Results tagged “suse linux”

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 >>

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 >>

Interesting article over at DesktopLinux.com by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols entitled The state of the 2006 Linux desktop. He notes a sudden rise of people running Linux on their laptops over the summer. My unscientific survey revealed that about a third... Read More >>

Robert Scoble wrote an entry about what he sees as a reason Linux won't be adopted by the masses as their desktop operating system: the fonts. I couldn't disagree more with him. I'm looking at Gnome via SUSE Linux 10.1... Read More >>

You all know my love for SUSE Linux. It's my platform of choice. I'm glad too that Novell has switched the default install to Gnome from KDE. As I've said before, KDE is like running a Windows clone. Why... Read More >>

There are a variety of books out there for SUSE Linux, but it's only just now that legendary tech publisher O'Reilly has chimed in with a title of its own. SUSE Linux: A Complete Guide to Novell's Community Distribution... Read More >>

Manufactured Environments is an active, living site. I'm often looking for better and newer ways to code things on the site. I made three tweaks to the site today that I wanted to give you the lowdown (down low?) on.... Read More >>

You'll first note my lengthy and highly entertaining post from December 2005 entitled Celebrity Deathmatch: Windows XP vs SUSE Linux. In that article, I talked about my switch from Mac OS X and Windows XP over to SUSE Linux 10.0.... Read More >>

openSUSE has the scoop: SUSE Linux 10.1 is due to be released tomorrow. There are two varieties that you can download for free or buy. There's SUSE Linux 10.1 the commercial product from Novell costing $59.99. And then there... Read More >>

Often when I'm walking down the street, people come up to me and say, "Dan, I've been afraid to try Linux. Robert Scoble has me whipped. I've been using Windows for so long, I don't know anything else." It... Read More >>

Long before there was Windows XP. Long before there was Windows 95. There was an operating system that rose up out of the Finnish primordial ooze. A young man named Linus Torvalds had the pluck to want to write his... Read More >>