Linux apps not quite ready

I know that heading is going to draw fire.  Flaming, diahrea, explosive ridicule most likely.  That’s ok.  It’s a true statement.  However, I obviously need to qualify it to be proper.
As I’ve said before: A person’s experience “switching” to Linux will vary as much as their DNA varies.  Every person has their own unique needs, [...]

Linux Rewind: Vista Fast Forward?

My Ubuntu experiment came to a halt, sort of.
After running into some problems meeting an urgent demand to get work done for my brother and some friends, I found running the apps inside VMware unsuitable.  If not for performance reasons, well, for performance reasons.  And besides, as I said in an earlier post: Spending a [...]

Life with Linux

So, after a reader suggested this article by Clive Cooper “How I made the transition from Windows to Ubuntu“, I have to say that the obvious response to that is that the “results” of such a transition are almost entirely subjective. Not entirely, but almost. The emphasis of any perception of a “good [...]

From Windows Vista to Ubuntu 7.04

I finally made the switch.  I reloaded my Dell E521 with Ubuntu 7.04 this weekend.  After poking around to make sure there were enough rocks in place for me to tip-toe across the river of change, I went for it.  I loaded up Automatix, all the Google goodies, VMware Server, some assorted tools such as [...]

What I would need to switch to Linux

The very first computer I ever touched was running UNIX. To be more precise: Computervision CADDS 4X. From there I moved onto Intergraph CLIX. Then I got to touch an Intel i386-DX4 PC running DOS and Novell Netware. If you couldn’t tell by now, I was a CAD slob. Yes, [...]