Windows To Linux Chronicles

30 things I've learned from using Linux ...Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on Aug 7, 2007 2:38 AM Subscribe Alerts: I began My Linux Experience back at the end of February and over the past five months I've managed to spend a fair bit of time dabbling and experimenting with...[Read the rest]

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Why don't Linux distros make legal codecs easier to find?: A few weeks ago I took a look at how Ubuntu 7.04 handled proprietary file formats such as MP3, WMA and QuickTime movies. Overall the support was good (although I... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 30, 2007 7:02 AM
Back to the "too many Linux distros" debate: Over on Slashdot today I came across yet another "too many Linux distros" debate, this time started by Alexander Wolfe of InformationWeek. While I think that Wolfe has a point,... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 19, 2007 10:40 AM
Setting up a dual-boot Linux and Vista PC: After covering setting up dual-boot XP/Linux and Vista/Linux systems (where Windows was installed first), I decided it was time to take a look at how easy it is to install... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 17, 2007 6:39 AM
Problem with Automatix?: Quick question - anyone else had a problem bringing in libdvdcss2 with Automatix? I've tried it on several systems over the past few days with the same result. The w32codecs... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jun 22, 2007 6:59 AM
Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn: Today I continue my "Windows to Linux Chronicles" by looking at what media support is like under Ubuntu 7.04. [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jun 20, 2007 8:58 AM
Linux/OSS developers: stop following and start leading: Remember the "It's just as good as a Xerox." ads of the 1960's? No, probably not! Well, the point was "Why buy something that's 'just as good' when you can... [Read the rest]; Posted by Marc Wagner in Between the Lines on: Jun 19, 2007 12:12 PM
The key to getting more Windows users to switch to Linux: Over the weekend I came to the conclusion that the reason why more Windows users aren't switching to Linux is the shortage of good information out there on the web... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jun 19, 2007 8:52 AM
Dell Ubuntu Linux has arrived: Late yesterday Dell opened the floodgates of its grand consumer Linux experiment by offering three systems with Ubuntu Desktop Edition version 7.04 pre-installed. The cheapest systems are a $599 including... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: May 25, 2007 6:28 AM
Dell launches Ubuntu consumer systems; Will sales measure up?: Dell officially launched three consumer systems loaded with Ubuntu 7.04 installed and sales kick off today. The big question will be whether we find out how sales go. That... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 24, 2007 4:30 AM
Three more things that the Linux community doesn't get: Anyway, after wading through some of the comments (I don't know how some of you managed to keep up with the conversation in real time ... you deserve some kind... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: May 23, 2007 7:12 AM
Dell, Ubuntu and the driver details: Dell outlined some of the technical details surrounding its use of Ubuntu 7.04 on its desktops. Judging from Dell's post, the main takeaways appear to be: Dell is choosing... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 22, 2007 5:20 AM
Five crucial things the Linux community doesn't understand about the average computer user: Question: Why is it that the average computer user still chooses to spend hundreds of dollars on Windows or Mac when there are countless Linux alternatives that they could download,... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: May 21, 2007 10:31 AM
LAMP On Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Server Edition: The other day I decided that I needed a Linux install with the full LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP) setup on it. After a fair bit of digging about... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: May 15, 2007 4:33 AM
No Wine for Ubuntu-powered Dell PCs: Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, said earlier this month that Dell will not include Wine on PCs shipping with Ubuntu because he doesn't want Ubuntu (and Linux in general)... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: May 11, 2007 8:03 AM
Linux is not Windows Lite: The desktop leader is Apple's BSD variant with Windows in second place - leading on volume, but trailing far behind on measures ranging from reliability and ease of use to... [Read the rest]; Posted by Paul Murphy in Managing L'unix on: May 9, 2007 12:15 AM
Dell may give Ubuntu a mainstream lift: Update: Dell has officially announced itS Ubuntu support on the company's blog. Dell giving preinstalled desktop Linux another try with Ubuntu and this time may get it right. As... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 1, 2007 12:28 PM
Whose is the standard Linux?: If Ubuntu does win the "Linux desktop" wars, does that make a standard which application developers must write to? And if running your Linux applications through the Ubuntu distribution becomes... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: May 1, 2007 9:10 AM
Kubuntu 7.04 - Is the the distro for those coming from a Windows background?: The other day I posted a question which asked "Which is best - Ubuntu or Kubuntu?" Interestingly one of the most popular replies that I got was "it depends." With... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Apr 24, 2007 7:52 AM
Is Office 2007 a case against Linux?: Have you used Office 2007 yet? Its quite a bit different from Office 2000 and 2003, but, in my opinion, its a pretty spectacular leap forward. This has been well-document... [Read the rest]; Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Apr 23, 2007 10:20 AM
Ubuntu vs. Kubuntu: Simple question to start Monday with: Which is best, Ubuntu or Kbuntu? Why?Last Friday I posted my first thoughts on Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" and this post was very well... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Apr 23, 2007 3:28 AM
First thoughts on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn: Yesterday I downloaded a copy of Ubuntu's latest release, version 7.04 Feisty Fawn. The download took some hours because of busy servers but I think that it was well worth... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Apr 20, 2007 7:40 AM
Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) is out!: After weeks of patient waiting, Im finally downloading Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.The download servers are obviously being hammered at this time and the file is coming in very slowly (and... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Apr 19, 2007 8:43 AM
Will the latest Ubuntu distro finally provide a mainstream Windows alternative?: It remains to be seen if any tier one OEMs will give Ubuntu (or any other distro, for that matter) the boost it needs to promote widespread adoption. [Read the rest]; Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Apr 17, 2007 7:00 AM
Dude, you're getting Linux!: Responding to intense customer demand, Dell will offer home and office machines with Linux pre-installed, and work with its hardware suppliers to develop, test, and maintain free software drivers. [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Mar 29, 2007 6:04 AM
Why does Linux hate me?: Last year, I tried installing Linux, with less than encouraging results. This past weekend I tried again, with hardware that's about as generic as you can get, using up-to-date versions... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Mar 27, 2007 11:12 AM
Scaling back desktop Linux's footprint for better performance, other apps: One question Ive never been able to get a really good answer on (maybe someone knows the answer), is how to build the perfect virtualized system. Whereas certain virtualization solutions... [Read the rest]; Posted by David Berlind in Berlind's Testbed on: Mar 26, 2007 6:16 AM
Resolved: Vista hesitation signals Linux opportunity: With Vista, we're now getting into stage two with lots of people talking about high costs, slow implementation, limited take-up, and lovely little obstacles to use like a pseudo security... [Read the rest]; Posted by Paul Murphy in Managing L'unix on: Mar 20, 2007 12:15 AM
Planets align for Linux surge: A unique convergence of events could be the tipping point for widespread Linux and open source adoption. [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Mar 15, 2007 5:48 AM
Quick Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Herd 5 gallery: One of the most promising open source projects has to be Ubuntu. In a poll I put up a few days ago Ubuntu was the clear favorite, and the more... [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 14, 2007 6:58 AM
Linux software apps - What's hot and what's not?: You've got your favorite Linux distro installed - what next? What's are the "must have" software apps for Linux? [Read the rest]; Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Mar 13, 2007 3:04 AM