"Unity and GNOME 3 both abandon the old text-based cascading menus in favour of a graphical icon-driven system."
Point truly missed. Both use a...
whs001 - Thank you, I'm glad you liked the article.
I absolutely agree with you on your first point. I should perhaps have made it clearer that...
If we allow corporate interest to dictate the way our government circumvents due process against foreign entities then we should accept the same...
I totally dislike pirating of works, I fear that artists will be deterred from creating works if they think that they are going to get ripped off....
How dare film makers, artists or anybody that invests in creativity stop us pirating their works for free. I want to be able to walk into my local...
@GrueMaster. I prefer horses for courses rather than one size fits all. I, and I suspect most other computer users, do not really wish to have...
The product that scares me every time I have to use it is the Office 2007 version of Excel.
The first bug that I found was applying the median...
Nice review and very informative. One thing I'd like to add (in reply to whs001's 1st question), the main reason to have the same interface from...
I'be been using Mint 12 since the RC came out, and I am far more happy with the Cinnamon, the Mate, and, yes (with extensions), theGnome 3...
Excellent article. One small correction, though--although a fresh installation of Linux Mint 12 will, indeed, provide the user with a version of...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
In related news, the ISPs club together to get the members of the Home Affairs Select Committee (ya goofed on that part, ZDNet UK) copies of "The...
For Gnome 2 die-hards, it is possible to add icons to the bottom panel (or top top panel, if you prefer) which provide the exact Gnome 2...
Your comments would seem pretty naive and immature. Your 'solution' appears to be, "gee, let's all just give in to the hackers and give them...
"Interesting thought ... If you installed Win7 as a dual boot on a machine that previously only had Linux, and it wrecked your Linux installation,...
This is an excellent summary of Ubuntu and Mint and the interface differences between them. Most such articles take a very partisan position for...
@ewallace. Not so clear. Anyone can obtain the text, for example from here http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/2379.
I support ACTA so long as it and...
I think WinRT is fantastic.
I just wish it was an option for people that didn't want to go through Microsoft's App Store with its attendant...
Nine people? £30m? Who's back pocket is that lot going in?
And IF they say it is for new buildings, what about all the ones the government has...
Just to be clear, nobody knows what is in the text of ACTA, here is a photograph of the text of ACTA http://twitpic.com/8h9iju as submitted to the...
Talkback
Microsoft should also think as a suplier to Linux Operating System. In this case all will be benifited.
Microsoft should also think as a suplier to Linux Operating System. In this case all will be benifited.
An article focusing on the switch to Linux because of the monopoly of Microsoft....Hmmmm.
I find the most interesting thing about this article is that the Ministry's reason for switching is to reduce the monopoly of Microsoft. A principle. You can't argue with principles.
The article did not focus on the usual arguments of cost or capabilities.
Does not bode well for Micro$oft.
First Munich moves to Linux for desktop and servers, then Norway's second biggest city converts to Linux and now Paris leaves Microsoft for Linux Servers, and on a slightly different note the New South Wales Australia Vehicle Licencing aurthority wil lbe installing 140+ iMac OSX desktops at their customer service counters in an effort to remove the reliance on Microsoft.
I think this is starting to point towards the gradual and long awaited move away from the monoculture of Microsoft.
Good for them. If it wasn't for people like these taking the plunge and demonstrating that Linux is just as good (most would say better) than Windows, we would all find ourselves completely reliant on and at the whim of those convicted monopolists in Redmond.
With computers becoming so important in every facet of life, we cannot afford to have Microsoft running our lives. Everybody already knows that they cannot be trusted.