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What happens when you turn a perfectly good Apple PowerBook into a tri-boot system with Mac OS X, Yellow Dog Linux, and Ubuntu Linux? Read on to find out. Jan. 31, 2005 Reads: 66,193 Replies: 8 | Open source certainly now is 'good enough' for the needs of most end users who merely use their computers for simple office productivity work, Webbing, and e-mailing. As any Tux-lover can tell you, a good case can be made that open source desktop offerings can handle those basic jobs b... Jan. 27, 2005 Reads: 15,763 Replies: 3 | IT managers who are about to reach for the aspirin as they try to figure out their open source corporate position should grab this book with both hands instead. As the title suggests, it's pragmatic and deals in realism, not ideology. Jan. 22, 2005 Reads: 13,196 | Michael Stutz, author of The Linux Cookbook, 2nd Edition: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use, discusses what inspired him to write this book, when he first started using Linux, and other world views. Jan. 22, 2005 Reads: 38,169 Replies: 14 | As Linux grows stronger and more widely adopted on the desktop, it also becomes a more serious focus for the gaming industry. Linux is already recognized as a vital contender on the game server front, as we have addressed in this magazine since its inception, and shows no signs of abat... Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 8,755 | As a person who is running a young company that develops open source software as a primary activity, I'm frequently asked to comment on the business models that are at play in the industry. Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 11,889 | In the last installment of my Linux Careers column (LWM, Vol. 2, issue 2) I focused on the quandary posed by certifications: most qualified candidates feel that their experience speaks for itself, but as Linux becomes more prevalent in the corporate environment, more potential employer... Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 11,828 Replies: 1 | Here's a scenario. Among the systems administrators (SAs) in your company, you're the exception, not the rule. You cut your teeth on Unix, you keep up your Unix skills, and you still favor Unix in many respects. Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 14,379 | What it means to be the best is a relative thing. In the sports world it's the score at the end of the game, the winning record that indicates who beat whom. In the world of Linux, it's more subjective to the goals of the end user. Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 12,823 | To start off the new year, several LWM editors have compiled a list of what they consider to be the best solutions of 2004 in their particular field of expertise. Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 11,924 | If you've been hanging around programmers at all, you've already learned that they tend to think conditionally. Not, I hasten to say, that they conditionally think (though in some cases that might be true!) but that more than the general population, software developers are constantly m... Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 8,594 | In keeping with our 'Best of...' theme for this month, I'd like to provide some of the essential titles for learning Linux and open source. These titles were gathered with feedback from our readers as well as other professionals in the field. We've divided the books into subject areas ... Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 14,212 | It's hard to believe that we have passed the 13th anniversary of Linus Torvald's humble introduction of 'just a hobby' Linux, first posted to the Web in October 1991. Torvald previewed the OS as a 'Minix-lookalike' and designed for the days when 'men were men and wrote their own device... Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 12,863 | I'll admit it. I'm a prolific downloader. There, I've confessed. Actually, I've another confession. I'm also a hoarder of data. I don't delete much. In fact, I've kept just about everything I've ever downloaded since I started on the Internet almost 15 years ago, so that mean I have a ... Jan. 17, 2005 Reads: 8,364 Replies: 1 |
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