Remember the Mac advertisement about PC and Mac from Apple? Here’s a spoof video made by Novell that adds Linux to the scene. [coolplayer width=”425″ height=”350″ autoplay=”0″ loop=”0″ charset=”utf-8″ download=”1″ mediatype=””] PC,Mac and Linux [/coolplayer] Download the high quality video from : Mac vs. PC: How Would Linux Fit? [tags]linux,mac,windows,pc, computer,opensource,novell[/tags]
Ian Murdock (notable as the Debian GNU/Linux founder) decided to join Sun Microsystem as head of Operating System platform strategy. He states that Sun is a company that he always loved and it is an opportunity that he couldn’t pass up. Read the official announcement from Ian Murdock’s blog.
Those who are familiar with Debian-based system with know a thing or two about apt-get. apt-get is a wonderful tool that simplifies package management in Debian and Ubuntu derived Linux distro, be it software installation, security updates, upgrades, software removal and searches, apt-get does wonders in daily computer management. However some linux distro (Ubuntu, obviously) […]
Wonder how I missed this this peculiar RFC, RFC 2324 : Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol. It was brought out by Toydi a while ago when we were having discussion about REST implementation. The RFC provides specification for a protocol based on HTTP, which can be use to send signal to a coffee maker […]
Dell is considering to ship computers with Linux preinstalled in factory and are asking for your opinion about it. So show your support by filling out Dell Linux Survey and vote for your favorite Linux distribution. p/s: I vote Ubuntu [tags]dell,dell linux,ubuntu,debian,linux[/tags]
I’m sure many of you might stumbled upon this problem when you discovered first hand that there is no /etc/inittab file on Ubuntu Edgy Eft or Feisty Fawn. This is deliberate because Ubuntu do not use init anymore to manage its services during startup or shutdown of the system. Instead it uses ‘upstart‘ as replacement […]