Posts under ‘Open Source Software’

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 [...]

I have a friend who is suffering from a degenerative chronic disease. It is slowly destroying his ability to use his hands to type and interact with his personal computer. This makes it difficult for him to correspond in e-mail, type documents in a word processor or do any other task that requires much interaction [...]

Notice: This article is not specifically about GNU/Linux. It is under our GNU/Linux category because the server in the article was and is a GNU/Linux based server. Some portions of the article deal with solving upgrade problems for applications that run on the underlying GNU/Linux distribution. In summary, this is a hardware and software article.
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Earlier today I decided to upgrade the firmware on my SOHO’s Linksys WRT54G v5 router. I usually do such things on the weekends in case something breaks. It is a good thing I waited until the weekend this time. My Linksys WRT45G is now “bricked”. For some unknown reason the firmware update never finished although [...]

You know the type. The technical reporter that tries to do something on GNU/Linux, cannot figure it out and thus states to the planet the equivalent of Chicken Little saying, “The sky is falling!”, regarding GNU/Linux. We see them over and over coming back to the same point, “Until ‘Linux’ solves [insert the technical reporter's [...]

Time does pass quickly. I just realized it has been over two months since I had time to write an article here. I finally found something new I want to write about, so I am taking time to do that now. Please feel free to leave a comment.

Today I am working to finish setting back [...]

We have all heard the GNU/Linux naysayers posit that, “No one will use Linux until (insert application name here) runs natively on Linux.” Other than the fact that this is almost pure hyperbole there is some kernel of truth there. This article demonstrates one solution.
Many small business owners may want to move to Linux for [...]

This is the second article in my series about GNU/Linux security for the GNU/Linux curious and new GNU/Linux user. The first article is here: GNU/Linux Security: Ubuntu has been Cracked!
There are many attempts to explain the differences between GNU/Linux and Microsoft products when it comes to security. In this article I am going to make [...]

[Notice: If you do not like the title, read the article anyway. Otherwise, there is no point in sending me a comment as I will not post comments that state something like, "Your title suxxors! I refused to read your article after I read the first paragraph! You're just trying to boost traffic to your [...]

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For quite some time now I have had a vague notion to write about so-called “software piracy”. That vague notion has sharpened into a resolve to write about Proprietary Closed Source Software (PCSS), “software piracy”, GNU/Linux, Free Open Source [...]