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Linux users find Dell heaven
Blog There seems to be a small flurry of Linux users getting their own back on Microsoft. Their own money, that is. On Friday, system administrator Serge Wroclawski boasted of his exploits in extracting just over $50 from Dell for his unused Windows...
[January 8, 2007, 16:15]
Linux Chrome may not be so far away
Blog I downloaded the 'pre-alpha' version of Chromium for Linux some time ago, more out of morbid curiosity than any particular desire for yet another browser. Google has been silent on when the software will make the transition from experimental to...
[July 14, 2009, 16:58]
Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" - It Just Keeps Getting Better
Blog I have now loaded the new release of Linux Mint on all four of my laptop and netbook computers. As I have been asked about this several times recently, I will mention here that Linux Mint 7 comes with OpenOffice.org 3.0.1.
[May 28, 2009, 8:19]
Microsoft's biggest threat: Linux
Blog Linux isn't Microsoft's biggest threat, Google is. The biggest threat to Microsoft’s bottom line isn’t Mac or Linux - it’s netbooks! The problem isn’t that netbooks are cannibalizing Windows sales they aren’t, especially when you take...
[February 18, 2009, 11:33]
Linux on the HP 2133 Mini-Note, Part 1
Blog It is important to note that the following information is based on my trying various of the publicly available Linux distributions on my new HP 2133 netbook. I did NOT order it with the factory-installed SuSE Enterprise Linux, and I have not tried...
[January 27, 2009, 13:06]
Linux is shipped on a third of all netbooks
Blog A third of netbooks shipped in 2009 came with GNU/Linux rather than Windows preinstalled, according to analysis from ABI Research. The netbook phenomenon started as a Linux-only affair, but Microsoft has managed to get Windows XP onto the majority...
[December 9, 2009, 11:49]
Linux Distributions Reducing Boot Time
Blog Those who want or need faster boot times should be happy with some of the upcoming Linux distributions. For purposes of this discussion, I consider "boot" time to be the elapsed time from when I press return in the GRUB boot menu, until a login...
[March 23, 2009, 13:10]
Linux TV adverts FAIL
Blog The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and when the Linux Foundation announced a contest to produce a TV advert for Linux they meant well. It's just a shame the results don't end up doing Linux any favours.
[April 14, 2009, 15:23]
Linux Mint Xfce Community Edition Released
Blog A Community Edition of Linux Mint using the Xfce desktop was announced over the weekend. This combines two of my favorite things in Linux - the Mint distribution, which I think is absolutely wonderful for most end users, and the Xfce desktop, which...
[September 14, 2009, 13:21]
Linux Mint 8 (Helena) Released
Blog The final release of Linux Mint 8 (Helena) came out over the weekend. You can read the What's New document for the highlights, the Release Notes for a more complete description of the new release, or the complete User's Guide (PDF) for complete...
[November 30, 2009, 9:23]
Linux Mint and OpenOffice
Blog Several people have mentioned to me that they have given Linux Mint a try following my recent blog post about it. The reason for this is simple - Linux Mint 6 is derived from Ubuntu 8.10, and Ubuntu 8.10 still has OpenOffice 2.4.1.
[April 16, 2009, 12:31]
Linux Confiscation At School.
Blog It was about a boy at school in the US who was handing out a linux distribution to his class mates. Apparently the teacher freaked out when she realised what was going on and confiscated the said disks, only to then go on and sing the virtues of...
[January 5, 2009, 10:56]
Obituary: Anthony Rumble - Linux pioneer and enthusiast
Blog Anthony Rumble, one of Australia's long-time supporters of Linux and free software, died on the weekend. The announcement, made on the Sydney Linux Users Group mailing list, indicated that the death was sudden, caused by a regular household accident.
[May 12, 2009, 9:27]
Pick of the week: Linux on the road and Vista at sea
Blog Here's a roundup of great posts from this week, with a street-level look at iPhone's MobileMe, a prediction of choppy waters for Microsoft's Vista charm offensive, and Linux on holiday. Traveling Success with Linux blog J.A.
[August 1, 2008, 17:59]
Sooner (Linux Mint 7), Later (Fedora 11) and Now (ooVoo 2.1)
Blog It looks like Linux Mint will be making their next release, 7 or "Gloria", in the next few days, according to the Linux Mint Blog. A few hours after I wrote this, Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) was released. This is good news, because the new release is...
[May 27, 2009, 10:01]
Linux die-hard unbundles Windows
Blog Being an open source die-hard, Dave Mitchell didn't want Windows (despite being supplied with it on his Dell laptop), deciding instead to install Linux. Mitchell is almost literally one in a million for achieving this - it's an extremely...
[November 8, 2006, 14:26]
Linux, Laptops and Dual Displays
Blog I need to update some information related to a post that I made last week about multiple displays with Linux. This is exactly what I would like Linux to do. In a nutshell, I have a laptop and a port replicator with a display connected to it.
[July 22, 2008, 17:26]
Linux and Laptop Screen Resolutions
Blog A funny thing happened to me on the way to setting up my laptop with and external display under Linux. As I have mentioned before, neither Ubuntu nor Mandriva was able to handle this "properly". I have continued to test this through the latest...
[October 13, 2008, 16:03]
Good (Linux) Things on the Horizon
Blog We seem to be in a particularly good period for Linux at the moment. So, it looks like it is going to be a busy "holiday season", with lots of nice presents for Linux users.jw 19/11/2008 We've recently gotten the Mandriva 2009.0 and Ubuntu 8.10...
[November 19, 2008, 11:03]
Linux distros made IPv6 ready
Blog The Linux Foundation has announced that some of the major Linux distributions have been made IPv6 ready. The Linux Foundation set up a Linux IPv6 Workgroup in 2000, whose participants include IBM, HP, Nokia-Siemens, Novell and Red Hat.
[December 1, 2008, 16:27]
