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- The best Linux distro for a new breed of PCs
- The best Linux distro for a new breed of PCsUbuntu, but only an LTS versionAn Long Term Supported version of Ubuntu, not the "normal" versions. Three years of security updates instead of 18 months.The period of security updates of other distro's is usually too short: 1 year.... In an Ed...
- Tags: Linux, Security administration, Desktops, Patches, OPEN SOURCE, OLPC Sugar, distro, Ubuntu, Linux Distro, breed, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- Microsoft-Novell: What a long, strange year it's been
- Microsoft-Novell: What a long, strange year it's beenVERDICT: Microsoft's cynical patent FUD campaign is a DISMAL FAILURE.Let's be honest here. Microsoft doesn't want to "interoperate" with Linux. Microsoft wants to EMBRACE AND DESTROY Linux. Fortunately, as is often the case when Microsoft gives the "bear hug of death" and then...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, IT Consulting, Microsoft Corp., Linux Distro, Linux, Novell Inc., FUD, patent
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- 30 things I've learned from using Linux ...
- I began My Linux Experience back at the end of February and over the past five months I've managed to spend a fair bit of time dabbling and experimenting with a variety of Linux distros. Over these months I've learned a lot - a lot about Linux, a lot about the...
- Tags: Linux, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- Back to the "too many Linux distros" debate
- Over on Slashdot today I came across yet another "too many Linux distros" debate, this time started by Alexander Wolfe of InformationWeek. While I think that Wolfe has a point, he also misses the real problem.In business out of the hundreds of distros to choose from there are only two...
- Tags: My Linux Experience, Linux
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Dual-booting XP and Linux - It's really easy!
- Dual-booting XP and Linux - It's really easy!You sure it's not you that needs to 'catch up'? NTNTI don't know why...... he choose to do it that way. I just would have clicked on the "editor" icon myself or used the Grub loader in YaST (aka "control panel")re: Yes,...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, command line, loader, Linux Distro, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
- What is Microsoft really gaining from open source FUD?
- What is Microsoft really gaining from open source FUD?Consider the audiences.You're looking at Microsoft's actions from the standpoint of open source antagonists to the company. And if Microsoft could lose ground with that group, that unlikely possibility has been encouraged.But consider the situation from the point of view of...
- Tags: Linux Distro, Enterprise Customers, Microsoft Corp., open source, FUD
- Discussion threads 2007-06-08
- Top 5 myths of GPLv3 dispelled (part 1)
- Top 5 myths of GPLv3 dispelled (part 1)Top 5 what?You left out support. Give the software for free and sell support and.. service. Like development.Users need support and will gladly pay and do BTW.Isn't this a GPL issue in general?The issue of being able to sell GPL licensed...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, GPLv3, Linux Distro, MS IP, GPL, IP
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- Microsoft teams with Xandros as it faces a potentially wider open source software protection under GPLv3
- Microsoft teams with Xandros as it faces a potentially wider open source software protection under GPLv3it would be the Linux distributors who violated the agreementIMO, the deal between MS and Linux distros if for MS patents that the Linux distros get. Wouldnt it be the duty of the Linux distros...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Free Software Foundation, open source, team, Xandros, open-source software, Microsoft Corp., Linux, GPLv3, Linux Distro, MS IP
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- Three more things that the Linux community don't get
- The response to the Five crucial things the Linux community doesn't understand about the average computer user post I made the other day was, well overwhelming. With some of you I think that the post rung a bell, while with others it must have touched a nerve. I'm pretty sure that getting over...
- Tags: Linux, My Linux Experience
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Linux distro timeline (Linux distro timeline)
- Linux distro timeline Linux distro timelineToo many?Too many distros? I don't think so. Open source is about giving the user choices, and Linux is no exception.If you want a simple introduction to the most popular flavors of Linux, take a look at: http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=majorNewer version availablehttp://nonplusx.wordpress.com/Yes, too manyConsider: Windows...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux distro timeline, Linux, Linux Distro, distro
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- Could Microsoft take a community lesson from Sun?
- Could Microsoft take a community lesson from Sun?Why would you learn from the loser?I don't get that... Microsoft learning from Google - good idea! Microsoft learning from Sun? Why on Earth? Sun's currently getting an arse-wooping in terms of C# vs. Java and in general the proliferation of Microsoft's .Net...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, Microsoft Corp., kernel, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Debian
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Which Linux distro for the desktop? The debate continues!
- One of the best discussions that Ive seen on ZDNet blogs for a long time is going on over on a post that I made a couple of days ago regarding which Linux distro I should try first. I dont know about you but Ive learned a LOT for...
- Tags: Linux, My Linux Experience, Thoughts
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- Will Sun blow up the Microsoft/Novell deal to Red Hat's benefit?
- Will Sun blow up the Microsoft/Novell deal to Red Hat's benefit?Arrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh![i]Apache can be shipped with Linux distros because it's license, even though it's not GPL-compatible, is a free software license.[/i]No, Apache can be shipped with Linux distributions for the same reason that Adobe's Acrobat Reader can: [b]the GPL places no...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., benefit, Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., linux distro, Red Hat Inc., distro, GPLed, Apache Software Foundation, GPL, Debian, Linux, Linux Distro
- Discussion threads 2006-11-10
- The most important value of open source
- The most important value of open sourceStandards? BuwahahahaSo tell me about the standards for Linux video. How about standard API's to write video drivers or video calls. How many "standard" Linux distros are there now, 100, 200? Dude, you wouldn't know a standard if it hit...
- Tags: Quality, Corporate communications, API, standards, open source, Linux Distro
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- Novell: OpenSuse tools coming soon
- Novell: OpenSuse tools coming soonI don't get itA Linux distro is made up of many OSS packages. Each of those OSS packages produces "patches" as time goes on development. When those groups release patches, a distro is to offer that package.Just where does the "development" of the distro come into...
- Tags: tool, Linux Distro, OpenSUSE 10.2, Novell OpenSuse, OSS, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-06
- More frequent upgrades? That's the last thing Micosoft customers need
- More frequent upgrades? That's the last thing Micosoft customers needAUGH, no more "upgrades"talk to ANY techy or geek or even computer user about operating systems and eventually you'll get to this overwhelmingly universal sentiment:STOP WORKING ON NEW OS'S. TAKE EXTRA TIME AND JUST GET ONE RIGHT."hey, new windows...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, operating system, subscription model, Extreme Programming, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Linux Distro
- Discussion threads 2005-10-31
- Ubuntu: Is the new Linux distro for you?
- Ubuntu: Is the new Linux distro for you?Ubuntu is great, but no the only game.The wonderful thing about Linux is that you have a choice. There are hundreds of Linux distros out there each with its own special reason for existing. Yoper linux is my personal choice though it doesn't...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux, Mepis, Linux Distro, Debian
- Discussion threads 2005-04-21
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- Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives (SSDs) and Linux
- Is 20th century conventional Winchester multi-platter, multi-head random-access disk technology too quaint for you? Want to run your PC or server on storage devices that consume far less energy than the traditional alternatives? Want a portable or mobile storage unit that will never fail due to G-forces or "crashing?". Looking...
- Tags: Linux, Disk, File System, Solid State Disk, Mandrake, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched
- Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Foxconn snubs Linux users
- Several readers have sent me a link to a discussion in progress on the Ubuntu forums which outlines how hardware manufacturer Foxconn crippled Linux support on the G33M-S motherboard by breaking ACPI support. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Foxconn, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
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