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Archive for the ‘Questions’ Category

May 1st, 2008

What’s your Ubuntu 8.04 experience like?

Just curious. What’s it like for you?
Was it hell? Did you need much tweaking? Were there times that you had to reinstall or you had to reconfigure something?
Drop by and let us know here on New Linux User.;)
Edit: Sorry I had a typo! :( It’s Ubuntu 8.04 indeed. Thanks for the comments.
Tags: ubuntu, user […]

By Clair -- 7 comments

April 18th, 2008

What are your Linux habits?

A blog entry called the The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Linux Users got my attention. Some of the things mentioned in the entry were taught to me by my friends and contacts as soon as they learned that I was about to use Linux.
The list includes not using the graphical user interface when […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

April 12th, 2008

Linux in mainstream culture

(from Kino-eye’s Flickr photo stream)
Even if people are not comfortable with the idea, Linux is beginning to become more mainstream than we imagine. The production of machines such as the Asus EEE, Dell’s selling of Ubuntu-powered machines, Acer’s computers running on Linpus and now we have HP with small notebooks which run Linux — […]

By Clair -- 4 comments

March 21st, 2008

What do you really think about Wal-mart not selling the Linux machines in shops?

So far I’ve only seen poll votes but not opinions on the matter. I’d like to read your reasons as to why you voted such and such.
Do you think that new Linux users wouldn’t benefit from that move Wal-mart made? Or do you think that it doesn’t really matter? Why won’t it […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

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