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PCLinuxOS: Definitely "Radically Simple"
In his quest to find the simplest Linux distribution, Jack Wallen makes a stop at PCLinuxOS and may have found the holy grail of simple operating systems. Read Jack's take on PCLinuxOS and decide for yourself if PCLinuxOS is your "go-to" Linux distribution. by Jack Wallen
Tags: Desktop, Distribution, Operating System, KDE, PCLinuxOS, SK, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jack Wallen
Blog posts 2008-07-28
5 of the best desktop operating systems you never used
Bill Gates' original dream when he created Microsoft was to have "a computer on every desk and in every home, all running Microsoft software." Clearly, he accomplished that goal. Depending on whose statistics you want to believe, Windows has a market share in the high 80% - low 90% range....
Tags: Desktop, Steve Jobs, BeOS, IBM OS/2, DOS, Operating System, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., NeXTSTEP, NeXT Computer Co., DESQview, GEOS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-03-19
Windows 2000 Pro: Microsoft's best desktop OS ever?
When I asked if a 10 year old operating system such as Windows 98 was still an option as a desktop operating system for business today, many TechRepublic members argued quite rightly that although Windows 98 wasn't a viable choice, Windows 2000 Professional certainly could be. Others added that Windows...
Tags: Desktop OS, Desktop, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Operating Systems, Software, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-03-12
SolutionBase: Create custom versions of Fedora by 'respinning' it with Revisor
With the introduction of Fedora Core 7, you have more options than ever to create your own custom versions of the distributions, called respins. In this article, Jack Wallen shows how to quickly and easily respin Fedora Core 7 using Revisor.
Tags: Fedora Core 7, Repository, Desktop, Developer, Linux, OpenOffice, Hard Drive, Mozilla Firefox, Administrator, Password, BitTorrent, CD, Open Source, Information Technology, Operating System, Window, Media, Fedora Project, Disc, GNOME, ISO, Open-source Community, GUI, Web Site, GIMP, KDE, Tool, DVD, Productivity, Construction
Technical articles 2007-08-20
SolutionBase: Installing and configuring Fedora Core
If you want to install Linux as a desktop operating system, it's not as easy as putting a CD in and running Setup. Scott Lowe shows you how to use the Anaconda installer for Fedora Core 5. by Scott Lowe MCSE
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Fedora Project, Fedora Core, Scott Lowe MCSE, screenshots
Image galleries 2007-07-15
Google says Vista search changes not enough: Netscape II?
Do you think Microsoft will be able to pull off another Netscape on Google? Tell us your opinion?I do not think they are flexible enough in their thinking anymoreThey have become a bureaucracy where I do not think forward thinking is appricieated like it use to be.And if they...
Tags: desktop, desktop search, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Netscape Communications Corp., operating system, paulmah@...
Discussion threads 2007-06-21
Using the Deployment Workbench to Install Windows Vista
One of the most common methods for deploying the Windows operating system to network workstations involves disk imaging. The basic idea behind imaging is that you can configure a PC to match your standard desktop deployment, and then create an image of the PC. That image can then be copied...
Tags: Document management, imaging, disk imaging, disk, workbench, disadvantage, desktop, PC, workstation, Microsoft Windows, image, photograph, Web site, operating system, network
Image galleries 2007-06-08
Laptop screen (desktop) open but
My laptop turned on o,k, but then it seems to have frozen with the little pointer and the sandtimer? I've tried Cntrl+Alt+del, I tried turning it off ( it won't) Short of smashing it I don't know what to do .IT's a Compaque Presario.Hard boottry shutting it down using...
Tags: Desktops, desktop, riahayden@..., PC, Dad, operating system, laptop computer
Discussion threads 2007-05-31
CD causes Desktop to reboot
I am using a desktop with two CD/DVD burners.The OS is XP SP2, 1 Gig of RAM and plenty of HD room.Most of the time when a Music CD, not a Data CD, is inserted in either drive the computer reboots. Sometime it doesn't reboot until I click on a...
Tags: Consumer electronics, nhiep_nguyen@..., power supply, system error, computer, DVD, CD, desktop
Discussion threads 2007-05-08
Anyone Have Experience Using Software Virtualization?
It was just another Microsoft "assimilation" last year - one that happened to fly under my radar... (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jul06/07-17SoftricityPR.mspx)But, after attending a recent Microsoft event, I'm literally stunned that I didn't hear that much about it.My biggest beef with Microsoft's operating system has always been that there is no separation between...
