Judge Stewart has denied Novell's Motion in Limine No. 7, saying that the motion is "essentially one for partial summary judgment and, as such, is untimely." He also says they can bring their issues up in jury instructions. That was SCO's argument, which has been adopted wholesale. But I think it's a bit of sleight of hand to say it's a matter for summary judgment.

Just got done reading, "Confessions of an Ubuntu Fanboy". While I'm glad the author has decided to be more practical in his promotion of Linux and Ubuntu, I strongly disagree with some of his conclusions.

Have some downtime and want to watch a movie or two on your Linux laptop? Linux has plenty of options when it comes to video players.

Gedit can be a really awesome editor if you give it a few plugins and an open mind. Here are a few of my favorites.

Edubuntu is Ubuntu customized for the classroom, with a wealth of educational applications for different age groups. Eric Geier reveals some of the many treasures in Edubuntu.

Today, life in China is described and distinguished as inside and outside the Great Fire Wall. Often times for a very simple research type of question, and author is forced to turn on the little green onion and climb over to the other side of the Wall. That is not at all sensitive information, but merely things like an artist showing me some images on flicker or a video on youtube.

Days later you receive an email from your reputable vendor that your RMA refund request has been denied, because you installed Linux on the laptop. You contact your vendor's customer service group, and are again told, "No refund. You installed Linux."

You're most likely to have encountered the Perl @INC array in the context of a "cannot find module" error. This is the list of directories Perl searches when looking for a module. To see a list of what's in @INC, try this one-liner...