Dvorak discovers Linux
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- Dvorak discovers Linux
- TurnKey Linux Delivers pen Source Appliances
- How did we rediscover competition in Web browsers?
- Making sense of Manny
- RE[11]: Aspire ne and Ubuntu 8.10
- The EeePC and Aspire ne: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Dvorak discovers Linux
eWeek
The veteran essayist and cable TV star says he will “install [Ubuntu 8. 10] permanently on my latest machines. “Dvorak says that he previously shied away from Linux due to problems using it with the “overloaded” hardware that computer journalists of his stature are apparently awash in. Now though the “live CD” feature ubiquitous in Linux installers lets him verify hardware support prior to installation. To his surprise Dvorak notes “Almost all the newest hardware coming out has Linux support.
TurnKey Linux Delivers pen Source Appliances
InformationWeek
The intent of the TurnKey products is to offer secure but fast-performing appliances that would work hand-in-glove with on-demand-oriented infrastructures including cloud computing deployments. In related news TurnKey Linux officials said they’re privately testing versions of their appliances for Apache Tomcat WordPress and phpBB. InformationWeek has published an independent analysis of Ubuntu and Linux in the enterprise. networkcomputingreports.
How did we rediscover competition in Web browsers?
CNET News
html” >Firefox is “an anomaly” because it managed to beat back overwhelming Microsoft market share. Can we do it again?What was the tipping point when Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team finally had to start paying attention to Mozilla’s Firefox browser? And when did Google decide that it couldn’t subsist on Firefox’s roadmap and instead had to forge its own browser Chrome?Was it when Firefox hit 10-percent market share? If so maybe we’re set to have real competition in the personal computer market again as Apple is straining toward 10-percent market share in personal computer operating systems and. r was it a lower number? Whatever that number or whatever the cause we need to seek to replicate it in different industries where a dominant player has calcified its position. The browser market is vigorous and healthy right now.
Making sense of Manny
Boston Globe
No word what’s ailing Regan who’s under orders to rest. Kidding aroundCelts Leon Powe Glen “Big Baby” Davis Brian Scalabrine and Kendrick Perkins had some fun with the kids from Salem’s Plummer School yesterday. The C’s big men took part in a scavenger hunt at Modell’s in Medford the booty being Celtics “Ubuntu” T-shirts. (”Ubuntu” which the C’s shout when they break the huddle is a Bantu word meaning “a philosophy of life that promotes the greater good rather than individual success. “) Sales of the new T’s benefit the Shamrock Foundation.
RE[11]: Aspire ne and Ubuntu 8.10
Newmobilecomputing.com
I’m talking about certain applications let’s go with the example I used previously penoffice to make things simple. I will list the procedures on the three major platforms for keeping penoffice up-to-date. For the sake of argument I will use Ubuntu for my Linux example as it is the most popular one currently. Windows: Run the installer and let it update clicking next a few times along the way to confirm installation choices. S X: Drag penoffice.
The EeePC and Aspire ne: The Good the Bad and the Ugly
LXer (press release)
Let me tell you about ‘The Good the Bad and the Ugly’ of these two machines. The EeePC came with Windows XP installed and since I have installed Ubuntu 8. 10 and run Backtrack 3 off of an SD Card. 3 USB port (1 on the left and 2 on the right side of the box) and 1 SD card slot. Three Ubuntu packages exist to improve support for the EeePC. eee-appleteee-controleeepc-acpi-scriptsAn advantage to the Asus are the restore CD’s unfortunately Acer is still using a restore partition instead of providing CD’s to reinstall the system.
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