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Ubuntu Five Years Later

I remember the first time I used Ubuntu. Already being a Simply Mepis and Linspire user at the time, the jump to Ubuntu was only odd based on the use of the GNOME desktop over that of KDE. A few weeks of use later, I found myself loving GNOME vastly more than my info overload [...]

Chrome OS Good For Linux?

Despite having a shiny Google OS wrapper, Chrome OS will be at best, yet another Linux distro. Perhaps in some ways, bearing a striking resemblance to gOS that also relies heavily on Google Web Apps to get things moving for its users.
This article is demonstrating something valid that I many people are losing sight of. [...]

So Linux Is Not Actually An OS

It’s a piece of information that eludes and confuses people from the very first day they hear about it. Linux is not an operating system. No, rather it is a kernel that is used with various distributions that make up different bundles of software that happen to use the kernel.
Perhaps an easier way to look [...]

Making The Switch Pt 2

Continuing you on from part one:
Question: What is WINE performance like?
Outside of launching IE4Linux out of need, I never use it. WINE is a great effort, it really is. But sadly, it is not as great as people like to think it is. I avoid it like the plague and instead use native programs designed [...]

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