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One year with Linux in a Windows world
June 4th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Save Money | No Comments »
Mike Kavis switched to Linux to prove that people can be productive at work without using Microsoft products. One year later, he has proved the point. I have been Microsoft free* ... Read more..Another one bites the dust
April 29th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
My beloved ThinkPad died of USB-controller-induced vomiting last Thursday. One minute it was suspended, the next I tried to plug in a USB mouse and it went out like a ... Read more..Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” now available!
April 24th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Save Money | 1 Comment »
Version 8.04 of my favorite Linux operating system, Ubuntu, is a big deal. It is a collection of small changes that add up to a big improvement. It is also ... Read more..I finally got to try Windows Vista
April 4th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Save Money | 1 Comment »
I scored a refurbished Gateway computer from Woot last week, which I intend to use as a server. I was kind of excited, because although I intended to wipe the ... Read more..Back to Windows for a while
March 26th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Save Money | 4 Comments »
After just over two weeks using only Ubuntu Linux for all my day-to-day computing needs, I am back to Windows. I don't know what happened for sure, only that ATI ... Read more..Linux-only experiment, day 2
March 8th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Save Money | No Comments »
AMD/ATI just released an updated driver, v8.3. And they put out a Linux version, which enabled me (finally!) to use my dual-monitor setup in Ubuntu Linux. And so, today I ... Read more..50 open source alternatives to proprietary software
February 15th, 2008 Sam Glover | Posted in Save Money | No Comments »
Hopefully by now I have convinced you of the value of open-source software. If you still are not sure what's what, Jimmy Atkinson of WHDb has a great post on ... Read more..Dell will pre-install Ubuntu Linux
May 1st, 2007 Sam Glover | Posted in Save Money | No Comments »
From BoingBoing: This is rad: Dell will soon start shipping computers with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed. I've been running Ubuntu, a slick, easy-to-install, easy-to-use flavor for Linux since last October. It's the ... Read more..Ubuntu news: Canonical plans to profit from the “ecosystem around the platform”
April 27th, 2007 Sam Glover | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
Canonical is the company that maintains Ubuntu Linux, and Canonical's president, Mark Shuttleworth, recently sat down with OpenBusiness and discussed Canonical's business model. Shuttleworth bleeds Web 2.0, and talks about ... Read more..Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) is here!
April 19th, 2007 Sam Glover | Posted in Save Money | No Comments »
Unlike many operating systems, Ubuntu is released on a regular, six-month cycle. Today the newest release, 7.04 is available for download. It includes easier importing of Windows data to Firefox ... Read more..