Archive for category Linux
A newbie tries to install Ubuntu
One of the message boards I lurk on is The Straight Dope, a very interesting community where I dare say the representative member is a bit above average in intelligence, curiosity, and social graces. So it is with some interest I read “Give me a hand installing Ubuntu“, where a newcomer who wants to try [...]
Ubuntu Separatists
Out of the whole amusing Ubuntu-only Stack Exchange mess, I found one comment that I especially enjoyed: I’m sad that the Ubuntu separatists have chosen this. However, I see it as there own loss. They do not have the benefit of the experience of non-Ubuntu users. I myself have helped Ubuntu-ers in the past to do very [...]
Demystifying Akonadi
Sebastian Kügler has a very informative essay, covering lots of good stuff about Akonadi. KDE in General I’m very glad to see this sort of thing, for I have long lamented that KDE is not getting out good information on all the advances they are making. I’ve been on KDE 4.5 on my laptop since it [...]
Linux From Scratch: End of an Experiment
After almost exactly 4 months of exclusively running Linux From Scratch on my laptop, I finally consider the experiment done. Here’s a retrospective look at what it was like for me. Why are you doing this!? I like trying out different distros. I usually keep one distro on my desktop and “play around” on my laptop. [...]
OMG! Ignorant!
Posted by Jason in Linux, Open Source on August 9, 2010
So, Benjamin Humphrey of OMG! Ubuntu! and Ubuntu Manual team lead has a blog post he considers so brilliant he made sure it went out twice: “Dude, you’re a 35 year old with a neck beard“. Mr. Humphrey’s particular post is so chock-full of ignorance that it deserves a proper dissection. Let’s begin! [Edited to [...]
Team Apologista Springs into Action!
This is just a funny bit, nothing serious. So, Miguel de Icaza posts that the Ubuntu StackOverflow should really be a Linux StackOverflow and watch Team Apologista rally! A funny (and quickly downvoted comment): This looks like a useful idea. But why is Miguel so interested in it? What does it have to do with Microsoft? Heh. [...]
Ranking Google
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Linux, Open Source on August 6, 2010
Adam Williamson has a good series of “controversial crap” over on his blog, mainly discussing things related to the recent Red Hat/Canonical kerfuffle (but there are some other interesting bits as well). In his clarification post, this bit caught my attention: The reason I don’t complain much about Microsoft or Apple or Google is that I pretty [...]
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