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For a limited time and while supplies last, order the HP 2133-KX869AT 8.9-inch Mini-Note PC (C7-M 1.2 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Linux) for as low as $393.94 (up to 32% off!)
It might be small in size but it’s big on usability, durability, and attractiveness. Packed with an impressive combination of [...]

Over at Tux Geek, there’s an interesting post containing suggestions for the next version of Ubuntu.  I don’t necessarily agree with them but it’s always nice to read what other people think.  It’s worth checking out.
Being completely, almost genetically unable to let things be, I felt it necessary to contribute my own
LIST OF THINGS UBUNTU [...]

Since this is my first blog post, I would just like to thank you for first of all coming to this site and to Lockergnome for hosting my blog.
In this blog, I will basically be informing you, the public, about Linux, software, and hardware — which are things that I love. Through my experience with [...]

Since this is my first blog post, I would just like to thank you for first of all coming to this site and to Lockergnome for hosting my blog.
In this blog, I will basically be informing you, the public, about Linux, software, and hardware — which are things that I love. Through my experience with [...]

I download the linux program in the archived format *.tar.gz.
Extract the file to a folder.
Run ./configure
At some point, it checks to see if the build is SANE.
I think we’d all be better served if it would check to see if the builder is SANE.
maybe it’s just me…

I download the linux program in the archived format *.tar.gz.
Extract the file to a folder.
Run ./configure
At some point, it checks to see if the build is SANE.
I think we’d all be better served if it would check to see if the builder is SANE.
maybe it’s just me…

In a recent news article, a survey completed by MSI indicates that Linux laptops are returned more than 4 times  as often compared to Window machines. The problem had been recognized by MSI early on, but they were reluctant to discuss the problem. MSI now states the following:
According to MSI’s U.S. sales director Andy Tung, [...]

In a recent news article, a survey completed by MSI indicates that Linux laptops are returned more than 4 times  as often compared to Window machines. The problem had been recognized by MSI early on, but they were reluctant to discuss the problem. MSI now states the following:
According to MSI’s U.S. sales director Andy Tung, [...]

If you were not already aware of it, Ubuntu has a Christian Edition of their popular Linux operating system. The Ubuntu CE edition as it is called, is a free download provided at the link at the end of this article. According to the FAQ, the Christian Edition includes the following software:
GnomeSword is a Bible [...]

Five very interesting places where linux has popped up….

Five very interesting places where linux has popped up….

Weather info in your command line terminal? You bet, thanks to the efforts of Mike @ The Linux and Unix Menagerie. The script is fairly straight forward - give the command for it to run, then enter the zip code you would like to get the forecast from.
As you can see from the video below, [...]

Weather info in your command line terminal? You bet, thanks to the efforts of Mike @ The Linux and Unix Menagerie. The script is fairly straight forward - give the command for it to run, then enter the zip code you would like to get the forecast from.
As you can see from the video below, [...]

I am an avid fan and user of the Linux operating system. I enjoy the stability, the configurability. I like the performance and efficiency. These are but a few reasons that Linux is a wonderful desktop operating system alternative.
I recently read this article written by a friend of mine known as DedRyzing. In it he [...]

I am an avid fan and user of the Linux operating system. I enjoy the stability, the configurability. I like the performance and efficiency. These are but a few reasons that Linux is a wonderful desktop operating system alternative.
I recently read this article written by a friend of mine known as DedRyzing. In it he [...]

next time some smartass comes up to you and blathers on about Windows, you can have at least one hundred snappy rejoinders just waiting at the ready…  shouldn’t be too difficult to come up with a few hundred more, right?

next time some smartass comes up to you and blathers on about Windows, you can have at least one hundred snappy rejoinders just waiting at the ready…  shouldn’t be too difficult to come up with a few hundred more, right?

For a limited time and while supplies last, order the ASUS Eee PC 900 16G (8.9″ Display, Intel Mobile CPU, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB Solid State Drive, Linux) Pearl White for as low as $329.99, thanks to this Instant Rebate.
The Asus Eee PC 900 provides the power of a full-sized laptop in a compact [...]

