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- "Respinning" My Stance On Fedora 7
- A couple of months ago I tore into the Fedora developers for how they were approaching the upcoming release of Fedora 7. It seemed as if they were going to forget about the users needs and basically tell them what they can and can not have. It looked like they...
- Tags: Linux, Installation, Get Jacked, General, Fedora, distribution
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- YaST2 and the state of Linux administration
- Recently I was asked to write a series of articles focused on setting up Linux servers strictly via GUI. The other stipulation: using OpenSuSE and GNOME.No problemo.So I did a full install of OpenSuSE 10.2 all five CDs and fired up YaST2. My immediate impression? WOW! Those boys at SuSE/Novell...
- Tags: Windows, Window Environment, Upgrade, Suse, Open Source, Novell, Linux, Installation, Gnome, Get Jacked, General, Fedora, Enlightenment, Distribution Upgrade
- Blog posts 2007-04-15
- Likening Linux Distributions to US Politics
- This is going to be a stretch but something hit me today when I was taking a look at some posts regarding Ubuntu. You can look at Linux distributions as if they were political parties vying for a spot in the United States political machine. Lets see how this plays...
- Tags: Windows, Ubuntu, Suse, Rpm, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, General, Fedora
- Blog posts 2007-04-01
- The de-marketing of Linux
- This weekend I was writing an article for TechRepublic about Puppy Linux. During the process of writing this article it struck me as interesting how obsessed I had become with having the ability to carry around a bootable thumb drive with a fully capable Linux operating system on board. I...
- Tags: General, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, Installation, Upgrade, Fedora, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-19
- PCLinuxOS
- Recently one of my readers suggested I give the PCLinuxOS distribution a try. I did. Here are my thoughts.For the longest time my distro of choice for newbies was Ubuntu. Ubuntu was simple to install, easy to configure, and simple to manage. Ubuntu discovered hardware for the most part well...
- Tags: card, Distribution Upgrade, Fedora, Get Jacked, Gnome, Gpl, Installation, Kde, Linux, Open Source, operating system, PCLinuxOS, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, up-and, Upgrade, Window Environment
- Blog posts 2007-02-11
- Calling All Linux Experts!!!!
- Alright! For those who remember, I had a lengthy question in the past, concerning Windows XP SP 2, limiting user connections to 10. There is basically no way around this, and one gentleman, suggested Fedora Core 6, well...after talking it over with my boss, we decided we don't...
- Tags: Fedora Project, mikea@...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- Fedora changing the choices: good or bad?
- For the next release of Fedora things are going to be a bit different. And Im not so sure they are going to be for the better. Let me explain to you what they are doing. As of FC7 the isos will come in different flavors:Fedora DesktopFedora KDE Fedora Server...
- Tags: Afterstep, Blackbox, desktop, Distribution Upgrade, Enlightenment, Fedora, Fedora Project, Get Jacked, Gimp, Gnome, Gpl, Installation, Kde, Linux, Open Source, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Window Environment
- Blog posts 2007-01-28
- Open Source Back Doors
- This blog is brought to you by conspiracy theorists across the globe.That being said...I read a post recently on the Fedora Core mailing list about a rumor of a back door in all of Microsofts products from Windows 95 to the present that allowed NSA in via a back door....
- Tags: Fedora, Get Jacked, Gpl, Microsoft Windows, Networking, NSA, Open Source, security, SELinux, software, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-01-15
- Linux applications I can't live without
- Okay so Ive read it countless times "I cant switch to Linux because I cant live without application X." Well Ive had enough. Its time to fight back!!!Recently my father was awarded a new PC from work. The PC was loaded with Windows XP. Now my father has been using...
- Tags: Email, Enlightenment, Evolution, Fedora, Gimp, Gnome, Gnucash, Gpl, Linux, Open Source, Rpm, Uncategorized, Window Environment, Windows, Yum
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- Open Source: 2006 in retrospect
- This one is tough. From CNET you can see the following headlines:Public debate on GPL 3 draft beginsIBM sets DB2 database freeIBM spearheads Ajax tools at EclipseRed Hat scoops up JBossNovell brands its own open-source religionOpen source shapes up as rival to OracleMicrosoft bends on OpenDocumentMicrosoft gives go-ahead to open-source...