Tags: Desktops, DTPublisher87, Microsoft Corp., desktop, Software Virtualization, software
Discussion threads 2007-03-19
How do I... Create and use System Restore in Windows Vista
This article is also available as a TechRepublic download and as a TechRepublic gallery.Inmany ways, Microsoft Windows Vista is more sophisticated then Windows XP andthe other versions of Windows that came before. However, in many ways, WindowsVista is also very similar to the preceding versions of Microsoft's operatingsystem. These similarities...
Tags: Control Panel, Figure C, Mark Kaelin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, restore point, system restore, Windows Vista
Technical articles 2007-02-14
QuickBooks Vista problems are six years in the making
David Berlind and Mary Jo Foley have been intensely following the story of QuickBooks incompatibility with Windows Vista. Mary Jo is questioning if Microsoft is responsible for this latest failure of QuickBooks (anything before QuickBooks 2007) incompatibility and went even further to give Intuit a free pass. Here...
Tags: Desktop, Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, News, operating system, QuickBooks 2006, Security, Vista
Blog posts 2007-01-25
The connection between open source adoption and gaming
I read a lot of articles and blogs discussing whether or not open source OSs can ever take over the Windows-dominated desktop. My personal answer to this is no, not anytime soon. I hate to say this because I am a proponent of open source. However, I think it is...
Tags: desktop, game, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mysql, Open Office, Open Source, operating system
Blog posts 2006-12-17
Dual Systems
I need to repair the power socket attached to the Motherboard in a HP Pavilion Laptop. The repair shop is estimating the work will take two to five days. I need to use the hard drive and operating system while the laptop is in the shop.I have rem
Tags: desktop, disk, johnsonhw@..., laptop computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, operating system, USB Hard Drive, windows
Discussion threads 2006-10-31
Can Linux conquer the desktop?
Between SuSe 10.0 and Unbuntu 6.06, IÂ've been spending a lotof time playing with Linux on a couple of my test workstations. Although wehave Linux running as a server platform on several machines in the TechRepublicTest Lab, I have been specifically configured a couple of desktop machines as well. Athome,...
Tags: desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows, operating system, thereÂ
Blog posts 2006-08-28
Microsoft raises the bar with Vista
When you are looking for an operating system to run yourmission critical systems on, you look for an OS that is stable, manageable,secure, scalable, and can perform when called upon. That being the case, thereis little mystery as to why Linux has made inroads into the server rooms ofmany organizations....
Tags: desktop, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system
Blog posts 2006-07-09
Microsoft looks beyond Gates for new ideas
Microsoft looks beyond Gates for new ideasarticle rootEmployees assist in company's technical directionAs Bill Gates draws back from day-to-day command at the tech giant, Microsoft is looking to make itself less dependent on particular individuals. The tech giant is developing an internal communications system called Quests to let its workers...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, microsoft, communication, news, quests, Sonja Thompson, it management, desktop, new idea, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system, video
Discussion threads 2006-06-19
Windows, Mac OS to run side-by-side
Windows, Mac OS to run side-by-sidearticle rootThere's no Parallels to multiple OS capabilityParallels, a start-up whose software enables Macs to run Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS at the same time, says it is ready with a final version of its product. Analysts say that the ability to run Windows...
Tags: Apple Macintosh, operating system, windows, desktop, mac, news, gallery, boot camp, parallels, Sonja Thompson, hardware, Microsoft Windows, PC, performance
Discussion threads 2006-06-15
Debrief and Defend: Windows XP vs. Mac OS X
This presentation, entitled Standardizing On Windows XP Instead of MAC OS X, provides a prepackaged opinion piece for defending Windows XP against MAC OS X. You can use this debrief and defend to educate people about why you chose Windows XP rather than Mac for a desktop operating system. There...
Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, slideshow, desktop, operating system
Download resources 2006-06-09
Transferring XP to another hard drive
I have a desktop that has three hard drives. One is partitioned in two and includes the C:windows files and all aspects of the operating system. I need to move this to the newer hard drive (E:). I have used LapLink to successfully copy the files from...
Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, hard drive, windows, desktop, operating system, boot, transfer, elrsmith@..., E, C, E:\, PC Mover
Discussion threads 2006-05-24


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