May 16th, 2008
For some people they don’t really think about what OS is installed in their computers because they’re sure that when they work in a company and they’re given a machine, it will work properly.
However, if you’re one of the decision makers of the company, you will think about this problem carefully. Especially if you’re […]
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May 14th, 2008
Fedora 9 has the following features:
FreeIPA - for managing identities and authentication
support for resizing ext2, ext3 and NTFS partitions during install
support for creating and installing to encrypted file systems
unified installer of packages via PackageKit
Desktop environments such as GNOME 2.22 and KDE4 are available so you could choose either.
I guess that for people who are dual-booting […]
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May 13th, 2008
Sometimes people forget things including people they love or interact with on a regular basis. Well, this could happen to anyone including our parents. Reside@Home’s goal is to let our loved ones stay in our homes and let us have a way of communicating via a touch panel screen and the Internet.
Features for […]
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May 13th, 2008
If you’ve been wondering how to install applications without having internet access, I came across the tutorial that shows you how. But I think that you might need to ask someone to help you out while following the instructions. Some of it could be confusing because you need to use two machines to perform […]
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May 4th, 2008
Sometimes we don’t know how relevant Linux is in our lives. Especially if we are used to blogging on some software set up by someone else, checking our email, etc. etc. Chances are the servers where those applications are on are running on Linux. A post on Raiden’s Realm discusses Linux […]
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May 2nd, 2008
This is not a blog post on how to be kind, etc. etc. This is in reaction to a Linux Journal article with the title “How to Make People Love Linux.” The article starts off by defining what a Linux person is. He/she is someone who not only uses Linux but will help […]
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April 30th, 2008
Free Geek is a group of people who reuse computers so that others may benefit from them. They’re based in Portland, Oregon. The nice thing about their group is that they really want to give individuals and non-profit organizations. They have a thrift shop and hardware grants.
You could volunteer in the organization […]
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April 29th, 2008
After reading this entry on ZDNet’s EdTech section, I realized that there’s such a thing as being OS-agnostic.
I love Linux but in some ways I am learning to be OS-agnostic. Why do I say OS-agnostic? Read on.
To be OS-agnostic, if you ask me, is to be comfortable with any operating system installed on the […]
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April 25th, 2008
Last year there were news about Nokia 770 and Debian Linux. A while ago I read about Ubuntu coming to Nokia 800. From the article, Ubuntu is already running on an SD card. :D Sounds exciting. It’s just that the Nokia 800 will probably be a high-end consumer device here in the […]
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April 25th, 2008
Lookie! Another Linux-based phone. This time it’s a Motorola A810.
I wish I could see more of these things locally. Well, and support for them as well. So far, there are reports from the FCC as to the specs of the phone and the pictures as well.
I’ve tried one of the Linux-powered […]
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