January 9, 2009

Linux for Windows users

So you want to give Linux a try but you’re not sure if you want to commit?  That would normally mean that you have to either take the plunge and hope you can figure it out or find an old computer to install it on and give it a try.  I have many family and [...]

September 28, 2008

Linux Command Line Basics

I remember when I first discovered the command line.  The ERP software package at work runs on a SCO Unix server and is designed to be very idiot proof and start up immediately upon login.  I was born in an ugly Microsoft Windows world where you click on everything and little boxes pop up in [...]

March 11, 2008

Not Gutsy enough for more than Feisty

Ubuntu’s apt-get dist-upgrade is working much better than it used to. Actually I’m sure that it works exactly as it always has, it’s just how well all these ubuntu packages are reliable written to upgrade cleanly. When I tried it in updating my home desktop from Dapper to Edgy, that single act came with problems [...]