twitter.com – facebook.com – chris.pirillo.com – Over at Lockergnome.net, Luke asked where there are so many different Linux distros. Linux is awesome, there’s no doubt about it. The beauty of Linux is that it is open-source, and anyone can change it how they see fit. You can take Linux as an operating system, give it different themes and choices and generally make it to your liking. Some people want certain choices and features, while others want something entirely different. This is why you’ll find so many different flavors of Linux. http – lockergnome.net

twitter.com – facebook.com – It will be good to get an alternative processor platform to power all our laptops and desktops. But to run a full consumer friendly OS on an embedded processor platform has been a challenge so far, as the ARM processors were originally intended just to power phones and other dedicated devices. Designing a simple user interface for the Linux based OS that can be embraced by the mass market instead of Microsoft Windows is also a large challenge. Jerone Young is one of the main engineers at Canonical working for the past many months in trying to get Ubuntu to work 100% smoothly on the upcoming fastest ARM Processors that will come in the thin, light and possibly very cheap ARM Powered laptops and desktops that will normally reach the mass market in the months to come. This video was filmed by Charbax of ARMdevices.net at the Freescale Technology Forum in Orlando Florida.

twitter.com – facebook.com – My thoughts on Ubuntu… hah! I think it’s a Linux distro. I don’t have any issues with the operating system. As far as Linux distros go, it’s likely the easiest to use. Any time I say something about one distro instead of another, a war tends to break out. They can all agree, though, that Ubuntu is about as close as Linux has come to being mainstream thus far. chris.pirillo.com

twitter.com – This video was filmed by Charbax at armdevices.net at the Mobile World Congress recently. Freescale was showing their reference design for sub-0 tablets at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The target is that tablets to be sold below 0 to end consumers will be able to run any Linux-based OS, including Chromium OS – based on the open-source code available at http In this video, Freescale’s product manager of Software Development demonstrates the status of their optimizations of running Chromium OS on their i.MX51 based devices, among other form factors is the recently announced 9 tablet form factor. It even supports hardware acceleration of HTML5 based video playback. Would you like to cover conferences, trade shows, and events in exchange for promotion in our youtube channel and social media networks? Email chris@pirillo.com to facilitate the process! chris.pirillo.com

In this new and improved Video Screencast Tutorial from the www.OSGUI.com Tech Show I will show you how to step by step install and use the Google Gadgets for Linux on Ubuntu Linux 9.10 Karmic Koala, it provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. It’s compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows aso well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle.

go.tagjag.com – twitter.com – I recently asked all of you to submit your screencasts to me for review. The best of the best will be chosen to be featured here, in my various channels and outlets. This provides content of a different perspective for our community, and gives you new exposure for your work! Duncan has submitted an excellect screencast, showing all of us the new Ubuntu 9.1 operating system. www.youtube.com – chris.pirillo.com – http – shipit.ubuntu.com – http – gnome-look.org…

twitter.com – Chances are by now you’ve messed around with Linux. And of course, Linux may have messed around with you. Unless you know what you’re doing, it can be a real mess. So, there are distros you can download to help you along. These distributions are built by other people with different needs and ideas than what you have. So what are you left to do? How can you build your own distro? chris.pirillo.com – http

www.twitter.com – Do you Ubuntu? If not, what’s your excuse? You don’t have to run it as your primary operating system, but all the cool kids are using it! Linux is sorta like ice cream – there are a ton of different flavors! It doesn’t even matter which distro you choose… go with what tastes right to you. live.pirillo.com – http

This is a QUICK LOOK for linux in OpenGL(with Coverflow)! it is stil a very beta version now just load Images and PDF, I want to do a preview of every filetype so keep in touch, or if you want to contribute: sourceforge.net Thanks!!

http://geeks.pirillo.com – http://live.pirillo.com – Yes, it’s possible to have Linux and Windows installed on the same PC – and why wouldn’t you have both? You can install Linux using a live CD or even a USB drive. You could also use something like VMWare Fusion, as well. http://chris.pirillo.com