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- TechRepublic Author Biography
Jack Wallen was responsible for bringing Linux to TechRepublic. And for years Jack not only managed the Linux content on the site but was the primary writer for that OS that most thought only fit for schools and hacker basements. Time did march on and so did the acceptance of...- more about Jack Wallen »
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- And the French choose...
- Remember back in November the French Parliament announced they were switching their desktop PCs over to Linux? That was a big announcement but, at the time, they had no idea which flavor of Linux they were going to choose. Well, they chose and they chose Ubuntu. Smart choice? Id have...
- Tags: Distribution Upgrade, Get Jacked, Kde, Linux, Open Source, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- Open Source Geek on every level
- Im going to deviate from my usual ranting by speaking out on geek-dom and Open Source. Good times. Good times.Many of you may not know but I am currently enrolled in cosmetology school to be a hair geek. Yes, I apply the term "geek" even to hair. Why do...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, open source
- Blog posts 2007-03-04
- Dell and Linux: What's going on?
- Its come to my attention that Dell has actually been listening to its users. They started something they call IdeaStorm to get feedback from userspace. They were apparently "flooded" with requests for laptops pre-installed with Linux. The IdeaStorm page was a wiki used as, most likely, a free "focus group"...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Distribution Upgrade, Get Jacked, Gpl, Installation, laptop computer, Linux, Novell, Open Source, Suse, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- GNOME: user un-friendliness
- I dont know if youve heard about the recent little squabble in the open source camps but Linux Torvalds creator of the Linux kernel has taken his best shots at the GNOME Desktop environment. Why is this happening?A while ago, Linus was quoted saying that Linux users should switch from...
- Tags: Enlightenment, Get Jacked, GNOME, Gpl, Kde, Linux, Open Source, Uncategorized, Window Environment
- Blog posts 2007-02-19
- 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
- Novell and Microsoft v2.0
- Recently a reporter from Reuters stated that Novell could be banned from selling Linux. The reporter, Jim Finkle, writes a headline that says Novell could be banned from selling Linux. Finkle says that:The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell Inc.s right to sell new versions of Linux operating system software...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, Novell, Windows, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Free Software Foundation
- Blog posts 2007-02-03
- 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
- 64 Bit Linux: the good the bad the flash-less
- Recently I assembled a 64 Bit system thrilled to be able to run Fedora Core in 64 bit mode (if for any other reason than to be able to say "Im running 64 bit Linux".) After much sweating after having to exchange a bad motherboard the machine was done and...
- Tags: 64-bit, Enlightenment, Firefox, Get Jacked, Installation, Kde, Linux, Networking, Open Source, Rpm, Uncategorized, Upgrade, Window Environment, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- 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
- Fork you OpenOffice!
- So now we find out that SuSE is forking the OpenOffice suite in order to better interact with MS Office. Hmmm...let me think about this one. Microsoft sees OpenOffice on the rise over the years. OpenOffice becomes more and more accepted. Microsoft buys into Novell. Novell forks OpenOffice into their...
- Tags: Gpl, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Novell, Novell Inc., Open Source, OpenOffice, Uncategorized, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-12-09
- Linux on a stick
- I remember a long time ago putting the Apache web server platform on my Agenda linux-based PDA. Most people laughed at me seeing my little experiment as a waste of time. There were those, however, who at least saw the "l33t" in what I was doing. In all reality I...
- Tags: Distribution Upgrade, Get Jacked, Gpl, Linux, Networking, Open Source, telephone, Uncategorized, Web browser
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
- 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
- Finally someone got installation right
- Im talking about Ubuntu. Yes, a Linux distribution has rocketed light years ahead of all other operating systems in the installation category. How? With the forthcoming release of MS Vista, could an operating system stake a claim on the single most innovative, intuitive, and simple installation process out there?Ubuntu just...
- Tags: Distribution Upgrade, Gpl, hardware, Installation, Linux, Open Source, operating system, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Window Environment, Windows
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
- Open Source Yourself
- The other day I came across a website called OpenHuman. OpenHuman is: ... is a place to be as open as possibleTell the most dicreet and interesting stuff about yourself without hurting anyone elsePut your naked pictures (not pornographic or erotic, just naked)Confess how open you areDont forget, no...
- Tags: OpenHuman, open source
- Blog posts 2006-11-09
- 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
