August 13, 2009
by sjvn01
2 Comments
My colleague Preston Gralla came up with seven reasons to move to Windows 7. And, they are pretty good, but good enough to switch away from XP, or to skip Mac OS X Snow Leopard or desktop Linux? I don’t … Continue reading
August 4, 2009
by sjvn01
0 comments
That was fast. Yesterday, I reviewed the new KDE 4.3, and today it’s out for everyone to use. You can download the freshest code now. If sheer numbers impress you, KDE would like you to knowthat, “The KDE community has … Continue reading
August 3, 2009
by sjvn01
0 comments
I’ve never been a big fan of KDE 4.x. I really disliked the first versions, like KDE 4.04. But, over time, KDE became more useful and usable. By KDE 4.2, I finally saw a new version of KDE I could … Continue reading
July 30, 2009
by sjvn01
0 comments
Do you want to save desktop support money? Do you have Windows and Mac-using friends or co-workers who want to try desktop Linux? Well, in either case, you’re going to want to check out Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company, latest … Continue reading
July 23, 2009
by sjvn01
2 Comments
There’s really nothing that hard about installing programs on Linux. Anyone who still uses shell commands like say, “apt-get install some-program-or-the-other,” is doing so because they want to do it that way, not because they have to. Programs like Debian … Continue reading
July 22, 2009
by sjvn01
0 comments
By the time you read this, Windows 7 may have been RTM (released to manufacturing), so it’s time to take a first peek at what Windows 7 brings to the table, and what it doesn’t. First, let me shock the … Continue reading