Posts from ‘March, 2010’

I often see the sentiment expressed that desktop Linux is “too hard” for the average PC user. Yet the qualification for “too hard” is usually that it is too hard to install Linux or too hard to fix problems on Linux for the average user. These arguments seem to completely overlook the fact that an [...]

This is part one of a two part article about a “real life” control system that is a candidate for moving to a VM on Linux. This control system is being used right now in a real manufacturing facility.
Last year in February I wrote the article “Windows 98? Linux and VirtualBox! (Maybe)“. It is about [...]

The Jackson and Madison County Tennessee Linux User Group (JaM-LUG) is being formed and will have its first meeting starting at 5:30 PM on Thursday the 8th of April 2010 in the Dining Hall at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Tennessee.
What is Linux?
See this URL for an answer: What is Linux at www.linux.org.
What is a [...]

My friend Donna died last week. I was not able to attend her funeral, so this is my “Goodbye, you will be missed.” to Donna. As most of my contact with Donna was business related that is the perspective from which I write this article.

I started my business in 1989 setting up a RealWorld Point [...]

I use a PC. Actually, I use several PCs. My small business has 5 tower PC systems and 1 laptop PC system. All of these are what is called a PC. Any computer that can be purchased by an individual and used by said person for personal “stuff” is by definition a Personal Computer also [...]

This article is a rebuttal to Michael Gartenberg’s Opinion: Linux on the desktop: Still not happening over at Computerworld Operating Systems. Executive Summary: Michael Gartenberg is wrong.

I am seriously annoyed by the constant disingenuous articles that state GNU/Linux is not ready for the average user’s desktop PC as the primary, or only, operating system. What [...]