Linux On The Lappie
It’s easy to use, and runs faster than that lame Windows thing too. It’s about twice as quick to install as well. Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 3 with KDE 3.57. It Rocks
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Getting Gutsy
I like to live on the edge. I can’t resist it, even though I sometimes regret it. There’s an old saying, I know, “If it ain’t broke, don’t’ fix it”
However, I thought I’d give this upgrade a go. This isn’t my main production machine - yet. However, once I find a few more applications that [...]
Web 2.0
A recent survey I saw somewhere online suggested that many people perceive web 2.0 as yet another marketing ploy.
Now, me, being one of the kings of anti-hype, would disagree. For one thing, no one company above another is pushing Web 2.0.
I suppose Google are to the front in some ways, but there are many Web [...]
More Tinkering About
I got Ekiga set up on the lappie today.
What’s Ekiga? It’s a sip client.
A What?
Well, it allows me to interface with a phone account (Diamond Card) and I can make worldwide calls from here to anywhere in the world. It’s like a skype type deal I guess, but it seems a little cheaper.
Now why would [...]
Ubuntu
Last evening I was talking to a friend and got around to telling him about Ubuntu. He started to listen up, when I started talking about “free”.
Of course, to many people free is an attractive sounding option. What I like about free in this case is the freedom to download what you want when you [...]
