If you have ever done any system administration – go read this now. When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth by Cory Doctorow. Winner of the 2007 Locus Award for best novelette. He opened a chat: > Stop probing my server He … Continue reading
Engadget has a nice overview of the recent interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. (This got over shadowed a bit by the ColdFusion 8 launch!) :) There are some great moments in the interview – talking about transferring data … Continue reading
Today Google released Google Gears – and while it sounds neat… Google Gears (BETA) is an open source browser extension that enables web applications to provide offline functionality using following JavaScript APIs: Store and serve application resources locally Store data … Continue reading
A few months ago Dell launched their Idea Storm site. The idea was to solicit feedback from users on what they’d like to see from Dell. One of the most popular requests was Dell systems pre-loaded with Linux! Today there … Continue reading
There has been a lot of discussions lately about backup and using online backup services like Mozy. Unfortunately Mozy isn’t available for Linux (Windows and Mac only). Today Information Week has an interesting article: Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The … Continue reading
This Thursday is shaping up to be a big day for the Linux community. Ubuntu is releasing v7.04 “Feisty Fawn” and I just read that there will be a ‘big’ Gnome announcement as well… I’ll probably update right away and … Continue reading
I was digging around trying to figure out how to join our local TriLUG (Triangle Linux Users Group) and stumbled upon Eric Raymond’s “How To Ask Questions The Smart Way“. I remember reading this a long time ago and it … Continue reading
Saw this on Slashdot… HardOCP has finished the second part of their ’30 Days with’ series – the same author spent 30 days using both Linux and Vista. I’m a bit biased (GO UBUNTU) but it’s interesting to read the … Continue reading