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Some of you may recall that early last summer, I left my long-term Linux partner OpenSuSE for Canonical's Ubuntu - the post is here. I thought it was going to be forever but I'm afraid it hasn't worked out and SuSE has taken me back. The original problem was that I couldn't get SuSE 11.2 to install on new hardware
Sigh. I love Linux but there are times when you realise it's never going to take over the world... I was working with Amarok, but the program crashed completely every time it hit a certain file in my audio library. This wasn't a big deal but being a helpful soul, when I was presented with the option to send crash
Have you ever downloaded some data off the 'net only to find it's in a compressed or archive file format that your PC doesn't have a helper app for? Or you're fixing up a friend's PC, you download some drivers and ditto, you can't get them unpacked? If so, you'll be interested in WobZIP. It's a web site where you
The latest version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, 10.10 will be released tomorrow (if all goes to plan). Otherwise known as the Maverick Meerkat, this release focuses on improving the desktop experience and stability rather than radically updating it. As usual, the kernel has been updated along with the Gnome desktop and there has been one change to the default
Some of you will know that I'm a Linux user from my previous posts. I'm not a distro-tart: I tend to stick with a particular Linux distribution rather than swap between the different flavours. I started out over 15 years ago with an early Slackware release before moving to Red Hat around version 5 (1998?). I then hopped over to SuSE for
Ok back in the saddle here in Hawaii looking forward to spending a couple of weeks at home. Special Insider coming out in a few days hope you will become an insider. Lot's happening on the home front and it is a very exciting time to be a new media creator. Tune in today. Sponsor: Visit gotomeeting.com, click the try
Last night, I downloaded some music from Amazon for the first time and I was both irritated and pleasantly surprised by the experience. I'd gone to Amazon because I'm not an iPod owner and wanted to get some DRM-free music for playing via a DLNA media server and also my Palm Pre. (I know this is a tech site but just