Introduction
The Linux[1] Operating System [2] come in many different distributions (distros). In the Linux philosophy, you can have a system on your computer that is customized for your specific needs. Because New Development has years of experience with different Linux distros, we also help our clients to choose the right Linux distro for their specific needs and to install and set it up.
Some of the different faces of Linux since 2007...
In the gallery below are a number of screenshots from around 2007 from different Linux distros, followed by a few screenshots of my current day to day laptop running a modified Debian system (Debian stable with some extra repositories).
- Ubuntu, one of the most popular desktop distributions [3] (2007). Uses GNOME. (They have switched to Unity since then).
- 64Studio, a desktop distro specifically geared to audio. Showing a few of the programs for graphics (2007).
- Debian, with a modern interface to multimedia called Kodi. (2017)
- Mandrake, now known as Mandriva. Was known for good hardware detection. Also, the base for PCLinuxOS, a live distro[4]. Here showing an older version using KDE (2007).
- openSuSE, the free version of Novell's SuSE Professional, Linux for business. Showing Konsole and YaST (Yet another Setup Tool), the desktop management system used by SuSE (Similar to the Windows Control Panel). (2007)
- Mepis, a very nice desktop distribution (one of our favorites). Like Ubuntu, both a live distro (running the whole OS from a CD) that can also be installed permanently to the hard drive of your PC. Uses KDE (2007).
- Mepis 11, the base distro I used around 2012 on my laptop. Uses KDE. To this I have added a few other choice package sources.
- Debian, my personal favorite distro and the base for many other distros like Ubuntu, 64 Studio and Mepis. Stable and secure. Here running an older version of KDE (2007).
- Debian, running a newer version of KDE (2012).
- Debian, with another theme of KDE (2012).
- Current Debian stable, with KDE 4 (2017).
- The many faces of Debian, here running GNOME (2012). All the following screenshots from 2012 are different user interfaces to the same Debian Linux system.
- A modern Debian, here running GNOME classic (2017).
- Debian, running GNOME flashback (2017).
- Debian, running GNOME 3 (2017).
- Debian, running GNOME 3 (2017), showing its default (search) interface.
- Debian, running a minimalistic olvwm.This is ideal for older machines that might not be able to run the newest KDE or GNOME or on a thin client in a client-server setup.
- Debian, running AfterStep (2012).
- Debian, with Fluxbox, my personal favorite among the lighter window managers. (2012)
- Debian, with a new version of Fluxbox, still pretty much the same (2017).
- Debian, with IceWM which feels a lot like Windows with a "Start" button in the lower left. (2012)
- Debian, running the ROX desktop environment (2012).
- Debian, running the "Cholesterol Free Desktop Environment" Xfce (2012).
- Debian, with Xfce (2017).
- Debian, Xfce (2017).
- Debian, running Enlightenment (2012), a desktop environment with lots of eye candy.
- Debian, running Enlightenment (2017).
- Debian, running LXDE, one of the lighter windows managers (2017).
- Debian, running Razor-qt, which later merged with LXDE to form LXQt (2017).
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