June 30, 2008
by sjvn01
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Practical Technology has learned from several sources that Linspire, the San Diego, Calif-based Linux distributor is being bought out by Xandros, the Canadian desktop Linux vendor. In an announcement that was sent out today, June 30, to Linspire stockholders, CEO … Continue reading
June 29, 2008
by sjvn01
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I was setting up Windows Server 2008 on a test system today to get a better grip on Microsoft’s just released Hyper-V virtualization when I ran into a completely unexpected problem: I couldn’t set up the system’s initial password I … Continue reading
June 28, 2008
by sjvn01
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OK, I’ve now tried KDE 4.1. I’d been assured that it would be better than KDE 4.0x. It is. That’s the good news. The bad news is that I still find KDE 4.1 to be inferior to KDE 3.5x. KDE’s … Continue reading
June 27, 2008
by sjvn01
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Generally speaking for consumer/SMB grade network equipment, I swear by Linksys hardware. I’ve been using he Linksys WRT54G family of access points since 2002 ever since Linksys open-sourced the firmware for many WRT54G models and they’ve never let me down. … Continue reading
June 27, 2008
by sjvn01
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Far be it for me to disagree with my esteemed colleague Robert Mitchell that XP downgrade are dumb but ah… eh… gosh, Mitchell you are so wrong on this one! Sure, I agree, boy do I agree, that if users … Continue reading
June 26, 2008
by sjvn01
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I’ve been getting told that my recent review of KDE 4 wasn’t fair because KDE 4 isn’t really ready for prime time. My response: “When is any program, especially an open-source program, ready?” I’m not making light of this criticism … Continue reading