June 3, 2008
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It was appropriate that Bill Gates’ last major public speech was not to the masses, but to developers at Microsoft’s TechEd conference. We often forget that the billionaire great white shark of the technology business started as a geek. Indeed, … Continue reading
June 3, 2008
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The paint has barely dried on Ubuntu 8.04 when Canonical announced at the Computex trade show in Taiwan on June 3rd that it will be releasing a new version of Ubuntu 8.04 just for Intel Atom-based netbooks and UMPCs (Ultra … Continue reading
June 2, 2008
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A friend of mine recently brought to my attention that the South Florida Sun-Sentinel recently decided to ‘investigate’ local school teachers on Facebook. Like far too many Facebook pages, some of the teachers were, shall we say, indiscreet about what … Continue reading
June 2, 2008
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A) Ubuntu, B) PCLinuxOS, C) Fedora, D) openSUSE or E) None of the above? The answer is: E) None of the above. At this point, most of you are saying “What!” or perhaps guessing “Debian, Mint, SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise … Continue reading
June 1, 2008
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At BrainShare 2008 in March, Novell introduced a set of Linux certifications for administrators. Rather than being directed at higher-end Linux managers, like the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Novell’s own Novell Linux Certified Engineer (NLCE), the new certifications … Continue reading