In the post immediately preceding this one, I discuss my views that Windows Vista, as hated as it is, won’t cause a flood of angry Windows XP users to join the noble Linux cause. There are a number of reasons for this, but two primarily: one, most users don’t care enough to switch operating systems [...]

Microsoft’s latest entry into the world of operating systems, Windows Vista, has been met by many users with disdain, hesitation, or any combination of the two. Between the (much) higher system specifications, the price hike, and the lack of any real reason to upgrade, most users are looking at Vista as something they might consider [...]

It seems that everyone has their eyes on Apple Computer these days. The poor Cupertino-based company can’t sneeze without someone in the media commenting on their future products, plans, or ideas. For example, we’ve heard rumblings for the last year that Apple is working on a iPod/phone combination called the iPhone. Every week brings a [...]

As a massive computer nerd, I always have two machines around at all times. I do this for two reasons; one, having an all-purpose computer works wonders when you’re testing code and other multiplatform goodies, and I have a tendency to test new Linux releases every time one of the distros I watch has a [...]

Anyone who has ever used a Linux distribution knows about software installation. While most Linuxers would argue that there’s nothing wrong with the current state of software installers on Linux, an argument could be made the software installation on Linux is, in a word, broken. Between Red Hat Packages (RPMs), Debian packages (.deb), Gentoo’s portage, [...]

If you’re into open source, then chances are that you’ve heard about the SCO/Linux debacle. For those of you that have been living under a rock, in a cave, or some other form of secluded living environment since mid-2003, here’s the scoop: SCO, a UNIX vendor (and former Linux vendor known throughout the land as [...]

As anyone who browses the Internet knows (or, at least, should know), Internet Explorer is a pile of garbage. While version 7 is a substantial improvement over IE 6.0, both in functionality and usability, it still lacks behind the current #2 browser in the world, Mozilla Firefox. Say what you will about Firefox; yes, Opera [...]

While Novell might not be the most popular company in the Linux world today, it’s still a very good way to gauge what’s going on in the Linux community. Their latest OpenSUSE release, OpenSUSE 10.2, has a number of new features – X.Org 7.2rc2, redesigned KDE and GNOME desktops, Firefox 2.0, etc. – as well [...]