Why an Ubuntu Tablet Won’t Sell
Note: Mark Shuttleworth clarified that Canonical is not working on a tablet edition, but rather other companies are developing Ubuntu-based tablets.
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Ubuntu as Mom’s Operating System
Monday, March 29, 2010
A lot of tech-savvy indivuals face the same dilema: their parents, who aren’t so tech-savvy, count on them to provide constant technical support for their Mom & Dad PC. This can become an incredible burden in a Windows world, where the dangers of spyware, viruses, and total system meltdown loom large. I’ve found that the [...]
The Basics of the Bash “for” Loop
Monday, March 22, 2010
The basics of the bash “for” loop; this article can help you save hours of time on redundant tasks.
iSCSI 101: Setting up a simple iSCSI Storage Area Network
Saturday, March 7, 2009
iSCSI 101: How to setup a Storage Area Network using iSCSI. Using a file server and iSCSI, this article explains how to present a RAID array, a disk partition, or even an individual file, as a storage device which can then be formatted, partitioned, and mounted by a client.
Do I Need an AntiVirus Program on Linux?
Monday, March 2, 2009
Introduction There has been a lot of debate recently over whether or not it’s a good idea to run an anti-virus program if you’re using Linux. Reading the forums, I see a lot of misunderstandings, particularly around what exactly it is that these anti-virus programs do and whether or not they’re necessary. I hope to [...]
Will Ajax Runtime Environments Create Web 3.0?
Monday, March 2, 2009
Introduction Web 2.0 was marked by the development of web-based applications. Things really took off when “mashups” began to appear; the ability to take information from multiple sites and create a unique service, based on the web, that provided a sum greater than the whole of its parts. But the major limitation to all these [...]
Birth of the World Wide Web – A Breif History
Monday, March 2, 2009
Before the Web: Hypertext The First Web Server (©) Sir Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web; he wrote the first web browser, aptly named WorldWideWeb, and the first web server (software used to transmit webpages from a server to a user’s computer). However, the idea of an inter-connected system of information, [...]
8 Ways to Get Help with Ubuntu Linux
Monday, March 2, 2009
No matter what operating system you use, be it Windows, Mac OS, or Linux, you’re inevitably going to run into some problems. But, especially with Ubuntu Linux, there’s a wealth of information to help get you through your crisis. Below are eight ways to get help when you have a problem with Ubuntu. 1. Google [...]
Managing your Book Collection with Alexandria
Monday, March 2, 2009
Introduction Alexandria is an application for Linux allows you to sort and track your book collection. It makes it easy to manage your collection by allowing you to sort items into multiple libraries (for example, books at your office, in your home, or elsewhere), and adding books is as simple as entering its ISBN. Once [...]
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