I won’t bore you with my personal journey with Linux (it’s pretty much try, give up, try again, give up, try again, distro hop, pick a distro), but based on this comment, I thought it would be worthwhile discussing how best to try Linux out and the reasons you could find it useful to do [...]
Archive of posts tagged Open Source
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 [...]
Installing KMyMoney
Windows users have long had the very well known apps MS Money and Quicken to enable them to manage their finances. Both have been around for a number of years and are mature products in software terms. Those of us running Linux, however, have our own options. If you really need either of the 2 [...]
2007 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards
Yep, it’s that time of year again, go now to the LQ.org Members Choice Awards Forum and cast your vote for the following: Desktop Distribution of the Year Window Manager of the Year Network Security Application of the Year Multimedia Utility of the Year Host Security Application of the Year Office Suite of the Year [...]
Slackware 12 in Da House
Having tried a number of different distros over the years, I always enjoy reinstalling and running Slackware. For a number of reasons, I was running Kubuntu for a while – if you need to be up and running in little time and have a fully functional and straightforward desktop, you could do a lot worse [...]
