Puppy Linux 4.3 Final is small Linux-distribution, which can be launched directly from CD or install on your hard drive and start from there. Also can be copied and USB Flash and run from it. Distribution is characterized by its small size, functionality and speed. In Puppy Linux will find everything necessary for normal functions in the office - word processing, database, spreadsheet, editor of the web-pages, address book, calendar, desktop publishing system, browser, editors of vector and raster graphics, audio, video, software games.

It's pretty good idea to have a system that works and is relatively easy if you did it happen that your partitions broke down or whatever happened.

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Ubuntu Linux is a fully functional desktop operating system.
The Ubuntu project used as a Debian GNU Linux and is based on the idea that software should be free for everyone and give everyone the opportunity to use their native language, regardless of disability, disability and other restrictions, except that everyone should be entitled without restriction to modify and improve the software that uses it. The name of the distribution, "Ubuntu" comes from the word of the Zulu language and can be translated as "humanity to others" or "I'm the other, and they me." Distribution quickly gained momentum and popularity, especially after the inclusion in the "prominent" Debiantsi and has a lot of time convincing leads ranking of DistroWatch.com.

Every six months, Canonical and its development community brought to light a new version of Ubuntu. This time is dubbed Jaunty Jackalope and includes improvements in all aspects.

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Already available is the first of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Beta, distribution ever called "a Kubuntu better than Kubuntu", and is now based on "Lenny", the next version of Debian stable. SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Beta 1 includes Kernel 2.6.26.2, X. Org 7.3, KDE 3.5.9, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2, Firefox 3.0.1, Sun Java 6.0, Amarok 1.4.10, MPlayer 1.0 RC2, GTK + 2.12.11 and Qt 4.4.0. The announcement of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 Beta 1 said little more than that, but its final version could arrive very shortly after the "Lenny", which could be as early as next month.

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New version of the server for sharing files on Windows under Linux. Changes to previous version, you can see here. The Samba 3.3.3 is a server software for Linux (and other Unix-based systems) that allows you to manage and share network resources with Windows computers. It is thus possible to use Linux as a file server, print server, among others, as if the network uses Windows servers (NT, 2000, XP, Server 2003). This article gives an introduction to Samba shows its main characteristics and some of its history.

A Short History of Samba
Samba 3.3.3 is a creation of Andrew Tridgell. According to information provided on the official website of the software, Tridgell needed to mount a disk space on your computer to a Unix server. The computer running the DOS operating system, was initially used by the file system NFS (Network File System) for access. However, an application needed to support the NetBIOS protocol (not supported by the NFS). The solution found for Tridgell was: wrote a sniffer (a small program to capture data traffic on the network) to analyze the data traffic generated by the NetBIOS protocol, made from reverse engineering the protocol SMB (Server Message Block) and as implemented in Unix. That made the Unix server appear as a file server on your Windows PC with DOS.

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