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openSUSE 11.2 M8: What a Fine Lookin' Lizard

Sorry. Ubuntu 9.10 is simply put together better. Parts is Parts.ntim looking forward to 9.10 this october ntntWe each have our favorite distro...I have tried many distros over the years and kept gravitating to Mandrake. I followed Texstar to PCLinuxOS and have been there for the past 3...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Grey, Mepis, Linux, distro, KDE, SuSE

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

Red Hat releases newest Fedora

Red Hat releases newest FedoraWaste of bandwidth...Anyone downloading this is just wasting bandwidth. This is nothing but freeware and lacks the elegance of polished products like Windows Server 2003. I am on an all-time high here after TechEd and have returned home with a new focus on driving Microsoft software...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Mepis, Linsux, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-06-13

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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Can Linux beat the bloat

I think the whole "bloated" thing is hogwash.There's no such thing.Neither Windows nor Linux are "bloated". Nor is OS/X. You want functionality you have to pay for it. One man's lean and mean is another man's anemic.Functionality simply isn't free.How many lines of code did USB take? How about multi-threading?...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu 9.04, Linux, Ubuntu, OS/X, Linus, bloat, kernel, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

South Carolina's OLPC initiative: money well-spent?

South Carolina's OLPC initiative: money well-spent?indeed well spentNothing dying about OLPC or olpc, upper or lower case. 1 million kids have XO laptops in 31 countries and 19 languages, with another million headed too them. The results have been nothing less than complete social change. If Rwanda can 20% of...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, OLPC initiative, XO-2

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

On the Linux laptop the bundle is all

On the Linux laptop the bundle is allI don´t like teenagersI don´t like teenagers or stories about teenagers. But I will say yours seems dumber than most.The bundle is all only if the package is badA properly packaged Linux system should make installing programs child's play. Though I own an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, distro, Linux laptop, Linux, Xandros, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

1 million Classmates headed to Venezuela

1 million Classmates headed to VenezuelaAgreedChavez can control any Open Source software in his country, as the government is taking control of all private industries.This is not really about what he feels is best for all, but instead of what he feels he can control the best.You failed to notice...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Debian, Classmates, aversion, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Got Debian running, too

Got Debian running, tooGot Debian running, tooThanks for highlighting the many problems with running linux! You heard it here first, linux has issues and is not suitable for anything.Hey look, it's Loverock Davidsonnt10 y/o AptivaI have Debian running on a 10 year old Aptiva desktop. I'm only using it...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Debian

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

How to lose customers by not even trying

How to lose customers by not even tryingSpot onThere is nothing more infuriating than trying to use a site that has been designed for a single specific browser that isn't yours.I truly appreciate how difficult it can be to get sites working consistently across all browsers. But it is surely...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web browsers, Hertz Corp., Web site, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

OK, folks...if you want Windows it's going to be Vista

OK, folks...if you want Windows it's going to be VistaGlad you understood.Schools are normally hard up for money and they can't afford to waste a lot of time or money because everybody expects them to have unlimited amounts of both and they are highly accountable to the public. They also...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Ok Folks, WINDOWS IT IS, Windows IT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s Volkswagen

OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s VolkswagenSuSE is the best distro going.Especially if your a Windows person looking for a place to start in Open Source. YAST is the very best configuration interface in the Linux world today. No other distro has anything close.If you want to make the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, KDE 4, YaST, SuSE, Ubuntu, distro, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE 11 RC1, OpenSUSE 11, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen AG

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!

Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!No LVM stuff required for WindowsAlso, all you need to do for windows is mount the image destination could be a local USB drive and run "partimage". The GUI does the rest.For restores, just do "partimage" and path...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Acronis, LINUX IS, GUI, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-05-07

Linux in schools - what's worked and what hasn't

Linux in schools - what's worked and what hasn'tWe are starting to use linux as wellWe are starting to use linux as well in our private school in Miami. One computer in the teacher loungue and two in the library run Ubuntu 7.10 and Kubuntu 7.10 because the computers hardware...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" alpha 4

Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" alpha 4Wish they would stop with the silly namesJust name it Ubuntu 8 and drop the cutesy names. I hate looking for software and it the download says "works with Gutsy"...is mine Gutsy?Fastest Torrent client out there: Deluge[url=http://www.deluge-torrent.org]FYI[/url]Bar none.Looking forward to it.Looking forward to it.Might...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, NVidia Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04

Discussion threads 2008-02-03

Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patches

Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patchesI may have my gripes, but MS does keep up on security patches.I'll give them credit for that.After a recent patch killed the connection between......my PC and my MP3 player, I'll take my time with any "patch" M$ sends...... Including blacklisting any other...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Operating systems, patch, patch management, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats questioned

Mac versus Windows vulnerability stats questionedExactly, it was a poor comparison...... and no conclusion can be reached either way. I realize that the authoring experts are writing in a Blog, yet I assume there will be at least a level of professional research, wanting to delve a little deeper than...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Windows vulnerability stat, Apple Macintosh, stat, CVE, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

I love Linux, but it's not going to save the world

I love Linux, but it's not going to save the worldlol. This makes it perhaps even worse:I recently came across a little distro that can extend the lifespan of your computers even more: Antix Lysistrata. Antix is based on Mepis 7, which in it's turn is based on Debian. Antix...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Antix

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

How do I make a website?

How do I make a website?If it's just community stuff...Try using Marc Andreesen's ning.com. It allows users to create open or closed networking sites for free supported by ads. They even have an area that describes how to use Ning for education: http://education.ning.com. Sites have membership capabilities, a place to...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web site, Web

Discussion threads 2007-12-11

I'd suggest Linux - but..

I'd suggest Linux - but..just as we thought it was getting so much betterAfter installing the last couple of Ubuntu distributions I had reached the same conslusion: Linux is becomming for everyone. When I saw the multiple changes in the user interface of Vista, without getting any noticeable enhancements, I...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Web

Discussion threads 2007-12-07

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. ...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, IBM Corp., Mandriva

Discussion threads 2007-11-09