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I've never been a big fan of rpm-based Gnu/Linux distributions, since I've always preferred the stability of Debian and Debian based distros, with their great dpkg system.
The problem with Debian on Macbooks is that I do not see both the stability and performance anymore, as I have to use Lenny/Sid. Etch is too old and I don't have the time (*sic*) to play with it to make it work well. Lenny should be next to be released but I don't feel the very famous stability AND lightness of Debian distributions on this release, like I was accustomed in the past years. Is this because I own a Macbook? Maybe, but a Macbook Santa Rosa is nothing more than an Intel-powered notebook with some strange input devices and a strange non-bios system

Regarding Ubuntu, I believe that this distribution has become naff and really slow. See this Slashdot discussion on this topic.

Yesterday I stumbled to Scientechie review of Fedora 10, which convinced me to try it out.
The software shipped with Fedora 10 is aligned with the one provided with the other distributions: Gnome 2.24.0, kernel 2.6.27.5, NetworkManager 0.7.0 (svn) and so on. Read the release notes for more information.

Fedora 10 really surprises me, as it is the first Gnu/Linux distribution in many, many years that makes me feel again the great stability and performance of the Penguin. Therefore I'm writing this review that is also a how-to, as it contains some fixes for Fedora 10 and Macbooks.

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It's a very long time since I abandoned Ubuntu, 1 year and 9 months being precise, although I continued to use Ubuntu derived distros.
I decided today to give Ubuntu 8.10 beta a try. Obviously, every time I decide to try a Gnu/Linux distribution it happens that a new release comes out: I downloaded Alpha 6 yesterday, I fell into problems with it and a apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade brought me Ubuntu 8.10 beta, correcting some of them
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Ho appena pubblicato sul Wiki italiano di OpenGeu una guida su come installare OpenGEU su un Macbook.
Estratto dall'introduzione:

Questa guida vi aiuterà ad installare OpenGEU e qualsiasi altra distribuzione basata su Ubuntu sul vostro Macbook / Macbook Pro. La stessa Ubuntu è installabile seguendo questa guida.
L'how-to è mirato a come partizionare l'hard disk ed avviare correttamente il processo di boot dopo l'installazione. Per un'ottimale configurazione post-installazione è preferibile visionare il wiki di Ubuntu.

Focalizza sui problemi dell'installazione di Grub sul Macbook, in sostanza.
La potete leggere su
http://opengeuwiki-it.intilinux.com/index.php?title=Macbook

Introduction

This guide will help you to install OpenGEU and every other Ubuntu based linux distribution on your Macbook (either "normal" or pro). Even Ubuntu will work with this how-to.
The tutorial is aimed on how to succesfully partition the hard disk and to correctly boot the distribution. For a better post-install configuration I suggest you to follow the Ubuntu Wiki.

This tutorial is also posted on the OpenGEU Wiki
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After about 5 months of separation from my preferred operating system, the discontent brought by Mac Os X led me to a re-born love with Gnu/Linux.
I Installed Gentoo (~x86, not x86) on my MacBook, following some articles found on the Gentoo wiki and on Ubuntu wiki.
The result is the following:

Clean Desktop

Some things opened: Gnome Menu, Gnome Terminal, Nautilus, Scite

Features:

• Gnome 2.22.2
• MurrinaGilouche + Elementary Metacity (link - link)
• black-white 2 Gloss Icons (link)
• Screenlets [RingSensors] (link)
• A wallpaper included in Gnome, still looking for the perfect one

Let's have some fun with Gnu/Linux...again!

This page contains all my pubblications around in the Net. These pubblications are mainly how-tos, tutorials and even little thoughts that I find useful. If you find a description in Italian, you should speak Italian for understanding it.

In questa pagina elencheró tutte le mie piccole pubblicazioni in giro per la Rete. Queste pubblicazioni comprendono guide, how-to, anche piccoli, oppure pensieri ai quali dó importanza.

Object Oriented Memory Management
http://bd-things.net/object-oriented-memory-management/
Page with topics covered
Link to the Pubblication (PDF)
A summary on what I learned about memory management in Java during Programming Project course. Well written and easy to understand.

Introduzione alla Logica Sfumata
Fuzzy Logic: tesina (PDF)
Fuzzy Logic: Slides Integrativi (PDF)

Installare OpenGEU su un Apple Macbook
http://opengeuwiki-it.intilinux.com/index.php?title=Macbook
Una guida su come installare Ubuntu, OpenGEU e qualsiasi altra distribuzione derivata da Ubuntu, sul Macbook

How to install OpenGEU on a Apple Macbook
http://opengeuwiki-en.intilinux.com/index.php?title=Macbook
A guide on how to succesfully install Ubuntu, OpenGEU and any other Ubuntu derivate distribution on a Macbook

How to manage a card reader and the FSFE crypto card
http://bd-things.net/how-to-manage-a-card-reader-and-the-fsfe-crypto-card/
A nice tutorial on how to set up a USB card reader for using it with a GPG card (for example, the FSFE fellow card)

Some definitions for Introduction to Programming
PDF
A very little PDF document with some useful definitions for a past university course, Introduction to Programming.

Hp nx6325 (and friends) thermal problems solved
http://bd-things.net/hp-nx6325-and-friends-thermal-problems-solved/
An article on how to solve the (in)famous thermal problem of all Hp notebooks with an Amd Turion 64 X2 / Sempron cpu. It contains a bash script that really works and turns on the CPU fan when the temperature rises.

If you find my publications interesting, if something I wrote on the blog did help you to solve a problem, if you realize you could have paid for solving it..
Why don't you consider a donation? Donations are useful to maintain my domains and the infrastructures that host my Projects. I'm just a student, I'm not interested to earn profits from my projects, that will always remain free. But I would be delighted to don't pay for them