- Tags: Fedora, Get Jacked, Gpl, Linux, Netware, Novell, Open Source, open-source community, Rpm, SuSE, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-12-30
- I have a bone to pick with the open source community
- Recently I upgraded my phone to a Treo 680. Love it! Prior to that I was using a regular cell phone and a Sony Clie. Well the Clie had serious battery problems and I had to be around a wifi access point to use the online features. Not so handy...
- Tags: Distribution Upgrade, Evolution, Fedora, Gpl, Installation, Linux, Network, Networking, Open Source, open-source community, Palm Treo, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, USB, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- Ubuntu reaches out to Novell: backlash ensues
- With the recent blunder *er* partnership of Novell and Microsoft the Linux community quickly flew up in arms about what was to happen. Many conspiracy theories were tossed up into the wind and few of them fell back down to earth.But one thing did come to light in this tiny...
- Tags: Distribution Upgrade, Fedora, Gpl, Linux, Netware, Novell Inc., Open Source, proprietary software, software, Suse, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-11-30
- Linux needs boxes
- I know this is going to sound silly to many but...I remember the days of old (thatd be the mid to late 90s) when I could walk into any given sudo-geek shop (Best Buy, CompUSA, Circuit City...) and find boxed Linux products on the shelf. It was usually your standard...
- Tags: Fedora, Gpl, Linux, Open Source, shelves, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Why does Microsoft hate Linux?
- That pretty much sums it up. But youre probably asking yourself, "why does he think this when Microsoft is now embracing Linux on a financial and code-based level?" Why? Because Microsoft has, for the last decade, taken Linux to task at every corner. No one has spent as much time,...
- Tags: Fedora, Get Jacked, Gpl, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Novell, Open Source, Suse, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-11-18
- Who "owns" Linux
- Lately there have been a lot of news items coming through about open source and where its heading. We have Oracle undercutting Red Hat. We have Microsoft putting SuSE riding shotgun. Times are changing. But all of this brings to the fore one point that will inevitably come back time...
- Tags: Fedora, Linux, Novell, Open Source, operating system, software, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-11-06
- Vista and hardware support
- Today I read something I nearly couldn't believe. Micro$oft came out to say that it was only going to "allow" but ONE significant hardware "change" before support remediation must be used. Say what? So MicroShaft is saying that people that actually purchase the new Vista OS are only going to be...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware, Uncategorized, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Kde, Fedora, Windows, IS IT, operating system
- Blog posts 2006-10-31
- What would the loss of RedHat Linux mean?
- Recently it came to my attention that Oracle has attempted to undercut RedHat Linux. How you ask? Well Oracle is basically taking RedHat software, removing all mention of RedHat and all RedHat trademarks, releasing the new operating system with "bug fixes" (says an Oracle company press release.) Next, Oracle sells...
- Tags: Fedora, Gpl, Linux, Open Source, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Redhat Linux, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2006-10-30
- Five years or five months? Which is the better upgrade cycle?
- Microsoft released Windows XP back in 2001. Five years later, the next major version - Windows Vista - inches towards its ultimate launch. Since 2001, XP has only been treated to two revisions - one minor bug fix in Service Pack 1 and a reasonably major one in Service Pack...
- Tags: Fedora, Five-Year, GNOME, KDE, Linux, Suse, Ubuntu
- Blog posts 2006-10-30
- Linux - root logs on, user can't; "Error in service module"
- I got nothing when I posted this in Q&A, so I thought I'd try here.Fedora Core 5I was playing Enigma when I accidentally hit the 'a' key and it killed my marble. (Don't worry if you don't play Enigma; it's only slightly relevant.) In order to see if there were...
- Tags: fc5, linux, fedora, GUI, user account, Palmetto, sux command, terminal window, window
- Discussion threads 2006-09-13
- Which Linux is the best for business?
- Which Linux is the best for business?A new TechRepublic poll asks, "Which Linux distribution do think is best suited for business use?Red Hat/FedoraSuSEUbuntuOther"What do you think and why?I prefer SuSE for business and home.I completely disagree with Jaqui on this post. First, why I like SuSE for business.1) Novell is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SuSE
- Discussion threads 2006-08-17
