Something which I have been thinking about recently is the rate of successes for individual users in Linux. For Linux as a whole, there have been numerous successes ranging from it’s growth into the mainstream (though there is still far to go) in the server world through to the desktop take up in the last [...]
Archive of posts tagged linux
Google Chrome for Linux
I have seen a variety of stories around the web extolling the virtues of the new browser from Google: Google Chrome. At the moment, it is still a beta available only for Windows and Mac, but it seems to be an, erm, internet browser I suppose. To be perfectly honest and frank, I find it [...]
Slackware vs Kubuntu: A Subjective Review
Long time fans of this space will be aware that I’m a Slacker. However, when something wasn’t working as easily as it could, I installed Kubuntu to see what the latest version (Hardy Heron) was like and whether it could tempt me to switch permanently. Firstly, even though all Linux distros are pretty identical at [...]
PlayOnLinux – Play Games On Linux
I discovered this via an LXer newsfeed on Linuxquestions.org. Most Linux users should know about the Wine project and about the Cedega project and even about CrossOver Office – the aim of these programs is to run Windows programs, games and office type programs easily on Linux. There are problems with each program – Wine [...]
What Gael Did Next – Ulteo Online Desktop
Gael Duval is the creator of Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva, since the merger with Connectiva Linux). Gael left Mandriva in March 2006 and went on to start a new project called Ulteo. Mandrake was the first distro I persuaded to install and was, for some time, my alternate work PC. Interestingly, he was fairly quiet [...]
