Edit Fri Jun 12 17:30:51 CDT 2009: Be sure to share the URL to this poll with others in online forums, IRC channels, USENET and anywhere else you visit to get the widest audience possible. We would like to show that thousands of GNU/Linux desktops are “out there” to those who want or need to [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2009’
Community, eComStation (OS/2) and the Future
Dear eComStation Community,
A few months ago I was in a funk over eComStation and started to write up a rant based on my feelings. I spent about two hours writing, reading, deleting, rewriting, tweaking and generally wallowing in muck. I eventually became aware what I was writing was not productive. Parts of what I was [...]
Digg Removes Shout, What Now? Here is What.
Now that Digg.com has nerfed the shout feature I have been pondering how to deal with losing the ability to send and receive shouts from my mutual friends on Digg.com. I will not ever use Facebook and I am not fond of Twitter, so those are out for me. Here is what I have decided [...]
Linux Myth: Lack of Accounting Software … with Payroll
To date Intuit has failed to create desktop GNU/Linux versions of Quicken and QuickBooks. Some “experts” tout this as a “show stopper” keeping people from switching from Microsoft systems to GNU/Linux. While this may stop some people there is no reason it should stop everyone. After all, one can probably get these running under WINE [...]
Linux Myth: No Simple, Easy Database Software
In this installment of my Linux Myth series I take aim at the GNU/Linux database nay-sayers, and shoot them down.
There are probably thousands, if not millions, of custom, one-off databases created using proprietary software like the expensive Microsoft Access on Microsoft based systems. One “reason” given by some so-called “experts” as to why people cannot [...]
With Folk Like This GNU/Linux Needs No Enemies
I have some friends who just adore Kim Komando. Until I knew these guys I had never heard of Kim. These fellows are primarily Microsoft and Apple users which is Kim’s target audience. Plus, it does not hurt any that Kim is a relatively good looking blonde woman. If you are like me and know [...]
GNU/Linux for the Social and Political Conscience
Full disclosure: I am a social, moral and political conservative who sees the value in using Free Open Source Software that is not tied to a company that has political ties or meddles in social agendas. I am not discussing and will not discuss the merits of right-wing, left-wing, conservative, liberal or party affiliation in [...]
