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- Ubuntu 9.10 launch - 29 October
- If it's ...... easier than Win7 to install, they will have a winner!^o^Yawn, another boring launch of another boring linux distro. No excitement, people aren't enthused. There is nothing new here. As I said...BORING.Well 9.04 was not diffcult to install Not sure what you are going for here 9.04 was...
- Tags: Linux, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, KDE 4 Desktop, Win7, Ubuntu, HDCP, Microsoft Windows 7, hardware, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- openSUSE 11.2 M8: What a Fine Lookin' Lizard
- Ubuntu's Karmic Koala isn't the only hot Linux beta floating around. On October 1, the openSUSE project released Milestone 8 of openSUSE 11.2, which is slated for general release in November, just in time for the holiday season. Milestone 8 will precede two release candidates to be also released...
- Tags: Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, Object-oriented, KDE 4.3, openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- First Look: Ubuntu 9.10 beta "Karmic Koala"
- wow... seriously?NOTE: This was supposed to be in response to the "good for poor people" comment, but I screwed up:Do you have any basis for your claims? Have you even used Linux, let alone this version of Ubuntu which is still just a Beta? Why does cost/money...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat
- Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat"users simply expect the Windows experience"Without Windows, people no longer have the skive of "just rebooting", or "my machine has stopped responding".heh"'It also supports them without the need to search for drivers on dubious websites or load drivers from a CD,' Kenyon coughed....
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, netbook spat, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Canonical, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- The little Linux desktop that could: Xfce 4.6 released
- One of the questions I get asked pretty frequently by non-Linux users is "why are there so many desktops?" Mac and Windows users don't have to choose between desktop environments, why should Linux users? GNOME and KDE get all the attention these days, but Linux users looking...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, GNOME, KDE, Xfce, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- How well does Windows 7 handle 512MB?
- How well does Windows 7 handle 512MB?How well does Windows 7 handle ARM processor?"... potentially has positive implications for netbooks..."The next-generation netbooks will be running an ARM processor.Hence the netbooks market is a race to the bottom.^o^ RE: How well does Windows 7 handle 512MB?This is good news! I just...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, RAM, netbook, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
- Is Ubuntu getting bloated and slow?
- Is Ubuntu getting bloated and slow?We already have one Linux users answer:http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=53520&messageID=1012181&start=0I had the same problem with Fedora......which is why I abandoned it on the family PC in favor of Gentoo. I suspect that part of the problem is the temptation to optimize for newer equipment and the old...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, Notebooks, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
- 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
- C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad
- C'mon, Vista really isn't that badRE: C'mon, Vista really isn't that badI agree, it eases the transition from the digital to the physical world for computer users and seems especially geared towards newer computer users and explaining steps and giving more information about the system itself and any software installed....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, C'MON, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- 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
- Firefox 3.0 a memory hog?
- Firefox 3.0 a memory hog?Surely, like all programs, the answer is...."Only what it needs, and no more.".To anyone who might feel like crying "RAM is cheap!", then I would say speaking as a programmer that that would be no excuse for sloppy work.Not a definitive answer just yetIf you want...
- Tags: Web browsers, Flash memory, memory, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox 3.0
- 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
- Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11
- Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11I do not like KDE at all, but, that is what is great about Linux -there is choice. With Windows, it is take it or leave it.RE: Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11GNOME...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GNOME, KDE, Gnome 2.2, SLES 11, RHEL 6, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- VMware takes an unjustified hammering
- VMware takes an unjustified hammeringMessage has been deleted.VMware Rocks the CasbahJust the other day I was looking for a way to resize one a VM image file's virtual ntfs primary partition. After resizing the image file with the vmware-vdiskmanager, you still need to tell the VM's O/S to claim...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Investment, Microsoft Windows XP, Financial accounting, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., unjustified hammering, Knoppix Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- openSUSE 10.3 RC1 Debuts
- openSUSE 10.3 RC1 DebutsNice...been running the betas and I gotta say that someone at Novell is doing an excellent job! It boots faster runs faster and is much slicker than anything else I have seen yet to date. I will be updating to the RC1 tonight for some more testing....
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, KDE, Linux, GNOME, openSUSE, distro
- Discussion threads 2007-09-21
- Goodbye MacBook Pro Experience, hello Linux Experience!
- Goodbye MacBook Pro Experience, hello Linux Experience!Debian is okay, but...the packages in Debian aren't up to date, given that the current stable releaseSarge was released over a year and a half ago. However, Debian may be a good conservative choice if he doesn't really need bleeding edge stuff. I would...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Apple MacBook Pro, Linux, Debian, SuSE, Linux Experience, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- Your one day to buy a $100 PC
- Your one day to buy a $100 PCMost Interesting/Happy ThanksgivingIt's getting so, technology has become bargain-basement--very good for the consumer.It's 'Black Friday' tomorrow in the US!This day makes or beaks some retailers, in terms of profitably, hence the term 'black'.The readers may also be interested to know, and, no doubt...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Unix, Linspire, small and medium business, PC
- Discussion threads 2005-11-24
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