Entries tagged with “windows” from Manufactured Environments
Kicking the tires: ecto 2.3.10 for Windows
I've been looking at ways to be more productive with blogging, and one tip I've heard various places is to use an offline blog editor. The one I hear mentioned the most is ecto. ecto comes in Mac and Windows...
Tags: blogging software · ecto · windows
Posted by Daniel Stout on January 17, 2008 7:03 AM · Permalink
Analogy: Linux is to Turntables as Windows is to CD Players
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...
Tags: cd · linux · turntables · vinyl · walt mossberg · windows
Posted by Daniel Stout on September 13, 2007 10:05 PM · Permalink
Simplifying the Setup: Dual-boot no 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...
Tags: dual-boot · linux · opensuse · vinyl · windows · x86-64
Posted by Daniel Stout on August 27, 2007 7:07 AM · Permalink
30 Poems in 30 Days: What if Linux and Windows had a wedding (13/30)
13 June 2007 What if Linux and Windows had a weddingby Daniel R 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...
Tags: 30 poems in 30 days · children · frankenstein · linux · poem · poetry · windows
Posted by Daniel Stout on June 13, 2007 10:34 PM · Permalink
The easy way to get openSUSE 10.2
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...
Tags: download · getting the job done · linux · manager · opensuse · wget · windows
Posted by Daniel Stout on December 7, 2006 8:25 PM · Permalink
The biggest mistake you can make if you’re new to Linux
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...
Tags: linux · linux documentation project · mac os x · poweruser · suse · suse linux · switch · ubuntu · windows
Posted by Daniel Stout on September 8, 2006 9:05 PM · Permalink
Linux is Beautiful, or Why Robert Scoble Needs to Take Another Look
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...
Tags: fonts · gnome · linux · microsoft · open source · open suse · robert scoble · scoble · suse · suse linux · typography · vista · windows
Posted by Daniel Stout on August 19, 2006 1:06 AM · Permalink
Why choose Linux over Windows?
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...
Tags: grub · half-life2 · linux · microsoft · novell · opensuse · suse · suse linux · ubuntu · windows · winxp
Posted by Daniel Stout on February 11, 2006 10:23 PM · Permalink
Celebrity Deathmatch: Windows XP vs SUSE Linux
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...
Tags: cleartype · debian · desktop linux · fedora · gcc · gnome · gnu · linus torvalds · linux · mac os x · microsoft · novell · opensuse · red hat · suse · suse linux · windows · winxp
Posted by Daniel Stout on December 25, 2005 5:39 PM · Permalink
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