http://shiftbackspace.com Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:21:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello all! Looks like my ten days off from posting turned into more than a month of no Shift+Backspace action - my apologies. I had a great few weeks of camping, hanging out with friends and family, along with some general relaxing. Two weeks ago I started a new co-op position, ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/09/10/a-long-rest/ My apologies for the lack up updates recently, August has been insanely busy with exams and a side-project I have been working on. Additionally, I will be on vacation for the next week to ten days, but in the meantime check out DistroWatch and tuxmachines.org for your Linux needs. Would you ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/08/10/shiftbackspace-update/ With so many beta releases coming in the near future, I have decided to install them to provide my readers screenshots. These articles will not contain much useful information regarding the release, but will give a brief overview of how the system looks. Yesterday, the first release pre-release version of ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/08/03/simplymepis-70-prebeta-a-first-look/ Lets keep this review ball rolling! After a few incoming links from the Vector Linux website I decided to give their latest offering, Vector Linux 5.8 SOHO, a look. I was quite excited when I noticed that Vector is based out of Canada, my home country. Based on the Slackware ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/27/vector-linux-58-soho-a-review/ I have 3 Pownce invites left. The first 3 people to email me will each get one. If you do not know what this is, head over to the Pownce website! Cole http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/26/pownce-invites/ After all of my 'distro-hopping' I always find myself coming back to install Linux Mint on my main machine. Based on Ubuntu, Linux Mint offers a greatly enhanced GNOME interface as well as a more complete, out-of-the-box, experience. No need to install codecs, Java, Beryl, and more - it is ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/24/linux-mint-releases/ Often I get questions regarding the software that I use on a daily basis. While I use Firefox, the GIMP, Amarok and VLC daily, I also use a fantastic FTP client, FileZilla, many times a day. In the past I have used clients such as CuteFTP and WS_FTP, but these ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/22/filezilla-a-short-review/ The first full version of Elive, 1.0, was released at the beginning of July this year to a fair amount of acclaim. It has been touted as one of the most visually appealing distributions, but how does it stake up against the out-of-the-box review style of Shift+Backspace? I have been ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/19/elive-10-a-review/ The latest installment of Pardus, version 2007.2, was officially released on, July 12, 2007. Pardus is a relatively new distribution based on GNU/Linux. Worried this review has been rushed due to the recency of the release? Do not worry, I had been using the release candidate for a while now ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/12/pardus-20072-a-review/ As I have mentioned many times previously, I am working on a complete redesign of Shift+Backspace. Now I am having a huge problem - what content management system (CMS) should I use? Recently, I have received many requests from Shift+Backspace regulars regarding the creation of a community where members can ... http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/07/09/help-me/