Archive for October, 2005

CROSSOVER OFFICE 5.0 a Hit!

Sunday, October 30th, 2005 Posted in Desktop | No Comments »

The list of Windows programs that run in Linux just increased. CROSSOVER OFFICE has announced they are shipping version 5. The newest version of this GREAT product includes some visible ... Read more..

Mandriva 2006 is here!

Thursday, October 20th, 2005 Posted in Books, Desktop, Installation, Mandrake | No Comments »

Having followed Mandriva Limited Edition 2005 through its various development cycles, I was anxious to install Mandriva 2006. This would be the first release combining the technologies of Conectiva, ... Read more..

The Badger is out! Look for him!

Saturday, October 15th, 2005 Posted in Books, Command Line, Desktop, Installation, Ubuntu | No Comments »

While not vastly different from Version 5.04, “Breezy Badger” hit the download mirrors right on schedule and UBUNTU version 5.10 was released. The vastly popular, Debian based distribution, that had promised ... Read more..

THE DISTROS ARE COMING…THE DISTROS ARE COMING!!!

Thursday, October 13th, 2005 Posted in Books, Desktop, Mandrake, SuSE, Ubuntu | No Comments »

If Paul Revere had been a Linux person, he would be riding tonight shouting “THE DISTROS ARE RELEASED...THE DISTROS ARE RELEASED.” What that really has to do with anything, ... Read more..

How’d they do that?

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005 Posted in Desktop | No Comments »

Puppy live certainly wags the tail of my 9 year old lap top. With only 64 megs of ram and a 3.8 gig hard drive, it has been setting ... Read more..

2005 Linux Desktop Web Survey

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 Posted in Desktop | No Comments »

For our Linux Desktop Community ------------------------------------------------------------- The OSDL is pleased to announce the 2005 Linux Client/Desktop Web Survey - Now open to the public! http://developer.osdl.org/dev/dtl/survey/start.shtml The data gathered by this web survey will assist ... Read more..

Suse 10 Goldmaster is a HIT!

Saturday, October 8th, 2005 Posted in Books, Desktop, Desktop, Installation, Installation, SuSE | No Comments »

In August, Novell SUSE announced a community based development operation called OPEN SUSE. This on the heels of a very successful Suse Pro 9.3. The new distribution would ... Read more..

Using GMail and Linux for Spam Filtering

Thursday, October 6th, 2005 Posted in How-Tos | No Comments »

Like many other folks, I seem to have email accounts scattered to the four winds. Some accounts have probably just gone dormant from lack of use. But, also like others, ... Read more..

Excuse me…Is that your PUPPY?

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005 Posted in Books, Command Line, Desktop, Installation | No Comments »

It's been a while since we reviewed a live CD, but I have been bitten by one in recent days. PUPPY Linux is one of the best live CD ... Read more..