|
by David M Williams
|
|
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 |
ASUS has effectively abandoned Linux and stated a power user would use Windows instead. This backflip stands against the history of their successful Eee netbook line. Nevertheless, ASUS’ loss will be the gain of more savvy players.
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Monday, 18 May 2009 |
Those of us who work in technology have a jargon all of our very own. We know the difference between CPUs and GPUs, between SSD and HDD, let alone HD and SDTV! Yet, our users are flat out calling everything "the hard drive."
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Monday, 18 May 2009 |
A remarkable court case in New Jersey saw the source code for the Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C reviewed by an independent software firm. The findings showed terrible bugs and technical deficiencies raising serious questions about the reliability of the devices and previous judgments issued. This is why open source is a must for accountability.
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Tuesday, 12 May 2009 |
The Linux community is poorer this week following the untimely death of Anthony Rumble, founder of Everything Linux and well-known member of the Sydney Linux Users Group.
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Sunday, 10 May 2009 |
Today, May 10th 2009, is Mother's day for many countries around the world from Anguilla to Zimbabwe. How fitting, then, to offer a tribute to Linus Torvalds, the "mother" of Linux.
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Thursday, 07 May 2009 |
The newest operating system out right now is Ubuntu 9.04 which has as one of its options Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) designed for, you guessed it, netbooks. Earlier this week I loaded Windows 7RC on an Acer Aspire One. Let's try UNR on the exact same machine.
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Monday, 04 May 2009 |
Most netbooks do not ship with an optical drive. Here is how you can make your own bootable USB memory stick with Ubuntu Netbook Remix - the special netbook-optimised version of Canonical's Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and try out the newest and hottest operating system available today.
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Wednesday, 08 April 2009 |
Ubuntu Linux 9.04, otherwise known as Jaunty Jackalope, will be released later this month. Forget Windows 7, this is going to be the hottest operating software release of 2009. Yet, the muddy brown and orange theme doesn't do it for me which is why this time I'm eyeing off something else from Canonical's stable.
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Sunday, 05 April 2009 |
It comes as both a surprise and not a surprise that the New South Wales (NSW) state government chose a "safe bet" of Lenovo and Microsoft to supply many thousands of taxpayer-funded laptops to secondary school students. Was Linux ever on the short list?
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Wednesday, 01 April 2009 |
In a shock announcement, Microsoft has today taken majority ownership of software house Novell. This immediately gives the Redmond giant control of Novell's intellectual property assets including the legal copyright over UNIX. Already Red Hat and Canonical (Ubuntu) have expressed their expectation Microsoft will aggressively seek to eradicate all distributions save for Microsoft Linux Vista, formerly SUSE. (APRIL FOOL JOKE!!)
|
|
|
by David M Williams
|
|
Monday, 30 March 2009 |
Last week a brand new Linux kernel came out, 2.6.29 released from the hands of Linus Torvalds himself. Besides a cutesy new mascot this edition comes with a host of new features that highlight future directions. There are two new file systems, improved graphics and WiFi support, faster boot times and more.
|
|
|
|
<< First page < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>
|
| Results 43 - 63 of 196 |
The Linux distillery 
