Results tagged “linux”

The problem with opening tarballs on Windows is that Microsoft tends to ignore other operating systems as much as possible. If you've ever tried to open a text file that you created in Linux or Mac OS X in Windows... Read More >>

Linux Journal, the original and still the best Linux magazine, is sponsoring a contest this week – March 9 - 13 – for free digital subscriptions. Each day this week, they are releasing a new tech tip video on their... Read More >>

In December 2005 after looking around for a Linux distribution, SUSE 10.0 seemed a good choice. SUSE, which was later renamed openSUSE, remains a good Linux distribution. At that time there were a few mentions of a newer distribution called... Read More >>

Walt Mossberg's column in the Wall Street Journal today (available here) was especially interesting today because he tackled a subject he rarely touches on: Linux. Dell has recently started selling some computers with the option of having Ubuntu Linux... Read More >>

I was having a conversation the other day about Linux and blogging software when I was struck by certain parallels in some of the software I use. It helps explain why I chose the Linux distribution I did and the... Read More >>

I've been running dual-boot systems since December 2005. On both my desktop and laptop, I had a Windows partition and an openSUSE Linux partition. After using that basic setup for the past year and a half, it's become clear... Read More >>

13 June 2007 What if Linux and Windows had a weddingby Daniel Stout What if Linux and Windows had a wedding and all the companies were in attendance that night there would be a bedding and the developers would have... Read More >>

Well, if you haven't heard the news, Microsoft wants to sue Linux and open source software out of existence. In the past, MSFT's strategies haven't worked too well. The SCO thing was pretty much a joke from the beginning once... Read More >>

As an openSUSE Linux user and a budding typographer, I'm always interested in ways to make screen-rendered text more legible. You may have a similar obsession with the clarity of text. Or maybe I'm the only person this side of... Read More >>

I was looking at this entry over on Vichar's Linux blog and was amazed. It's basically a list of a lot of open source alternatives to proprietary software. It's a very excellent list, and the software listed there is... Read More >>

Glyn Moody has A Modest Proposal for Michael Dell. Dell recently launched a site called IdeaStorm that's based on the idea of user interaction. Like Digg, people can submit ideas to the site, and then people place votes on the... Read More >>

Second things first tonight as Six Apart announced a slight update of Movable Type. The new version — 3.34 — has some security fixes plus native support for FastCGI. I upgraded ManuEnvi to 3.34 tonight and did the configuration for... Read More >>

We saw the Christmas Pageant of Peace at the National Christmas Tree in Washington DC. DC is festive this time of year. We did our Christmas shopping there and had a good time of it. We hope your Holidays... Read More >>

Just as an example of how cool Linux is to use, it's very easy to do huge downloads. If you're wanting to get the DVD image for openSUSE 10.2, a simple command will do the trick. In Windows, if you're... Read More >>

Andreas Jaeger sent an email to the openSUSE mailing list last night to announce that the new version of openSUSE Linux, that is, version 10.2 has gone gold and is ready for release. Our build folks have created the first... Read More >>

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I hadn't really given Ubuntu a fair shake the last time I looked at it. I decided to go another round with Ubuntu to see what it was all about. Ubuntu, as you may know, is a flavor of Linux,... Read More >>

Ever since I installed SUSE Linux 10.1, I've heard rumblings from here and there about something cool called Xgl. I wondered what all the buzz was about. It had something to do with translucency, effects, spinning cubes. Well, I installed... Read More >>

I'll be the first to admit that Linux appeals to the technically inclined. It also appeals to people who believe in the freedom of ideas. People are cruising along on their Mac OS X laptop or their Windows box, and... Read More >>

Have you been feeling the blues lately? Been feeling like your life has no direction? Ask yourself this question: What OS would Jesus use? Why, Ubuntu Christian Edition! That's right. If you think there isn't enough spiritual firepower in... Read More >>