IE and Chrome users have what are called Quick Tabs that provides the user with thumbnail images of previously visited sites. There is now a new add-on for Firefox called FoxTab that will do the same thing for the Mozilla browser. The new add-on is still in beta testing, so beware that it could cause [...]

Today only, you may order the Asus Eee PC 2G Surf in Pure White for only $249.00 shipped. That’s up to 44% off!
The Asus Eee PC 2G Surf in Pure White features a 7-inch Screen, 800 MHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512 MB RAM, 2 GB Flash Memory Hard Drive, 54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), and comes with [...]

One thing I will never miss from my days in the PC repair business was having to explain to a client that their PC was no longer. The matter goes from bad to worse when there are concerns regarding the expense for people on a fixed income. It can be heart breaking when these individuals [...]

Previously, I spoke of providing a decent backup solution for new computer users who are making a new PC purchase. Well, after doing a little research, I found a solution that is not only cross platform, it is dead simple to use. It’s calledCrashPlan.
I first set up CrashPlan on my Ubuntu notebook. After extracting the [...]

Attention: As of Ubuntu Heron this article is no longer an issue, you DO NOT need to blacklist rt2500usb any longer. Just plugin the rt73usb device, give it a few minutes for networkmanager to find it and go - that is it. But remember, its first use might take a bit for NM to see [...]

Gnomie NvidiaX from our live chat room writes:
Hello, Chris!
I’m NvidiaX from the chat room. You may remember me as the one that got the idea of paying you to Rick roll yourself with an iTunes certificate. I know you love Open Source software, so you may be interested in this. As you know most [...]

gOS, the Linux OS known for its debut in the $199 Wal-Mart gPC and NetBooks, today announced the details of the newest version of its Linux operating system for consumers, called gOS 3 Gadgets. gOS is demonstrating a beta version of the OS on a variety of NetBooks and NetTops at LinuxWorld and online here.
gOS [...]

Despite reservations early on, there is something to be said about rolling with a 64bit operating system. Sure, there have been issues with both Windows XP 64bit and Linux 64bit. But now that software is becoming available for both platforms along with the benefit of extra RAM capacity, things are looking much brighter.
One of the [...]

Just wanted to give everyone the latest. As you may remember, I wrote an article about my discovery that apparently Ubuntu was being sold at Best Buy via Valuesoft. I had expressed concerns as to the legitimacy of this and decided to just by the CD myself. After all, it is currently be sold in [...]

Wow, this certainly surprised me. Today I found out that Ubuntu Linux is now being sold at Best Buy online and even at some stores. And normally I would say this is great, except there is a problem - what the heck is Ubuntu “complete” edition? To my knowledge, Canonical (owner of the copyrights and [...]

Today I received news from a media contact of mine that Linspire has been purchased by Xandros, the company best known for Linux on the ASUS Eee. While this may be sad news for some, I do not think the ripples are going to be felt by anyone in the Linux community for a variety [...]

Today Wayne asks:
I have been using mint 5 and really impressed with it. there is one drawback to it some sites require Adobe Flash Player and there is none available for mint 5. The KDE version works fine but i would like to stick with gnome any work around?
Well there are a number of things [...]

If you were to take the article seen here at face value, my article’s title may very well be the reader’s conclusion. Once you get past the rabid Mac fans who have made their perspective clear in the comments, there is finally one comment that actually sheds some light on what I think is the [...]

I don’t believe there is any question that here soon when you use Windows on a PC, it will be Vista. Despite begging and pleading with the Redmond giant, Microsoft has made their thoughts on the matter clear and now closed - there will be no reprieve, XP is a goner.
So this will mean a [...]

Have to admit, despite the fact that I cannot seem to make Dell products appear at my door step for the life of me, this news of a Dell competitor to the ASUS Eee is rather compelling for what it is. And much like we have seen with the ASUS Eee, you will be able [...]

