2006 March

There are instances where being able to play your favorite mp3s from a command line would make a lot of sense. Sure, those reasons are not coming to me right now, but rest assure that they are vast and infinite nonetheless…

Many people can see the value for a Windows-like environment for Linux users. However I am having a hard time with a Linux environment for Windows? Why would anyone want this? Just use Linux on a bootable CD!

Oh come on! Just because your OS is still working its bugs out does not mean that it makes sense to sue everything in sight! Look, I am sure that MS understands the concept with ‘different strokes for different folks’, but why do I have the feeling that some lawsuits are just over the horizon?

I have been saying this for years, but many Linux people also feel that this same idea would be the doom of a the Linux desktop as well. OK, newsflash - it will happen eventually.

Just Say No to Microsoft
©Tony Bove 2005
NoStarchPress, Inc.
ISBN 1-59327-064-X
243 pgs. Paperback
“I just want something that works.” How many times have those of us who suggest alternatives to Microsoft heard that phrase? Another statement we often encounter is, “Most of the good applications are written for Windows. Why not use the most popular [...]

Interesting. It seems that soon we will see Mepis Linux making a very major switch for its base. No longer will they be using a Debian base. Soon, they will be working with a Ubuntu base instead.

Novell has guts, I will give them that. Even though they have certainly had their issues in the past. The news that they will be supporting NetWare through 2015 really made people feel really good about Novell as a whole.

Hey, anything that can make software easier is a happy thing to work with as far as I am concerned. One method of doing this is with open source stacks. Take SpikeSource as one such example…

Virtualisation support is proving to be a big deal in the Linux world. With this in mind, we have Novell following Red Hat’s example with their own built-in virtualisation support for SuSE 10.

Oh this is just too amusing. Not a good way to point out a security hole to be sure, but obviously someone was asleep at the wheel regardless.

With the latest release of Fedora, there are now some needed improvements that some might argue are a little overdue. One thing that comes to mind, better hardware support.

If done properly, this could end up being terrific news! One of tthe hings the Linux world needs is better communication, better support and community re-enforcement. From the looks of things, this is beginning to happen…

I too believe that it is critical for the kernel developers to maintain as strong a of a support based as possible. As to whether or not the OSDL is the best fit however; well, that remains to be seen.

OK, now this is a Linux book that is likely worth every penny. Judging from what I have heard of it thus far, Linux Multimedia Hacks shows its readers how to get the job down with different respects to multimedia, all while staying true to its Linux roots.

So what is the latest in the new kernel and should we even care? The answers are plenty and yes. One of the biggy improvements would probably have to be the support for the HFSX file system.

While the article may be a little harsh on Microsoft in places, I will agree that Linux distros do make deadlines a whole lot more often that Microsoft does. Why? Read one Linux users beliefs on the matter below…

If Linux could be explained like a bedtime story, chances are it might go something a lot like this article below. Oh sure, a lot of it may be seen as silly, but there is a fair amount of loose history explained regardless.

Even though I am definitely not someone who would refer to himself as a Gnome fan, the fact remains that the latest version of Gnome has a lot to offer. Yes, even for us KDE users!

The Website may be lacking that Web 2.0 shine, but at least it is offering some cool that up till recently, was mainly a proprietary option for Windows users. Now Linux fans can utilize keyboard mapping as well; in an OSS environment.

While Linux is not for everyone, it can offer some great abilities for those willing to try it. And what could be a better place to put this belief into practice than with some art students using OSS paint applications?