Everyone that knows me most likely knows that I prefer Linux over MS Windows. I use OpenSuse for my desktop (need to upgrade that, presently on 11.2), but every so often, I have to use Windows due to some software that I want to use that is not available for Linux. The other weird thing …
I’m sometimes asked, because of my Libertarian leanings, why I use Linux, and not some proprietary operating system like Microsoft. There is no such thing as a “Linux, Inc.” that makes money from creating updates for the Linux Kernel. It’s all Open Source, and some say, “sheesh Ian, that sounds like communism to me!” I …
I bought a new toy. A Palm Zire 72. I needed something to help keep me a bit more organized, and carrying scraps of paper around just doesn’t cut it when one is prone to losing important scraps of paper. I’ve owned a Palm before, but was never really happy with it, and couldn’t get …
By way of The Daily Blog, a Networking Computer blog, Wired News muses aloud about the possibility that anti-virus companies aren’t doing enough to solve the e-mail virus problem. I personally don’t worry about email viruses as I use Linux. And contrary to some opinion that the only reason why Linux systems aren’t effected is …