The Importance of Fitting In
Is the success of Linux directly proportional to its ability to integrate with existing proprietary systems like Windows? If so, should free software developers be spending more time integrating with […]
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Vindication for me: “Delay Ubuntu updates,” Bryce Harrington suggests
According to Ubuntu X.Org expert Bryce Harrington, the number of X.org related bugs in Karmic “literally went off the chart.” In my recent article on Ubuntu, I made two suggestions […]
Read moreGentoo: “We’re Not Dead”
Gentoo is awesome, but it’s not without its issues. I talked with a representative of the Board of Trustees to find out what they’ve been doing to repair damaged image. […]
Read moreGentoo: Ten Years Emerge
Gentoo just turned ten. So what’s this distro all about, and why has it stood the test of time? I take a look in my latest article.
Read moreI Have a Schedule to Keep – IO Schedulers
Jeffrey Layton has written an interesting overview of schedulers under Linux. When the change in scheduler is performed the “old” scheduler completes all of it’s requests before control switches over […]
Read moreLinux Needs Open Multimedia on the Web
The state of web multimedia on Linux is pitiful. Proprietary codecs, plug-ins and closed standards are helping to keep Linux a second rate citizen. What Linux needs is not another […]
Read moreWill Linux Shine as Google Chrome OS?
There’s been a lot of talk about Google’s new Linux based operating system for netbooks and desktops, Chrome OS. I thought that I’d talk about it a bit too. -c
Read moreTrimming the FAT: Linux and Patents
My first article for Linux Magazine has just gone live. The TomTom case exposed a long-simmering problem resulting from the combination of patents, proprietary software companies and open source. Andrew […]
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