you want all the sources. The current version of MINIX 3 (3.3.1) is a work in progress. It is nowhere near as mature as FreeBSD or Linux right now (via)

Ubuntu ? Ce n’est jamais qu’une Debian avec Gnome 2.12 et qui s’installe toute seule (…) faut pas (…) se cacher derrière son petit doigt, ubuntu c’est aussi Xorg, usplash, OpenOffice.org2, et en général, plein de paquets actualisé tout les 6 mois [x]

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Bootsplash pour Ubuntu

Trustbook v1.0 est la version .pdf des astuces Linux de Trustonme.

gdebi is a simple to tool install local deb files. It will use apt to figure if the dependencies can be satified and what additonal software is required. It needs a vte and python-apt from ubuntu/dapper to work. vte needs a patch to make it not close file descriptors, python-apt needs some new features. It will need root to install the deb, and it has a non-root non-root bit to view the deb and a « non-interactive » bit that is exec()ed with gksudo.

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