Fork You, Oracle!
Well it finally happened, as we all knew it would. Oracle bought Sun and promptly pissed off a lot of people with its heavy-handed ways. Anybody who has followed Oracle’s past antics shouldn’t be...
View ArticleDesktop Linux: The Presstitutes Strike Again!
Every once in a while we hear that desktop Linux is dead and buried. A columnist at PC World recently pushed this hoary old chestnut in a column entitled “Desktop Linux: The Dream is Dead.” Ugh. I hate...
View ArticleUnity: Ubuntu’s Descent Into Madness!
If you ever watched the movie “300” then you know that one of the supporting characters proclaims at one point that “...this is madness!” shortly before being fatally kicked into a deep, dark hole by...
View ArticleDistro Developers Need Dollars!
These are hard times, and a lot of people are hurting financially. Jobs and money are hard to come by, and many folks are just getting by. It turns out that even your favorite distro developers could...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Distrohopping
I’ve been a distrohopper for as long as I can remember. What is a distrohopper you might be wondering? Well it’s a guy or gal who loves using different desktop distros and who frequently hops from one...
View ArticleWill Android Kill Windows 8 on the Desktop?
There are clues that Google might be cooking up a desktop version of Android. Will it be the final nail in the coffin of Windows 8?
View ArticleShould you pay for a bunch of Linux distributions on DVD?
There’s an interesting collection of 64-bit Linux distributions available called the “Linux Diversity Collection.” You can purchase it on Amazon.com for $39.95. Linux Diversity Collection Award-winning...
View ArticleTHQ and Linux Games
Jason Rubin, the president of THQ, sounded reasonably positive on Twitter about potentially developing Linux games. Between this and Steam on Linux, Linux gamers are getting a couple of great Christmas...
View ArticleLinux Mint 15 New Features
The roadmap for Linux Mint 15 is out, and here are some of the new features we’ll see in the next release of Linux Mint. It looks like there’s some good stuff coming, not that the current release is...
View ArticleSteam and Distros Besides Ubuntu
It looks like the Steam folks are considering releasing it for distros other than Ubuntu. I think this is a great idea, though there are certainly pitfalls involved in doing it. Don’t get me wrong,...
View ArticleMicrosoft and the Windows 8 Attack on Linux
Steven has a good look at what a pain in the ass it is to install Linux on a Windows 8 computer. The ridiculous “secure boot” is an obvious attempt by Microsoft to kill Linux on the desktop. Microsoft...
View ArticleWho Cares About Microsoft Office for Linux?
So rumors are swirling right now that Microsoft is considering releasing Microsoft Office for Linux. I suppose that this might have been big news…about ten years ago. But does anybody really care at...
View ArticleThe 2013 Linux Jobs Report
The Linux Foundation and Dice have released a report about 2013 Linux jobs. The report indicates that Linux professionals are in high demand. You can download the report here. Today the professionals...
View ArticleLinux Podcasts for iOS Devices
Here’s a list of Linux podcasts that you might want to tune into on your iPhone, iPad, iPod or iPad mini. Going Linux Going Linux is a podcast for computer users who just want to use Linux to get...
View ArticleDistrohopping On Reddit
Last night I was browsing through my site states, and saw a link to a subreddit about distrohopping. I had no idea such a reddit existed, but I was delighted to find out that it did. One of Eye On...
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