When I started my “Is Linux Ready for Word Workers?” series, I thought I’d squeeze a pair of posts from my Ubuntu Linux installation, erase it, and dive right back into Windows Vista.
So much for expectations.
No, I didn’t much like Vista (I’m not alone: a recent Infoworld survey suggests a startling 35% of its readers [...]
So far, my Ubuntu Linux experience has been amazingly trouble free. Installation was easy. DVDs are playing.
And – most importantly – the work is getting done.
I even like the new software. But lately, I’ve grounded on some shoals.
Deal breakers? Not yet. But not encouraging either. What’s going wrong?
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I’ve lamented the lack of [...]
I’m on a two-week fly fishing trip in Montana, and in the Interest of seeing Ubuntu Linux perform on the road, I brought my work laptop with me.
Not many posts? I’ve been spending my time here.
The results have been instructive, if not always thrilling.
First, let’s talk wi-fi access.
While Ubuntu glommed onto my home wi-fi [...]
I’m a week into my Linux test flight, and Ubuntu is working largely as advertised.
It seems its reputation as a hard-to-use/hard to install OS is outdated – at least for Ubuntu. (For an amusing look at Bill Gates’ take on Windows XP usability, go here).
Over the last few days, I created and shipped a pair [...]
My six year-old HP laptop has never failed me. But lately, it has been making me wait.
It’s running Windows XP, and even after a clean install – once its 512K MB of RAM was burdened with service packs, security updates, anti-viral software and a modern browser – it becomes the Little Laptop That Can’t.
At least [...]
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