Open Source – Page 15 – The Future is Open

Lemmings

05/11/2007 by Don

In the past couple of days I’ve experienced some frustration and I found release from it in the writing of another blogger. The guy referred to lemmings.

This is hardly news, but Canonical and Dell have inked a deal that will allow users here in the United States to purchase Linux based desktops and laptops. I’ve been using Linux on the desktop and laptop for nearly four years.

Then you win

04/21/2007 by Don

First they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. – Mahatma Gandhi

That is what is happening in the Microsoft

Viral freedom

04/15/2007 by Don

Today when I checked my email I had received a warning from Symantec that the new Trojan.Peacomm had been identified and that Symantec,

Built from scratch solar car

04/13/2007 by Don

This is a really great idea hatched by some enterprising high school students and an adult in New Hampshire. It makes you wonder why we can’t solve dependence on middle east oil. You don’t think our politicians have sold us out do you? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0JNohHaqM4]

Publishing

04/13/2007 by Don

Today we took a trip to Erie, Pennsylvania. It’s about a ninety-minute ride from our home.

Feisty Fawn

04/01/2007 by Don

That’s the name of the next version of Ubuntu Linux. I decided to live dangerously and download and install it. I burned the image from the ISO this afternoon and I liked what I saw from the LiveCD boot.

Humanity to others

03/31/2007 by Don

I’ve been using an Ubuntu desktop for nearly a year now and I really appreciate the ease of use. I use open source software on Windows too, but when I’m home and using the Internet or writing I spend the bulk of my time on a Linux desktop. That’s been the case now for almost four years.