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Switching to Linux? From the end user's perspective —
by Kevin L. Ritchey —
Pennsylvania attorney Kevin L. Ritchey has written an open letter about using Linux on the desktop -- from the user's perspective. Ritchey chronicles his successful switch to Linux, laments a few features still in need of improvement, and offers us his opinions as an average daily user of Desktop Linux. ...
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An interview with TransGaming founder Gavriel State —
by Jill Ratkevic (Mar. 3, 2003) —
DesktopLinux.com discovers Linux has games in this interview with TransGaming Technologies founder and CEO Gavriel State. State believes that the greater availability of games for Linux will play a significant factor in broad adoption of the upstart operating system. The interview discusses the history of TransGaming, the state of Linux ...
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A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home [Part Seven] —
by Paul Murphy —
Linux is ready for the consumer and the steps to guide you through the process of getting started are unveiled in this series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving money with open source technologies. ...
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Perceptions: Is Linux a suitable desktop platform? —
by John H. Terpstra —
In this guest column at DesktopLinux.com, former SCO evangelist and Samba.org team leader John H. Terpstra weighs in on market perceptions about Linux and its suitability for the desktop. Interviewing a sample group -- that included 30 people evenly split in the Linux and MS camps -- Terpstra discovered each ...
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A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home [Part Six] —
by Paul Murphy —
Linux is ready for the consumer and the steps to guide you through the process of getting started are unveiled in this series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving money with open source technologies. ...
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CollegeLinux: Learning the Linux Way —
by Jill Ratkevic —
DesktopLinux.com speaks with Professor David Costa, Dean of Robert Kennedy College (RKC) in Switzerland about his school's newly released Desktop Linux offering -- "CollegeLinux." Based on Slackware, the distribution offers key features which empower the average desktop user like single click installation and Samba configuration, Flash, embedded Java, hardware detection ...
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A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home [Part Five] —
by Paul Murphy —
Linux is ready for the consumer and the steps to guide you through the process of getting started are unveiled in this series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving money with open source technologies. ...
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A Practical Guide to get started using Linux —
by Wily Yuen —
Wily Yuen has authored a great overview for getting started using Linux on your PC. Yuen, a Linux user since July, points to key applications and tools that will help you enhance your user experience. The guide that follows is a great addition to your bookmarks as a reference guide ...
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A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home [Part Four] —
by Paul Murphy —
Linux is ready for the consumer and the steps to guide you through the process of getting started are unveiled in this series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving money with open source technologies. ...
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A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home [Part Three] —
by Paul Murphy —
Linux is ready for the consumer and the steps to guide you through the process of getting started are unveiled in this series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving money with open source technologies. ...
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A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home [Part Two] —
by Paul Murphy —
Linux is ready for the consumer and the steps to guide you through the process of getting started are unveiled in this series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving money with open source technologies. ...
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A Consumer's new choice: Using Linux at home —
by Paul Murphy —
Linux is ready for the consumer and the steps to guide you through the process of getting started are unveiled in this series at DesktopLinux.com. In his book 'The Unix Guide to Defenestration', Paul Murphy offers practical advice on empowering organizations, improving workflow, and saving money with open source technologies. ...
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NeTraverse: Moving Windows users to Desktop Linux —
by Jill Ratkevic —
In this DesktopLinux.com interview, NeTraverse's CEO Jim Curtin explains how Win4Lin helps move Windows users to Desktop Linux. Curtin also offers his view on why IT managers should use migration strategies in a move to Linux, examine the value proposition of Linux, and discusses what the future holds for the ...
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Xandros: Delivering the corporate desktop —
by Jill Ratkevic —
DesktopLinux.com discovers what Hilton hotels recently learned -- Xandros delivers the corporate desktop. Emphasizing solutions that offer a smooth transition for companies migrating from Microsoft Windows and a significant cost savings (reportedly millions for Hilton alone), Xandros is paving the way for Desktop Linux. This in-depth interview with Xandros' Chairman ...
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Linux Beyond the Desktop —
a guest column by Gregory S. Hopper —
In this DesktopLinux.com guest column, Gregory S. Hopper takes Linux beyond the desktop. Declaring the 'PC is the Model T' of today, Hopper makes a convincing argument that disruptive technologies and changing business models will dictate the PC market of tomorrow. By adopting a one-size fits all approach, the market ...
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Peace, Love, . . . Lycoris —
(Feb. 5, 2003) —
'Flower Power' was the mantra of a generation in the 1960s. That metaphor takes on a whole new meaning as DesktopLinux.com interviews Lycoris executives, CTO Joseph Cheek and marketing guru Jason Spisak about Lycoris' Linux desktop. The in-depth talk focuses on the company's strategy, open source philosophy, the challenge to ...
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Taking the Other Way In —
by Sunil Patel (February 2003) —
The amount of information, articles, news, discussions and arguments about whether or not ‘Linux is Ready for the Desktop’ is bewildering. I’m not doing any favours by adding one more article to the list.
In many of the writings I have read on this topic, I notice most concentrate on ...
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Tux Paint - an exercise in Open Source for kids —
by Bill Kendrick —
Version 0.9.9 of "Tux Paint" was just released. Tux Paint is a drawing program for young children, released as Open Source software, under the GNU General Public License. (Think "The Gimp," but scaled down and 'cartooned up' to suit kids of all ages and levels of computer competency.)...
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Linux Mindshare: Getting inside the buyer's head —
a guest column by John H. Terpstra —
In this guest column at DesktopLinux.com, former SCO evangelist and Samba.org team leader John H. Terpstra weighs in on what is needed to win the consumer in the bid for Linux on the backend and desktop. Terpstra argues that emphasis on open standards and what Linux can offer an organization ...
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How to Do Things in Linux - A Newbies Guide —
by John Murray and others . . . —
One of the most common questions a newbie to Linux asks is "How do I in GNU/Linux?" This howto aims to help users to get acquainted with the tools available and have them up and running on their own. Instead of just giving a list of programs you can ...
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Debian tops poll, Project leader Bdale Garbee discusses surge in interest —
DesktopLinux.com staff —
DesktopLinux.com's 2002 poll closed on January 1st with Debian edging out Mandrake in the last two months of year. The results, while not quite "scientific," certainly reinforced the growing interest in Desktop Linux distributions. Users were passionate in supporting their favorite distribution.
As the largest volunteer-based distribution provider that many ...
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A Senior Citizens Introduction To Linux —
by Terry Hatfield —
Terry Hatfield introduced Linux to a Senior Citizen in response to her ongoing Windows system woes. Hatfield proves that Linux can be used successfully by anyone wanting to perform simple tasks -- in this case browsing the Internet, using email, and playing solitaire. After a one month trial, Hatfield asked ...
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Desktop Linux Computing Solutions for the Home —
by Michael C. Barnes —
Michael C. Barnes examines Linux options for home users in his latest article for DesktopLinux.com. If you have more than one computer in your house, as many of us do these days, it is considerably less expensive to put GNU/Linux on multiple systems. Barnes explores licensing issues home users face ...
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Yoper: 'Your Own Operating System' revealed —
by Jill Ratkevic (January 9, 2003) —
DesktopLinux.com speaks with Andreas Girardet, Founder of Yoper, a New Zealand-based Linux distribution. Launching its first release candidate in early December, the company aims to deliver a unique version of Linux that offers the best available programs open source Linux has to offer. Girardet relates the goals of the new ...
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