Linux works fine for you and me but not for them. They want iTunes, phone connectivity and compatibility with all their friends. Surprisingly few of their friends are Mactards...that seems to be the...

@Crash
Ha, no but I thought I'd let you know that I can write awesome prose as well as awesome tech analysis.

It was a cold November morning, leaves covered the now yellowed grass, the dog's water stood frozen, two little winter birds fluffed their feathers while sitting on a low tree branch outside my...

If you weren't already familiar with the likes of GNOME, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, Enlightenment and others, what would you like to see in a Linux User Interface? Whether you call it a desktop manager, a...

@debianedu
This is a quote pulled from the Trisquel site:

"Trisquel 3.0 STS "Dwyn", free software only
Trisquel GNU/Linux is a version of the Ubuntu operating system which main goal is to...

Thanks Crash, it was meant to be snarky and funny. Glad you enjoyed it.

Have you searched for Linux distributions that are 100% free? Did you find more than one that suited your needs? Well, here's a list of nine from which you can choose your favorite. Free means...

@deadjournalism

My versions of Delta Force are old. I run Delta Force 2 (1999) and the last time I tried (2007) when WINE was still in its 10 year beta cycle, it didn't work* like I wanted. I was...

I don't know who Bob Cringley is but if it took him 7 hours to install Windows 7, he needs to find a different profession or get better hardware. Ubuntu installs quickly too...as I said, once I see...

That's the last time I ran a Linux desktop as my primary desktop operating system. I have a dual boot Netbook with XP and Presto Linux plus I have several Linux VMs.

@EdenMar
I should have been more clear. I used SUSE and KDE with VMware to run a Windows 98 and a Windows NT VM. The computer had KOffice and was my primary workstation. Eventually, I had to reimage...

Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com)'s CEO, Mark Shuttleworth fired one over Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com)'s bow with a statement that the soon to be released Ubuntu 9.10 is ready to go head-to-head...

Funny and commendably sarcastic. Good work.

It's a cell phone for crying out loud. Do you get it? A cell phone. You know, you make and receive phone calls on it. It's a telephone that you carry around in your pocket. Who gives a rip whether...

LOL, I thought the song was hilarious. My daughter watches the show and the song is a spoof of the original. You'd just have to see it.

My "10 Best Linux Distributions of 2009 (http://www.daniweb.com/news/story229382.html)" list drew a bit of disdain from some of my readers, so I thought I'd make it up to them by posting a list of...

It's still beta so there are some bugs. One I found is that if you install it in a VM, don't use a SCSI disk, use IDE for the VM's hard disk choice. It crashes and hangs if you don't. So far, I've...

Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com) has redeemed itself with its latest version 9.10 (Karmic Koala). I took a look at Ubuntu 9.10 on October 1st and have been playing around with it for a few days. My...

This is the third entry in the continuing "cave dwellers" saga (http://www.daniweb.com/news/story223037.html) and their new lives with Ubuntu. Someone posted a comment on the previous cave dwellers...

I will never again refer to the Linux Desktop in any of my writings beyond this post. From now on, it's the Linux User Interface, which encompasses the likes of GNOME (http://www.gnome.org), KDE...

@rich3800.

I wish I'd said that--that's funny!

All the glass clicking and cheers of late surrounding the apparent conversion of Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com) to the open source fold (http://www.codeplex.com) needs to stop. We need the Cold...

Java? It's an island in the South Pacific. Many earthquakes.

I'd never write anything against Ubuntu. It's always one of my top distros.

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote, "Has Linux Fallen Into a Well? (http://www.daniweb.com/news/story220784.html)." It was a tale of two brothers, aka The Cave Dwellers, who had too many complaints and...

This year is not the year of the Linux desktop. Next year is not the year of the Linux desktop. In fact, NO year is the year of the Linux desktop. Every year, there are at least ten writers...

Nothing gets people in the Linux World riled up like comparing distributions, desktops or editors. But for the new Linux user, the whole thing is a bit confusing. What do we tell them? Do we verbally...

This week my crystal ball tells me that Linux is due for a major makeover and not just another pretty theme: A real makeover. It's time for Linux developers to stop following the Windows and Mac...

Welcome to Crystal Ball Sunday #6. This week I'm exploring the possibility of Linux becoming the operating system of choice for virtualization--specifically Desktop Virtualization. Regardless of...

You need to install the VMware tools for things to work correctly. If they still don't, let me know. There is an rpm (software package) that can also enhance the X experience.

There's also Nmap-Zenmap GUI. I use it all the time.

Ever pine away for a car for months, or even years, then when you finally get it—you have buyer’s remorse? You should have taken a test drive. Sure, you say, testing a car with a chatty salesperson...

Last night on Craig Crossman’s Computer America (http://www.computeramerica.com), America’s longest-running nationally syndicated radio talk show about computers, Craig and crew interviewed Jason...

There is an old saying that goes something like this: If you put 1,000 monkeys in a room with 1,000 typewriters (the things people used before computers), they would come up with the works of...

Neither RedHat nor Novell feel the need to push for a Linux Desktop that competes with the ubiquitous Windows OS. So the two largest commercial Linux vendors are throwing in the towel in the Desktop...