Not too long back, I had a reader ask me whether or not it was worth it to try one of the Linux distributions released for 64bit architecture vs that of 32bit. I thought the question was rather timely, as I had recent purchased a new notebook from System76.com that happens to run Ubuntu 8.04 64bit [...]

So like many desktop Linux users drank of the Ubuntu Kool-aid once again and as expected, I am finding myself both loving it while also being disappointed with issues that were totally preventable.
Fix number one- Loving PulseAudio, it was a long time coming and it brings us to even set to Windows Vista. I can [...]

Gnomie Rossgang writes:
I don’t know if “restoring” is the right word, but here is my problem.
Like other people getting bored with Windows and wanting to try out a new operating system, I downloaded Ubuntu Linux and burned it to a CD. Then, as the directions read, I placed it in my PC to try to [...]

Gnomie Rossgang writes:
I don’t know if “restoring” is the right word, but here is my problem.
Like other people getting bored with Windows and wanting to try out a new operating system, I downloaded Ubuntu Linux and burned it to a CD. Then, as the directions read, I placed it in my PC to try to [...]

Never laid eyes on a Classmate PC in my life outside of the provided demos on the Intel website. This said, I have done fairly extensive testing on the Sugar OS used for OLPC computers. Based on what I have seen, there is no contest - the Classmate stomps the OLPC pc into dust with [...]

Gnomie Plaszer from our chat room writes:
Hey, Chris! I’ve been using Ubuntu for almost a year and I have learned how to use all three of the most popular desktop environments (GNOME, KDE, and XFCE), and I’ve decided to spread some of my knowledge on how to choose and get used to a desktop environment.

Don’t [...]

Windows or Linux, one thing I think is important regardless of OS is making sure that when a PC is being serviced, there is a solid hardware audit underway. On the Windows side of the fence, I found one program that I really liked. It is called WinAudit and man, it is slick.
Unlike other apps [...]

As long as computer operating systems have been around, there have been zealots and advocates for each and every one of them. OS/2 anyone? This includes all platforms, big and small… I remember working for a large pharmaceutical company near Chicago immediately after college, where there were regular heated debates about the superiority of DEC’s [...]

Are we doing enough to attract new users from the IT community? The results are right here, many of the IT pros do not see Vista as an option any longer, and I personally see a fantastic opportunity for various Linux distros to make a name for themselves going forward. Here’s a solid opportunity to [...]

Are we doing enough to attract new users from the IT community? The results are right here, many of the IT pros do not see Vista as an option any longer, and I personally see a fantastic opportunity for various Linux distros to make a name for themselves going forward. Here’s a solid opportunity to [...]

Why is it that we can manage to sway countless hardware manufacturers into looking our way yet those who work in other business circles continue to ignore Linux to the point of almost being laughable? Today, we will highlight these companies, just to remind them how their decisions are costing them money.
World of Warcraft: Keeping [...]

Why is it that we can manage to sway countless hardware manufacturers into looking our way yet those who work in other business circles continue to ignore Linux to the point of almost being laughable? Today, we will highlight these companies, just to remind them how their decisions are costing them money.
World of Warcraft: Keeping [...]

Gnomie Kaleb (aka hyp3rdrv) writes:
Hey Chris! My name is Kaleb, and I’m a new viewer. I saw your video on Ubuntu a couple of months back and decided to try it out for myself. It’s been tough getting used to it, but I really like it now. Despite this, I have run into a [...]

Gnomie Kaleb (aka hyp3rdrv) writes:
Hey Chris! My name is Kaleb, and I’m a new viewer. I saw your video on Ubuntu a couple of months back and decided to try it out for myself. It’s been tough getting used to it, but I really like it now. Despite this, I have run into a [...]

In the past, you may have heard of Linux CDs like Knoppix, being used to help users to recover data from failed Windows installations due to malware or other problems. But did you know that there are ways of repairing Windows without booting into Windows or Linux? Check this out…

Using AVG Live CD -You read [...]

