Kyle Rankin's Profile

California (United States)

7.19.07

Kyle Rankin (670 pts

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About Me Senior Systems Administrator in the San Francisco Bay Area, and author of a number of Linux books such as Knoppix Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, Linux Multimedia Hacks, and Ubuntu Hacks for O'Reilly Media. In addition I have spoken on Linux in a number of Linux Users' Groups, on the radio, and at OSCON. I am also currently the president of the North Bay Linux Users' Group (http://nblug.org).

My Experience

I have been using Linux regularly since early 1998 and professionally since 1999 and currently use it as my primary desktop and server environment.

My Tags

Linux, Systems Administration, Knoppix, Ubuntu

My Latest Articles

Today's Top Linux Desktop Distributions
The question "Which Linux distribution is the best?" has spawned many Internet flame wars, but while the answer is largely a matter of taste, some distributions do stand out when the focus is desktop use. This guide covers three of the top Linux desktop distributions and how they stack up.
Published by Kyle Rankin (670 pts ) on May 6, 2008 to
Linux Platform Articles

Red Hat Linux 5 Desktop - Fit for the Corporate Desktop, But What About the Home?
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop, is a distribution with its sights set firmly on the enterprise corporate desktop. For systems administrators who need a corporate Linux desktop with 24/7 support this works great, but for home users the ditribution falls a bit flat.
Published by Kyle Rankin (670 pts ) on Oct 18, 2007 to
Linux Platform Reviews

Linspire 6 - Blends the Best in Open Source and Commercial Software
Linspire is the result of a blend of one of the most popular Linux desktop distributions, Ubuntu, with commercial software and codecs available right out of the box. As you'll see, Linspire is an interesting take on Linux desktop distributions.
Published by Kyle Rankin (670 pts ) on Oct 18, 2007 to
Linux Platform Reviews

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Kyle Rankin published openSUSE 10.2 - Novell's SUSE for the Community to Linux Platform Articles.

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