Ubuntu 8.04 Changes the Driver Game
Finally, a Linux distribution gets proprietary drivers right. For those of you that aren’t fully versed on GPLv2 vs GPLv3 wars, and all the other open source wars… the Linux community has been having...
View ArticleWhy Intel & Canonical Should Make A Deal for Ubuntu MeeGo
For those of you living under a rock, I’ll prime this article with the information that you should already know. One, there’s a Linux-based platform called MeeGo. Two, it was formed by a partnership...
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Ubuntu 12.04 for PowerPC Finally Breathes Life Into Old Macs
Have an old Mac? Like many, I asked Apple to follow Microsoft (for once) and offer a legacy OS for PowerPC systems, so they could continue to serve some use. Microsoft actually offers this to...
View ArticleWith Windows 8 RTM, I’m Moving to Ubuntu
I’ve always said that if OS X implemented a walled garden, that would be my last day as a Mac user. Long ago, I kicked iOS to the curb, only keeping enough devices to do software development and...
View ArticleSaving Linux on The Desktop: Update Fail
Linux on the desktop is important – and it continues to slide around in a sea of mess. Sure, there is a lot of optimism around Ubuntu’s future in Mir/Unity/Qt and Android/Chrome OS. But, the underlying...
View ArticleUbuntu’s New Package System, Now What?
A few weeks ago, I called for Ubuntu to have a new package system. Either I’m Miss Cleo, or someone was listening. So, what’s next? You may want to check my last article late last month on the subject...
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