These days, thin clients are not really news. Whether the clients are running Windows or Linux, the market is anyone’s ball game at this point. Well, that is until I found this: the Jack PC. As the wow factor goes, this device had me from this moment on…
They can be powered either through a plug [...]

nbsp;Linux.com is running this story explaining why the KOffice stance against OOXML isn’t political, it’s practical:
“In the recent accusations that the GNOME Foundation has been supporting Microsoft’s OOXML format at the expense of ODF, KDE has been presented as a counter-example. Based on a KDE News article, Richard Stallman suggested that “major KDE developers” had [...]

nbsp;DesktopLinux.com is reporting that Dell will now be offering DVD Playback with their Ubuntu 7.10 PCs:
“Dell has told DesktopLinux.com that it will be announcing later today, Dec. 19, that it will be releasing PCs with Ubuntu 7.10 (aka Gutsy Gibbon) as part of its Dell Consumer Linux lineup along with the ability to legally play DVDs.
According [...]

LifeHacker is carrying a story on how you can slim down and speed up your link installation:
“While Linux is pretty efficient with a computer’s resources out of the box, there are still ways you can make it run leaner and meaner on your desktop. Using a little bit of know-how, a willingness to run [...]

Just a few days after exposing that Iran has built an AMD-based supercomputer, they’re now trying to cover up this little fact:
“The Iranian computing research center that says it built a supercomputer with Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Opteron processors has removed from its Web site photographs showing a possible link to the United Arab Emirates [...]

Open Source Society has put up an extensive interview with Ken Breback, author of two books and multiple articles covering Linux. In this interview Ken discusses what the future holds for Linux:
“Recently I had the unique pleasure of communicating with Kim Brebach. You may recognize him as the author of “13 Reasons Why Linux Won’t [...]

TechWorld is reporting that red Hat has launched a real-time version of Linux, aimed at mission-critical applications that require a near real-time, predictable responses called Red Hat enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime, Grid).
“Red Hat Enterprise MRG (Messaging, Realtime, Grid) includes features such as high-speed inter-application messaging based on the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), whose performance [...]

Linux is growing and expanding at a rapid pace, and today is no exception. The Linux Foundation has announced that Ted Ts’o, a Linux kernel filesystem maintainer joined the organizationas a platform strategist. From the article:
“The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Linux kernel filesystem [...]

Right off the bat, as I am reviewing a loaner unit for the Zonbu Notebook, I must be clear that I cannot get too deep into my impressions just yet. At the same time, I am looking forward to submitting the review, destined for another writing gig elsewhere — will share the links of course. [...]

There you are, staring at your computer, wondering why your Internet connection is running slower than slow, and wishing you knew enough to penetrate the endless runaround you get from your service provider. Or, you’re the Lone IT Staffer in a small business who got the job because you know the difference between a switch [...]

There you are, staring at your computer, wondering why your Internet connection is running slower than slow, and wishing you knew enough to penetrate the endless runaround you get from your service provider. Or, you’re the Lone IT Staffer in a small business who got the job because you know the difference between a switch [...]

What is the driving force behind your household’s adoption of whichever OS you use? What do you like about it?
I ask this as I sit here working on my Ubuntu notebook. See, at my house we use OS X along with a ton of Linux distributions. My wife is really not much of a Linux [...]

Keeping your Ubuntu install clean and working is actually pretty easy, when using some common Linux sense. Just follow the tips below and you will spend much less time in rescue mode with your Linux desktop.
1) Backup your fstab configuration. I cannot say this enough. Should something go wrong with your existing one, this [...]

I know that this latest Miro release has been pretty odd, being that it does not play well with sun-java6-plugin or sun-java5-plugin for some strange reason. It’s so bad as a matter of fact, that you actually are forced to remove Java completely, which is just plain silly. Here is how I fixed the problem [...]

It has long since been my own personal experience that Linux documentation is largely ignored by Linux beginners in exchange for the interactivity of Linux forums. The reasons why will be further explored in this piece; however, today I have located a solid exception to the rule. Not only does this article provide the clearest, [...]

