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- A world without Windows?
- A world without Windows?http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13568_22-216447.htmlwhat kind of protection will that be if a email with virus comes in and there is no antivirus or os to control it?sounds good on paper but a whole new avenue for hackers!!!!!!!!!!RE: A world without Windows?How about a system that would allow a computer to...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Installing Mandriva 2008.1 on the ASUS Eee PC
- The Xandros distribution that comes with the ASUS Eee PC 900 is a great experience for those new to Linux, but for more advanced users, it may feel quite limited. Out of the many distributions that work on the Eee PC, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring (or 2008.1) is one that...
- Download resources 2008-07-15
- (Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1)
- (Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1)ImpressiveThat blogs comes absolutely at its time... Just when Microsoft, by launching Office 2007 which shuffles dramatically the user interface, leads its long date users into temporarily productivity loss, we read here a proof that an alternative do exist. Striking...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- (Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04)
- (Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04)Cool Smooth LooksThanks for the gallery pics; have installed it myself and loved the smoothness with which it went through. I hope MS is watching.-DHhttp://techwatch.reviewk.com/2008/04/ubuntu-hardy-heron-8-04-2/RE: (Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04)more meh..Why does it still default....to turd brown? It's getting there but Vista is light years ahead of these...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Saying goodbye to the Classmates
- I feel like I should set the screensavers to a scrolling marquee of "Don't ever change" or "You rock," standard yearbook fare for saying goodbye to carbon-based classmates. Tonight, however, I'm packaging up 3 Intel Classmate PCs CMPC to ship back to California, and I'm really going to miss...
- Blog posts 2007-11-12
- Just as good as Windows just isn't good enough
- Just as good as Windows just isn't good enoughThe rules1) Quality is defined as degree of approximation to Microsoft.2) Differences from Microsoft are by definition bad.3) In case of a tie, Microsoft wins.Some of us remember the mid-80s, when non-IBM manufacturers were trying to introduce 8086 or 80286-based systems. ...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-09
- I guess they read my blog in Nigeria
- I guess they read my blog in NigeriaA conspiricy after all ..The buyer now speaks up. And it now appears that the OEM/System Integrator that they are paying to assemble and distribute the laptops took it upon themselves to reconfigure those laptops with Windows on the basis of "thats...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-09
- I guess they read my blog in Nigeria
- Yahoo News is reporting that the Nigerian government has decided to accept and use Mandriva Linux on at least 11,000 of the Classmate PCs they ordered. Previously, the agency handling the transaction had decided to accept and pay for the Mandriva-installed computers, but overwrite the OS with Windows XP...
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- News to know: HP home server review; Mandriva on Classmate PC; IE refresh
- Notable headlines: Robin Harris: Macs cost less than PCs - if you erase the disks. Ryan Naraine: Hackers seize Alicia Keys's MySpace page, launching malware attacks. Ed Bott: HP's new home server is small, smart, and impressively simple. Gallery right. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- And the Nigerian government chose Windows why?
- And the Nigerian government chose Windows why?Come on, Chris......your starting to sound like a fanboy. You can't think of any reason to choose the XP install over Linux? Even you said that the XP setup was friendly and ran well. Perhaps the Nigerian government wanted their students...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- And the Nigerian government chose Windows why?
- Having installed the Mandriva Linux image that was to accompany the Classmate PCs recently purchased by the Nigerian government minus some localized content, I have to ask, why would they choose Windows? I know there has been plenty of speculation about sinister Microsoft doings behind the scenes...
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Mandriva on the CMPC
- Mandriva Linux on the Intel Classmate PC by Christopher Dawson
- Image galleries 2007-11-08
- Installing Mandriva on a Classmate
- Installing Mandriva on a ClassmateMany people find Mandriva the easiest installPerhaps because of its French origins Mandriva is less talked about, but I know several people who ended up using Mandriva because of problems with Suse and Ubuntu installs. Should be tried.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Mandriva...Not just for Classmates
- Mandriva...Not just for ClassmatesMandriva / MandrakeI have used Mandriva since it was Mandrake 7.1. It is the only Linux distro that is usable out-of-box.SUSE is probably the second and the worst is Fedora/RedHad nothing works without lots of extra work.I don't mention Ubuntu because it is UNSTABLE. Being base...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- Mandriva...Not just for Classmates
- As I've been poking around with Mandriva Linux for the last week or so (preparing to install it on a Classmate and researching prior to my interview with François Bancilhon), I've been impressed with it's apparent ease of use, quick installs, and out-of-the-box feature set. When a student came...
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Installing Mandriva on a Classmate
- If only all OS installations were this easy. Since Mandriva has been at the center of a fair amount of controversy over OS choices on the Intel Classmate, I was interested to install their operating system before I had to return the Classmates to Intel. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- Interview with Mandriva CEO, François Bancilhon
- Interview with Mandriva CEO, François BancilhonNothing new here.I thought there would be an answer to why he wrote the letter, all I hear is that they were beaten in the market and everyone not on the open source band wagon is wrong.In other words, "sour grapes".RE: Interview with Mandriva CEO,...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- News to know: Leopard data loss; Microsoft's offline sync; Mandriva CEO; Google and GPL
- Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: This Leopard bug beats anything Vista has to offer. Tom Karpick: Massive data loss bug in Leopard. Mary Jo Foley: More details emerge on Microsoft's online-offline sync platform. Ryan Stewart: The WPF component market is hot. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Interview with Mandriva CEO, François Bancilhon
- I had the opportunity to speak Monday afternoon with the CEO of Mandriva, François Bancilhon. Recently, a deal with the Nigerian government to use and install Mandriva Linux on 17,000 Intel Classmate PCs was derailed when the government decided to overwrite the installed operating system with Windows XP. ...
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- If you're going to bash Steve Ballmer, don't hold back on the ammo
- If you're going to bash Steve Ballmer, don't hold back on the ammoGreed for gossip.Without supportive evidence, and preferably an indictment, it may not be good business as head of a company to accuse the leader of another company of a crime. Especially one with the legal resources of...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
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