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- News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Frugal Friday: Windows 7, Hyper-V, CentOS, openSUSE
- Frugal Friday: Windows 7, Hyper-V, CentOS, openSUSEOff-Topic: Any Speech-To-Text services out there?I'm hearing impaired and I don't listen to podcasts.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Frugal Friday, CentOS, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- 30 Days with the Acer Aspire One
- 30 Days with the Acer Aspire OneURL does not give specsTried to follow the link, but instead got a general splash screen for the netbook, no specs. What are you using?
- Tags: Acer Aspire, Acer Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-29
- Android netbooks? Wouldn't it be loverly?
- Once again, fellow blogger, Jason Perlow, has hit on a concept entirely useful to business users, but perhaps even more useful in education. The idea of an Android-based netbook isn't entirely new, Jason hits the nail on the head in his post: What we really should...
- Tags: Education, Developer, Google Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Android, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Community relations key to open source success
- Matt acknowledges in his post that the nobles of open source, the corporate sponsors, cannot be the sole estate here. On the other hand we don't want corporate heads on pikes, or its equivalent. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Matt, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn, Novell OpenSuse
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- A quick update on OpenSUSE
- A quick update on OpenSUSEWindows is not the answerWhat part of issues with Vista in the first place did you miss? [url=http://education.zdnet.com/?p=1910]Read up...[/url] Linux is his answer. Wireless with Broadcom has always been a PITA, they are being dorks and not helping out. BUT ndiswrapper will solve the problem. ]:)RE:...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Novell OpenSuse, quick update, laptop computer, wireless, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- A quick update on OpenSUSE
- So I lied...installation didn't go off quite without a hitch. I'd just hooked my wife's laptop directly to our router, foregoing wireless for speed downloading updates and software. When I unhooked the cable this morning and gave the wireless a go, I found that the Broadcom wireless chip...
- Tags: Broadcom Corp., Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- (Fun with openSUSE 11.0)
- (Fun with openSUSE 11.0)But it's not Blue Like Windows ...Let's see who runs with that.I'm running OpenSuSE 11 on 2 machines and love both the KDE and GNOME desktop implementations. And, as an added surprise, all the server bits are there as well.If you've looked at Ubuntu or other...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Novell OpenSuse, openSUSE 11.0, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE 11, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- News to know: ICANN hacked; IE flaw; OpenSuse 11; Hyper-V; iPhone 3G
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Zero-day flaw haunts Internet Explorer Tech heavyweights launch security response consortium ICANN and IANA's domains hijacked by Turkish hacking group Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride Matthew...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, ICANN, Novell OpenSuse, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, 3G, Cellular Phones, Healthcare, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Fun with openSUSE 11.0
- Fun with openSUSE 11.0Virtualized OpenSUSE 11.0I too am a devoted Ubuntu user, and decided to check out OpenSUSE 11.0. I downloaded the 32bit GNOME LiveCD and loaded in with Virtualbox in Windows XP. I got through the whole setup fairly quickly but when the "system" rebooted it crashed and said...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, openSUSE 11.0, KDE, KDE 4, Novell OpenSuse, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- OpenSuse 11.0 released
- OpenSuse 11.0 releasedYupNo thanks Microvell.
- Tags: OpenSuse 11.0, Novell OpenSuse
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Teachers want more training...no kidding
- Teachers want more training...no kiddingThe new OpenSUSE 11 has an education software sourceYou may want to check out the new OpenSUSE 11 released yesterday: it has an education software source which you can turn on easily. :-)Important new feature: Yast has become a whole lot faster.It's standard long term...
- Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, Ning.com, Moodle, Novell OpenSuse, training, OpenSUSE 11
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 XFCE Desktop (OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 )
- OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 XFCE Desktop (OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 )I think I may stop using Ubuntu!This looks really really good. The only clincher will be the repository support and available applications. Ubuntu is the best I've found at that part. But it still does feel short of real...
- Tags: Desktops, desktop, OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1, OpenSuSE 11.0, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1 XFCE Desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- 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
- OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s Volkswagen
- 2008 will be a very good vintage for community end-user Linux distributions. So far, we've seen the release of Ubuntu 8.04, which is universally considered to be a major milestone release in usability and device compatibility, and one of the easiest distros to install. While not as widely lauded, we...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Volkswagen AG, GNOME, Software Update Utility, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- OpenSUSE 11.0 RC1
- OpenSUSE 11.0 Release Candidate 1 by Jason Perlow
- Tags: Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, opensuse, linux, open source, novell, suse
- Image galleries 2008-05-30
- No SUSE or RedHat consumer Linux OK for Ed Tech
- No SUSE or RedHat consumer Linux OK for Ed TechIt's important to notethat Linux also can make for a gaming system via wine and cedega and cedega has specific install packages for suse. Maybe students should be informed that there are options for gaming on Linux and once...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Ed Tech, SuSE, Novell OpenSuse, RedHat consumer Linux OK, Lenovo T61, Linux, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Latest OpenSUSE a mixed bag for educators
- Latest OpenSUSE a mixed bag for educatorsOld wisdom...Upgrading is always a bad idea, for any operating system under the sun. At worst you encounter strange problems, at best you always have some debris left on your system. A clean install is therefore always preferable.I always say: if you want a...
- Tags: BIOS, RAID, OPEN SOURCE, clean install, Upgrading, educator, Novell OpenSuse, mixed bag
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
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