To each of you who have tried Linux and have found it to be a good match, congrats. But to those of you who simply cannot bring themselves over to that side of the fence due to Wi-Fi issues or a seeming lack of applications.
With this in mind, here are some resources that might be [...]

There is, in fact, a coming divide that will hit the Linux community like a freight train. The battle lines have already been drawn, and companies that support Linux, such as Canonical, will eventually find themselves fiercely pitted against companies like Linspire, that, only a short time ago, entered into an agreement of cooperation.
A clash [...]

Everywhere I turn these days, I continue to hear how “Novell” sold Linux users down the river. And while I partially agree with this perspective, I do differ with those who say Xandros did the same thing. Xandros is simply looking to make sure that fluidity between the Linux desktop and Windows desktop is as [...]

Let’s face it: some distributions have better controls for handling display issues than others. Two that do it right out of the box that come to mind include Fedora (Red Hat) and OpenSuSE (Novell). Each includes tools that minimize the need to do what I gleefully refer to as the “Xorg dance.” Basically, these options [...]

There’s a new kid in town… Zonbu!
Welcome to a new generation of environmentally responsible computing. Zonbu is ready to go right out of the box. All you need is a broadband connection. Nothing to install. Nothing to buy. Nothing but fun and foolproof ways to get more out of your digital life.
Is it really that [...]

Quote from DaniWeb.com (February 26, 2007):
“…The simple truth is that Linux is still not ready for the big time, by which I mean the mass-market, non-computer savvy, it has to just work consumer. Hardware and software compatibility issues need to be resolved before it would make any sense at all for a company such as Dell [...]

Is there really the level of competition in the Open Source world that we see in the Closed Source world? This is something that has been stuck in my mind lately as I have been told so many times by Closed Source developers that by opening the code you are creating your own competition. Today, [...]

The Call for Participation is now open for Ubuntu Live, the first official conference dedicated to this award-winning and popular Linux-based operating system. The three-day event will aim to give participants all the knowledge they need to explore and set in motion the powerful features in Ubuntu and related applications. Program chairs are building an [...]

Despite its large code base (more than seven million lines of code), the Linux kernel is the most flexible operating system that has ever been created. It can be used for a wide range of different systems, running on everything from a radio-controlled model helicopter, to a cell phone, to the majority of the largest [...]

I am a very happy Linux user, but am also aware that Linux is not for everyone. Having said this, I was a fan of SLED 10. So it’s not like I am anti-SuSE by any means.
When I heard that SuSE 10.2 had come out, naturally I was curious. Has it overcome some of the [...]

In general, I do try to keep the level of news flowing within the Windows world. After all, most of the readers of this newsletter are indeed, reading it on Windows XP. But on the flip side, I have received email from Linux users (mostly Ubuntu/Kubuntu) that would like to see Linux related topics covered [...]

This is a problem with regard to many software titles when it comes to the Linux world. It appears that Linux is no exception.
Online auction giant eBay is continually upgrading and supplementing its services, and that means frequent users periodically discover something new when they log in — integrated PayPal, new messaging tools, and so [...]

Perhaps this will clear the air: there will be no Oracle Linux! Well, that seems to be the overall consensus, anyway.
Repeat after me: “There is no Oracle Linux.” I don’t care how many times you hear stock analysts say that Oracle is about to launch its own Linux. It’s just not going to happen.
The latest [...]

It’s an interesting vote to say the least. Personally, I am familiar enough with my partitions that I have not had any problems myself.
An excellent question it seems even when my personal experiences are put aside - a friend of mine over in Norway attempted to dual boot everyone’s favourite distro (Ubuntu) on his laptop [...]

I have mixed feelings about the thoughts shared below. In some ways, I agree that Linux will be playing a bigger role in the future. Still, the software still could use a little spit and polish before we expect people to be dumping the alternative OS’ by the drove.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — There’s a [...]