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IBM: Roadmap from Windows to Linux

By on March 29, 2004 in Home Page

IBM has published a nine-part series on their website entitled “Windows to Linux: A roadmap for developers making the transition to Linux” aimed at developers. It’s not yet another boring step-by-step installation guide. It starts with “We’re assuming you already have Linux installed. ” and goes on from there to talk about the aspects of Linux development in nine chapers:

  1. Thinking in Linux
  2. Console crash course
  3. Introduction to Webmin
  4. User administration
  5. Linux logging
  6. Working with file systems
  7. Networking
  8. Backup and recovery
  9. Installing software

Looks like a great starting point.

Will the EU Kill Open Source?

By on March 25, 2004 in Home Page

Has Microsoft Gotten the EU to Kill Open Source?. Jeremy Allison, from the Samba team that makes Linux and other software interoperate with Windows, says the European Commission’s antitrust order against Microsoft may be just what the monopolist needs to wreck open-source as a viable alternative. [Dan Gillmor’s eJournal]

The Answers Are Out There, but some of them are ‘No.’

By on March 24, 2004 in Home Page

I updated my test laptop to Fedora Core 1 from RedHat 9 to try to get rid of a few problems, and update a bunch of stuff. Other than being slow (an old 8x CD-ROM), install looked successful, until I tried to access the network. The 3C905 card I’ve used in the docking station since the beginning of time doesn’t seem to work right under Fedora Core 1. Thank goodness for internet search engines – in a few minutes I had the clues here, here and here, that it was an interaction between kudzu, the RedHat hardware change detector, and the card. Disabling kudzu on startup solves the problem temporarily. Check out all three sites: linuxquestions.org, artoo.net and bugzilla.redhat.com, for loads more information. It is amazing how much knowledge is out there!

Novell making news with BrainShare

By on March 24, 2004 in Home Page

With Novell’s annual BrainShare conference in full swing, Novell’s making the headlines. Here’s a sampling:

Torvalds: Outside threats to Linux. During a surprise guest appearance at Novell to Combine Best of KDE and Gnome. Novell’s Linux-oriented divisions, Ximian and SuS… [OSNews]

Linux on the Desktop, Part XIV: The Novell Years. Novell, the up-and-coming superchum of Linux who has recently acquired both SuSE and Ximian, wants to toss its hat into the “desktop panacea” ring and pontificate on the future of Linux on the desktop (with Novell products in the server closet). [Ars Technica]

Q&A: Novell’s Messman and Stone weigh in from BrainShare. Novell’s top two executives, CEO Jack Messman and Vice Chairman to the CEO Chris Stone, talked about Linux, the future of grid computing at Novell and more in separate interviews. [Computerworld News]

Novell: VPN for Macs, iFolder, Linux Certification, Migration. [OSNews]

Siemens, SuSE Linux partner on sales. Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG (SBS), the IT service subsidiary of German electronics giant Siemens AG, has agreed to a sales partnership with Novell Inc.’s newly acquired open source software vendor, SuSE Linux AG, the companies said Tuesday. [InfoWorld: Top News]

ThinkPad vs. PowerBook, Round 1

By on March 19, 2004 in Home Page

I don’t think even a ThinkPad stands a chance against a Powerbook.

However, I’ve intalled Fedora Core 1 on a second hard drive in my THinkPad (A31p) and have been delighted with the capabilities and compatibility. Hope to document some more of what I’ve done soon…

In the meantime, Doc blogs… ThinkPad vs. PowerBook, Round 1.

Driving to Laptopia is my latest SuitWatch at Linux Journal. Comments welcome (at the bottom of the piece, not here).

[The Doc Searls Weblog]

GNU Screen: a handy utility

By on March 13, 2004 in Home Page

Ed Leafe has posted a note recently on his ProLinux mailing list pointing to this article, and OSNews joins in today: GNU Screen: an Introduction and Beginner’s Tutorial. Screen lets you have multiple virtual terminal sessions and toggle between them all from one terminal. You can also detach from a session and reattach later. Ideal if you have a costly or infrequent dial-up connection and you want to log onto a remote machine, start some tasks and check back on their progress later.

Fedora Review

By on March 3, 2004 in Technology

OSNews links to a review on Fedora: Swapping Red Hat for a Fedora. However, this sentence set me off:

It started off by offering me the same media test that was available from previous versions of Red Hat Linux, something I recommend every newbie Linux user go through.

(emphasis mine) Hey! Only newbies have bad media or bad burns? Snob.

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