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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 . . . → Read More: GNU/Linux: Virtualbox for solving a common small business problem.  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 . . . → Read More: GNU/Linux Security: Linux House vs Microsoft House [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 . . . → Read More: GNU/Linux Security: Ubuntu has been Cracked! Do you already use GNU/Linux on your desktop system(s)? Vote in our poll! Number of GNU/Linux Desktops 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 . . . → Read More: GNU/Linux and FOSS versus “Software Piracy” Do you play games on GNU/Linux? Vote in our poll! Commercial Games for GNU/Linux. (Poll no longer exists.) I must admit, even though I will be 50 years old next March I still like down time playing games. Over the past several years I have enjoyed playing games that run natively on my Mandriva GNU/Linux . . . → Read More: GNU/Linux Gaming – Vega Strike for All I recently received an e-mail from a friend that has started using Ubuntu. He is rather new when it comes to running a GNU/Linux desktop and has asked me several questions. One of the questions was basically what software do I use and recommend. This is a serious question that a lot of new users . . . → Read More: GNU/Linux Software I Use Regularly  14 comments - (Comments are closed)  Administration at the CLI, Firefox, Linux, Mandriva, Mandriva Configuration, Open Source Software I just finished reading Paul Ferrill’s article at Linux Planet titled Build a High Powered Linux Workstation on the Cheap. As I am a system builder this article obviously piqued my interest. Paul goes into the specifications of his high powered workstation somewhat. So, I decided to see what I as a system builder could . . . → Read More: Order a High Powered Linux Workstation on the Cheap I recently purchased the final part to build myself a new AMD Phenom Quad-core PC system to run Mandriva desktop GNU/Linux. I have been getting the parts a piece at at time over the past 12 months. I may go into the specifications of the new PC in a later article. For now I want . . . → Read More: Opera on GNU/Linux – Moving an Account Reveals a Problem Do you run one or more GNU/Linux desktops? Please participate in our poll. (Sorry, this poll is now gone.) I have once again run across a "too many versions!" comment on another site. In this one a person going by the moniker "matt_chsi" states there are too many versions of Linux and that is why . . . → Read More: Linux? There Are Simply Too Many Versions! After reading this article be sure to see my follow-up comment about it. Could it be that Microsoft, Microsoft shills and/or Microsoft fanboys are “gaming” the uptime table at Netcraft? Unless I am misunderstanding something, frankly, I think they are. I was going to show a friend of mine the uptime table at Netcraft to . . . → Read More: Linux and Unix Uptime vs Microsoft on Netcraft |
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