Archive for the 'Linux' Category
For most of us who are using the computer almost 90% of the time, we always backup our files and data just case our computers suffered bugs and major glitches. With that said, I present to you 13 Great Free Backup Programs for Windows, Mac, and Linux
Google still isn’t saying publicly that they’re going to deploy Android as a desktop Linux, but HP, ASUS, and other major computer makers are apparently in talks with the company about deploying Android on netbooks
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Satjiv Chahil, a vice president in HP’s PC division, declined to comment on whether the world’s largest PC maker will sell either netbooks or smartphones running Android but confirmed that HP is “studying” the free operating system.
We already know that Android will work as a desktop operating system, because it’s already been done. And, it was done not by some hackers whose second language is C++, but by a pair of journalists. If we can do it, anyone can do it.
I found this nice article of a Linux user’s in depth review of Windows 7 which comes into a surprise. The author admits of still using Windows for his graphic designing tasks and projects but in the end still prefers Ubuntu as his main operating system.
Click here to read ‘A Linux users review on Windows 7′
Ubuntu 8.10, the latest version of a phenomenally popular and successful distro and will be release hopefully by Octpber 30, 2008, but for those of us who can’t wait what’s in store with the newest version of Ubuntu called “Intrepid Ibex”
Linux has created such a buzz since being created by Linus Torvald. 16 Years after, left read what he has to say of the Linux success and some other issues in the IT world.
Here are the details of the Linus Torvalds interview, a repost from computerworld.com .
“The Finnish creator of Linux says open-source software isn’t really an anti-Microsoft movement; it’s just a better model for getting the job done.”
Linus Torvalds was only 22 in 1991 when he decided to share with friends and colleagues the code of Linux, the new operating system he had created. The University of Helsinki computer science student couldn’t have imagined the revolution his decision was about to ignite.
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