Archive for November, 2008
An Ubuntu User Takes Fedora 10 for a Test Drive
I want to like Fedora. It is an important distro from a big player in the Linux community. I want it to succeed. The problem is that I don’t like it and I haven’t from its first release. Whenever I try Fedora, I try to keep an open mind. However, with each new release or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 27 so far )Fragmentation and Linux
Windows users are familiar with fragmentation. When you have fragmentation, it means that it is time to do some drive maintenance. With Linux it takes on another meaning, since Linux drives are not as prone to fragmentation. To get fragmentation in Linux all you need to do is put two users in the same room.
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It is Time to Stop Looking Over Our Shoulder
So Microsoft in its infinite wisdom has stuck it to the open source community, yet again. They have shut us out of Hotmail. Yawn. Like, who cares? Even Microsoft devotees hate the new Hotmail. Yet, to some people they see this as one more sign that Microsoft is out to get us. “The sky is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )No More Doom and Gloom, Please
It seems that more and more bloggers are writing doom and gloom articles or attention grabbing headlines to that effect. Recently one blogger has taken it upon himself to write about the virtues of Windows 7 and make pronouncements that it will kill Linux on netbooks and “instant on” computers. Others write that the success [...]
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