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OpenSUSE 11.3: The Linux distribution for KDE lovers

July 16th, 2010 · Comments Off

I’ve been using SUSE Linux since its start in 1994 and then, as now, I like this strong desktop Linux distribution. Of course, openSUSE 11.3, the latest version, doesn’t look a lot like that vintage Slackware variant, but one thing has remained the same. Today’s OpenSUSE is a Linux for users, not developers or Linux [...]

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Tags: Linux · Novell · Open Source · Operating System

Windows 7 SP 1: You Don’t Need to Wait

July 13th, 2010 · Comments Off

If your business is like many, you’ve been waiting for Windows 7 SP1 before even thinking about moving from Windows XP to Windows 7. But with Windows 7, you haven’t really needed to do that. Out of the box, Windows 7 was ready to go. Mind you, I say that as someone with little love [...]

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Tags: Business · Desktop · Microsoft · Operating System · Server · Windows

XP lives! Windows 7 dies?

July 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

OK, color me surprised. The last thing I expected from Microsoft was for the company to extend Windows XP’s life for an unbelievable ten-more years. I thought Microsoft might extend XP Home’s life for a while to try to keep Linux-powered netbooks at bay, especially those with Google’s forthcoming Chrome operating system under the hood, [...]

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Tags: Business · Microsoft · Operating System · Windows

Even as SCO dies, the company lies

July 12th, 2010 · Comments Off

This would be funny if only there weren’t people out there who are fool enough to believe in any anti-Linus lie. I mean, how dead does SCO have to be before its anti-Linux FUD finally disappears into the history books? It’s not dead enough yet it seems. In the latest revival of SCO’s long disproved [...]

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Tags: AIX · Business · IBM · Legal · Linux · Operating System · SCO · Unix

How dumb is the government when it comes to technology?

July 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Back when I was a younger man, I was a Beltway Bandit. What that means is that I worked as a technical contractor for the federal government. In my case, I worked for several years for NASA and NAVSEA (Naval Sea Systems Command). Then, I worked with numerous bright developers, network engineers and system administrators. [...]

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Tags: Applications · Business · Development · Management · Security