http://www50.brinkster.com/bowoekowidodo/ News Apple Design Gadgets Hardware Linux Unix Mods Programming Security Software Tech Deals Tech Industry News en-us http://www50.brinkster.com/bowoekowidodo/technology-news-view.asp?Switching-your-family-and-friends-to-Linux Last weekend at BarCamp Portland, I gave a brief talk on switching family and friends to Linux. I hear you asking, why would you want to do that? Well, for a number of reasons really: cost, principle, maintenance, all of the above, or any reason what so e 5/17/2007 2:37:39 AM http://www50.brinkster.com/bowoekowidodo/technology-news-view.asp?Apple-dis-invites-Samba-talk-by-Jeremy-Allison-talk-fearing-SUSE-3D-desktop I showed up on a beautiful sunny California afternoon, with my laptop in hand. [....] I waited my turn, then stood up, connected my Linux Laptop to the projector and gave my usual spiel. There was a short pause as I awaited the response. "Very nice, very 5/17/2007 2:37:39 AM http://www50.brinkster.com/bowoekowidodo/technology-news-view.asp?Ubuntu-Linux-Vs-Windows-Vista-The-Battle-For-Your-Desktop--Ubuntu-Linux Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS? We tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which works better. Here's who won. 4/30/2007 12:09:21 AM http://www50.brinkster.com/bowoekowidodo/technology-news-view.asp?Ubuntu-Feisty-Fawn-review-The-best-release-yet The reviewer says: 'Another six months, another release from the Ubuntu folks. The Ubuntu 7.04 release, better known as Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, is another cutting-edge, but not bleeding-edge, release that shows what Linux is capable of on the desktop. I've be 4/30/2007 12:09:18 AM http://www50.brinkster.com/bowoekowidodo/technology-news-view.asp?Open-Source-Beer--FREE-BEER Well, as in 'free software.' Bringing the open source movement to brewing. 2/20/2007 2:27:27 AM http://www50.brinkster.com/bowoekowidodo/technology-news-view.asp?Convert-Physical-Windows-Systems-Into-Virtual-Machines-To-Be-Run-On-Linux This article shows how you can convert a physical Windows system into a VMware virtual machine with VMware Converter. The resulting virtual machine can be run in the free VMware Player and VMware Server. Vmware Converter comes in handy if you want to swit 2/20/2007 2:27:27 AM http://www50.brinkster.com/bowoekowidodo/technology-news-view.asp?FREE-Advanced-Linux-Programming-Book Develop GNU/Linux software that works the way users expect it to. Write more sophisticated programs with features such as multiprocessing, multi-threading, interprocess communication, and interaction with hardware devices. Improve your programs by making 2/20/2007 2:27:27 AM