http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:45:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/best-gnu-linux-distributions.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/best-gnu-linux-distributions.html#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:06:59 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=7640 Linux is a free and open source operating system. However, Linux (and other open source operating system) can use and load device drivers without publicly available source code. These are vendor-compiled binary drivers without any source code and known as Binary Blobs. Die hard open source fans and Free Software Foundation (FSF) recommends completely removing all proprietary components including blobs. In this post I will list five best Linux distribution that meets the FSF's strict guidelines and contains no proprietary components such as firmware and drivers.]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/best-gnu-linux-distributions.html/feed 22 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/happy-birthday-debian-linux.html http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/happy-birthday-debian-linux.html#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:56:35 +0000 Vivek Gite http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2674 Debian is known for strict adherence to the Unix and free software philosophies. Debian is also known for an abundance of options -- the current release includes over twenty-six thousand software packages. Today, Debian turns 15 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!]]> http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/happy-birthday-debian-linux.html/feed 2