…but in the future the past has occurred!
tech
Browsers etc.
Feb 20th
I had used firefox for a long time, and then recently started using chrome / chromium. It is nice in that it is faster, and load times are good. however, it seems that it cannot properly render some sites (they are few, but they are important!). I guess I need to say that IE is just terrible (although it is the best one ever), but really isn’t even an option in my opinion.
With the release of Firefox 3.6, I have moved back to using it… and it is faster than it was before. Not a huge difference, not chrome fast, but faster. Not More >
tidbits
Sep 2nd
Petabytes on a budget:How to build cheap cloud storage
–Very Interesting. I’m kind of tempted to try that one day. Although…I don’t need a Petabyte at ALL.
5 great open source games for Linux
–I’m downloading wormux right now
Drama in the Linux world Linus vs Cox; trouble at CentOS
Jul 30th
After a dispute with Linus Torvalds, the long time developer and Linux kernel maintainer Alan Cox has stopped development of the Linux TTY subsystem. A debate took place on the Linux kernel mailing list over the question of whether changes in the TTY code should, or could, affect the operation of existing programs
Dispute between Linux gurus Alan Cox and Linus Torvalds
Open Letter to Lance Davis
July 30, 2009 04:39 UTC
This is an Open Letter to Lance Davis from fellow CentOS Developers
It is regrettable that we are forced to send this letter but we are left with no other options. For More >
5 reasons Microsoft is afraid of Linux
Jul 8th
5 reasons Microsoft is afraid of Linux.
Maybe “WILL be” is a better choice of words. Right now the market share isn’t too concerning for them, I’m sure. But I bet they are looking forward.
Windows pricing is so jacked up…
Jul 7th
Monopoly lets you determine your own pricing, I guess…
Until then, let me just say that a good desktop Linux, like Ubuntu 9.04, Fedora 11, and openSUSE 11.1 won’t cost you a penny and that when Apple upgrades its operating system to Snow Leopard, it will cost you $29. Period. No extra charges. No half-a-dozen different versions with different requirements and features sets. Apple and the Linux vendors just deliver the goods, not a beating with their desktop operating system offerings. Too bad Microsoft won’t follow their lead. Of course, so long as Windows users are willing to pay to be More >
Linux Review: Mandriva 2009.1
Jul 5th
this was originally posted on July 3rd… I have come back to edit it as I gave Mandriva another shot. Click “read more” to see the update
This was really a disappointment. I really wanted to like this distro, but that just wasn’t in the cards.
The liveCD booted up nicely, came up to an attractive desktop. Everything seemed to work right out of the box. However, Firefox did crash a few times–but I figured this would be resolved once the OS was actually installed.
I really liked the “linux control center”, and rpmDrake looked pretty cool (click “read more” below for More >
Celebrating freedom with open source
Jul 5th
Celebrating freedom with open source
Happy Independence day to my US readers. This holiday is a celebration of the United States adoption of the Declaration of Independence which declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Of course many countries have similar celebrations serving a similar event in their history. And with this celebration, I thought it would be a good day to remind everyone what open source is all about…at least on a fundamental, non-TCO-ROI level.
Freedom.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/# Date: July 4th, 2009# Author: Jack Wallen
funny because it's true: Microsoft reminds us that Windows is f*cking expensive
Jul 2nd
Microsoft reminds us that Windows is f*cking expensive
also another related article:Microsoft punishes Linux, Mac and white box PC builders
This one is pretty funny… mostly about a guy that bought a Gateway PC and tried to run Vista…and what ensued…It Is Like a Cow in That I Can’t Use It to Get Work Done
Linux, anyone? – Part 2
Jul 1st
So now I have my stable LTS version of Ubuntu, which I love since it is low maintenance. However, I just keep wanting more. I just LOVE the concept of open source software, and would really like to be more involved. So, henceforth, what I am planning to do is test several different distributions of Linux. This will help me get a good feel for what I want/need, as well as boost my knowledge of how everything works. One day I may even create my own distribution…who knows… That is a lot of work, though.
I have DistroWatch to thank for information, More >
