http://fareast.linuxdiary.com A Linux Newbie's Look at Free and Open Source Software Sat, 03 May 2008 03:50:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Imagine the CEO of a large computer or software company taking questions from just average folks in a personal setting. Pretty hard to do right? In the case of one company, you would first have to make sure all the chairs were bolted into the ... http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/05/02/opening-up/ It's been nearly six months since the arrival of the eeePC, and while there have been options to replace the default Xandros OS (baby mode) with another distro for nearly as long, none come close to the latest release of Mandriva 'One' 2008.1 (KDE). The latest iteration of Mandriva has ... http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/04/10/mandriva-20081-on-the-eeepc/ There is going to be a rush for the exits sometime in the next couple of months as XP finally is interred and users are left with the nightmare that is Vista; in the next 'year or so' that it takes for Windows 7 to ... http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/04/05/against-a-dark-vista/ An important new feature in Hardy Heron (not officially supported until now) is Wubi, which allows you to install Ubuntu within your Windows install, and simply remove it from the add/remove utility in XP/Vista. This is a bit of an odd ... http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/04/05/woe-be/ In order to get a true feel for Kubuntu Hardy Heron one has to run the system for quite some time; just installing it will only let you know how much better the installation procedure has become, while leaving you with little understanding on how ... http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/04/04/down-the-rabbit-hole/ But ultimately misguided post on how Linux is more secure because it has a smaller share of the desktop market; the old 'security through obscurity' myth is hard to get past it seems. http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/03/30/well-meaning/ and Trackbacks disabled until some of the worst comment/etc spam is eliminated. Sorry for the inconvenience. http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/03/30/comments/ Perhaps no better explanation about Hardy Heron's new features then here; a true no-nonsense, jargon-free write-up with just the slightest touch of snark. http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/03/30/hardy-distilled/ To the community; even if it is just showing off your 3D spinning cube; you don't need to be able to grep or proc your way around the command line to be in a position of making Linux stronger. You can start (if you use Ubuntu) by going here and ... http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/03/06/give-back/ To get suspend/hibernate working with a notebook in Ubuntu, or any Linux for that matter with the now Alpha 5 version of Hardy Heron; it was weird seeing some lights on the Thinkpad that had not been lit before. Boot time is much faster than anything previously from this distro ... http://fareast.linuxdiary.com/2008/03/06/first-time-ever/