Why Do We Love Linux?
Sep 7, 2010 General IT
When you're a fan of Linux, any blog post entitled "27 Good Reasons to Love Linux" is going to be impossible to resist. No wonder, then, that a recent post with just that title has created endless fodder for conversation in...Tags: Attractive Price, Blog, Blogosphere, Compatibility, Environmental Friendliness, Fodder, Hardware, Installing New Software, Linux, Love, Superior Security, Virtues
LaCie intros ultra-compact MosKeyto USB thumbdrive
Sep 3, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
LaCie has unveiled its most compact USB flash storage drive ever, the MosKeyto. Offering capacities up to 16GB in a size that is only 0.7 inches long and 0.35 ounces, the device is short enough to lay flush against a notebook while being stored in a bag. It's also equipped with a nylon strap and ...Tags: Compact Flash, Compact Storage, Drive Hardware, Flash Storage, Hardware Linux, Lacie, Linux, Notebook, Nylon, Storage Drive, Usb Drive, Usb Flash Drive, Usb Hardware, Usb Storage
Sony’s Shocking ‘Other OS’ Win and Suspect Distro Popularity Trends
Sep 2, 2010 General IT
You can't win them all, as the saying goes, and that apparently includes Linux fans. To wit: Despite the best hopes of many of us in the community, the man suing Sony over the removal of the "other OS" feature from its PS3 ...Tags: Bad News, Bloggers, Linux, Linux Fans, Money, Popularity, Ps3, Sony, Suing Sony, Wit
Sony’s Shocking ‘Other OS’ Win and Suspect Distro Popularity Trends
Sep 2, 2010 Software
You can't win them all, as the saying goes, and that apparently includes Linux fans. To wit: Despite the best hopes of many of us in the community, the man suing Sony over the removal of the "other OS" feature from its PS3 h...Tags: Bad News, Bloggers, Linux, Linux Fans, Money, Popularity, Ps3, Sony, Suing Sony, Wit
2 Smart Backup Apps Show You the Way to Go Home
Sep 1, 2010 Software
In my dumber days when I ran Microsoft Windows, I was more concerned with backup programs. After I moved into the Linux desktop, I became much less paranoid about system failures. The Linux environment just never crashed. Th...Tags: Apps, Backup Copies, Backup Programs, Critical Data Files, Linux, Linux Desktop, Linux Environment, Linux Os, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Scratch, System Failures, Way To Go Home
2 Smart Backup Apps Show You the Way to Go Home
Sep 1, 2010 General IT
In my dumber days when I ran Microsoft Windows, I was more concerned with backup programs. After I moved into the Linux desktop, I became much less paranoid about system failures. The Linux environment just never crashed. T...Tags: Apps, Backup Copies, Backup Programs, Critical Data Files, Linux, Linux Desktop, Linux Environment, Linux Os, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Scratch, System Failures, Way To Go Home
Corporate America’s Cruel Linux Hoax
Aug 31, 2010 General IT
Corporate America is playing a cruel joke on Linux desktop. Businesses benefit from free Linux, improving their bottom line on the shoulders of Linux -- all the while ignoring (and damaging I think) the Linux desktop. Linu...Tags: Beneficiaries, Bottom Line, Corporate America, Cruel Joke, Desktop Linux, Free Linux, Hoax, Irony, Linux, Linux Desktop, Linux Servers, Shoulders
Corporate America’s Cruel Linux Hoax
Aug 31, 2010 Software
Corporate America is playing a cruel joke on Linux desktop. Businesses benefit from free Linux, improving their bottom line on the shoulders of Linux -- all the while ignoring (and damaging I think) the Linux desktop. Linux ...Tags: Beneficiaries, Bottom Line, Corporate America, Cruel Joke, Desktop Linux, Free Linux, Hoax, Irony, Linux, Linux Desktop, Linux Servers, Shoulders
Toshiba ships 24nm flash, 8GB on a single chip
Aug 30, 2010 Hardware & Gadgets
Toshiba has announced that it has begun mass production of NAND flash components constructed using 24 nanometer technology. The manufacturing process is said to be used for 2 bit-per-cell 64-gigabit components, which are claimed to reach the highest density (8GB) on a single chip....Tags: Android, Density, Flash Components, Linux, Manufacturing Process, Mass Production, Nand Flash, Nanometer Technology, Operating Systems, Ships, Toshiba, Toshiba Laptop
The Kernel Bug, the Missing Patch and the 6-Years-Later Fix
Aug 30, 2010 General IT
So widely acknowledged are the security advantages of Linux that on those rare occasions when a bug is found, it tends to makes quite a splash. Such, in fact, is just what happened recently when news broke of the Linux kern...Tags: 6 Years, Andrea, Linux, Linux Kernel Bug, Maintainer, Those Rare Occasions
