While GNU/Linux in the technical sense is simply the Linux kernel with the GNU tools running on top of it, what is Linux in its essential sense? Ubuntu and Linux: what gives?
Read more »A Flurry of Project Monterey Press Releases from 1998-1999
In connection with completing our records on Groklaw, we've set up a permanent page for our coverage of Project Monterey, a major theme in the SCO v. IBM litigation. \
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Getting Started With CFEngine's cfagent.conf On Linux And Unix
Very basic intro to cfengine. If you stick your toe in this pool, you may stub it ;)
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Virtualization With KVM On A Debian Lenny Server
This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a Debian Lenny server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM).
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Top 10 Reasons I’ll Never Use Ubuntu
1. It’s too inexpensive. In fact, paying is only an option & I don’t feel compelled to pay for it. It’s just not as fun owning an operating system I don’t have to pay for.
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Where Ubuntu Fits Between Apple, Microsoft
The past 48 hours have been filled with drama for me. My MacBook Pro died on March 15, forcing me to scramble for help from Apple while I shifted all of my blogging and business efforts over to a System76's Pangolin Performance laptop running Ubuntu. The experience reminded me: Ubuntu fills a growing niche where (A) Apple won't compete on price and (B) Microsoft hasn't competed on quality.
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Introduction to the xmonad Tiling Window Manager
What good is having a large display if you're constantly rearranging windows to fit them on the screen? I got tired of try to fit a web browser with other smaller windows and decided to try xmonad, a tiling window manager that could do this for me.
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Upgrade Ubuntu Linux to Jaunty Jackalope the super-easy way
Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, is being released next month. What does this mean for your existing Ubuntu setup? Fear not, here is the super simple way to go forwards without reformatting, reinstalling or losing data in any way.
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FLOSS.pro: Microblogging for free software professionals
Microblogging platforms like Twitter and FriendFeed are all the rage at the moment, but unless you’re selective it’s easy to become overwhelmed by irrelevant content. Enter FLOSS.pro, a Laconica-based microblogging service for free software professionals.
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ASUS Eee Top Fails With Linux
ASUS is among the few tier-one hardware vendors that understands Linux. Of the dozens of ASUS products we have tested over the years, it is hard to remember a product from ASUS that did not work well with Linux.
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Talking Community With Ubuntu's Jono Bacon
This week I had a unique opportunity to talk with Ubuntu's community manager, Jono Bacon. As community manager, Bacon is the Ubuntu community's connection to Canonical.
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End of the line
I'm pulling the plug in openSUSE 11.1, and in the process, on Linux in general as a home system. So, like Béranger, I'm defecting from Linux to Windows as a rational act.
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An Open Letter To Foresight Linux
I have decided - after running Foresight for two months - to no longer use Foresight Linux on my systems. Let me say however that I found the experience interesting and dare I say - challenging.
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Is the EPO Selling Out to Microsoft?
The FFII alerts that the EPO is trying to legalise software patents
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Red Hat Fights Fire with Fire
Red Hat decides to use patents to mitigate the negative impact of patents
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