For about four months now, I have been using the Ubuntu Linux operating system full-time on both my desktop and notebook computer. A few weeks into this experience, I wrote an article sharing some of my findings about the Windows to Linux migration process.
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iPad alternatives: the ultimate Android tablet round-up
Apple does not have the tablet all to itself, but how do the various Android devices actually stack up against the iPad?
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A history of viruses on Linux
Given the tight security integrated into Linux, it is difficult to take advantage of a vulnerability on the computer, but some programmers have found ways around the security measures.
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Why I'm Rooting for Microsoft
It will not have escaped your notice that the patent system has been the subject of several posts on this blog, or that the general tenor is pretty simple: it's broken, and nowhere more evidently so than for software. Anyone can see that, but what is much harder is seeing how to fix it given the huge vested interests at work here.
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Homeland Security's Domain Name Seizure May Stretch The Law Past The Breaking Point
Amazingly, it appears that Homeland Security contracted out the seizures to a private company, immixGroup IT Solutions, which set up the "seizedservers.com" domain that the seized domains now point to.
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The good and bad news about Dell and Ubuntu
A friend of mine recently got a surprise. She was setting up her brand spankin' new Dell Inspiron m101z with its dual-core AMD Athlon processor and 4GBs RAM) with Windows 7 Home Premium. When, out of the blue she got an Ubuntu Light (PDF Link) v1.0 Setup window. What the heck?
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Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010
Maybe it's the post-holiday letdown, but looking back on 2010 I'm not sure the open source community has that much to be grateful for this year. Not only have we missed another year for the Linux desktop, but there's been plenty to gripe about in 2010
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How to dual-boot Linux Mint 10 or Ubuntu 10.10 and Windows 7 on a computer with two hard drives
The first two articles on dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux distributions published here involved installation on a computer with a single hard drive. Those articles on dual-booting Fedora 14 and Ubuntu 10.10 with Windows 7 are available here and here. This article will cover a different use-case, dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10 or Linux Mint 10 on a computer with two hard drives.
Read more »How to install and configure a parental control system on Linux Mint 10
Linux Mint 10 comes pre-installed with a very simple application that could be considered a parental control tool. Other than being a basic, uni-directional domain blocker, it is does not provide any other feature.
Read more »How to create and manage a guest user account on Linux Mint 10
Say, you have a Linux Mint 10-powered computer that you share with a friend or family member you do not completely trust. How do you continue to give this friend or family member access to your computer and still keep your data private? You have two options. The first is to let your guest use the built-in guest session. The other option is to create another user account with limited privileges.
Read more »Five awesome native Ubuntu First Person Shooters you may not know about
There’s nothing like shooting up some bad guys, be they zombies, terrorists or aliens, everyone loves a good FPS
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Linux tools support iOS 4.2.1
The new version 1.0.4 of libimobiledevice, a library for communicating with Apple's mobile devices, now supports the recently released iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices
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Bordeaux 50% off recession busting sale
The Bordeaux Technology Group is proud to announce a 50% off recession busting sale on Bordeaux for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, PCBSD and OpenIndiana. With the current US unemployment rate hovering near 10% and rumors of the possibility of a double dip recession. We want to do our part to help save individuals and small business as much money as we can on their Wine related software needs.
Read more »Seven Improvements Needed in KDE
For the past eighteen months, KDE has been my primary desktop. You could call me a generally happy user -- but, as with any desktop not designed for me personally, KDE has one or two quirks or deficiencies that make my computing less than ideal
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