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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008The Canon EOS 450D (aka Digital Rebel XSi) has been formally announced, and it shall be mine. (Provided it doesn’t come with Rosie Perez’s voice.*)
I’ve been wanting a digital SLR for a long time. I’ve used an old 35mm camera in the past, and I really enjoyed it compared to using a point-and-shoot digital. Looking [...]
Drinking the Apple Kool-Aid
Saturday, January 26th, 2008One of the Apple execs I met yesterday made a good statement about their products: you don’t get it until you try it.
Apple users extol the virtues of their OS all the time. Three of my friends, including (former) die-hard PC user John Roling, have switched to Mac and vow to never go back. A [...]
The Advantage in Being Proprietary
Friday, January 18th, 2008My Apple rep, Joe, was in my office as I was packing up at the end of the day. I leaned over to my MacBook, clicked the Apple icon, and clicked Shut Down.
“Did you just shut down your MacBook?” Joe asked. He gave me the same look one might give someone who had just shoved [...]
Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007I finally got around to reinstalling Linux on my desktop PC, and wound up taking both Ubuntu and its KDE-driven sibling Kubuntu for test drives.
My DVD drive didn’t like the Ubuntu CD for some reason; the disk worked fine in other boxes, and Kubuntu and even Xubuntu CD’s worked just fine. Put Ubuntu back in [...]
Xubuntu Impresses
Monday, November 12th, 2007I’ve pretty much written off my good old Dell Inspiron 8000 as an obsolete clunker doomed to crawl along, but I keep it around because I can still run Linux at a reasonable speed on it, connect via wireless in various places, and get some writing done on the road. I most recently ran Fedora [...]
A Guide to Gutsy
Monday, October 22nd, 2007If you took my advice and downloaded Ubuntu 7.10, aka Gutsy Gibbon, but you don’t know where to begin, try this installation guide. It’ll take you through the install from start to finish, complete with screenshots, and leave you with a complete working desktop that includes everything you need for work and play.
Enjoy!
Try Linux Today
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Today marks the official release of the latest version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, making it one of the best times to take Linux for a test drive. Possibly as early as this weekend I will finally be upgrading from an older SuSE distribution to Ubuntu 7.10, aka Gutsy Gibbon.
Join me, won’t you?
Need more incentive? [...]
Dell (Possibly) Expanding Linux Offerings
Friday, July 27th, 2007Canonical, the folks behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, claim Dell is doing well enough with their Linux machines that they are going to expand their offerings to include more systems.
Are you sure Linux isn’t ready for the desktop?
Fix Your Laptop
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Lifehacker today had a link to this article about fixing 11 different problems that plague laptop users. They address common problems from batteries not holding charges (the solution: replacement - durr) to hard drive crashes and overheating. Not a bad little reference, especially given I receive questions about things like this from time to time.
Of [...]
Tux in the Indy 500!
Monday, May 21st, 2007To follow up on a previous post, Tux has made it into the Indy 500 this weekend! According to sponsoring site Tux500, the Linux penguin mascot Tux will grace the nose of a Chastain Motorsports car starting in the 11th row.
I guess now I’ve got an excuse to watch the race!