Linux Magazine has a review of the differences and suggests that in certain cases, such as if you have a NetBook, you shouldn’t upgrade yet, but just wait for the next release. I intend to upgrade my own system in a few days because I want the PulseAudio upgrade, but this review sounds like wisdom.
My never ending quest for better clip art sources (I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler), and my desire to make Ubuntu more and more usable for all my work needs, converged with OpenClipart.org. It’s a good source, and you can install it in Ubuntu with your Add/Remove command. But then, where is…
. . . from the TechRepublic 10 Things Blog. Several of these are pretty important!
I have long been an advocate of OpenOffice.org, and have some of my commercial clients using it. For most business needs for an office suite, it provides more than enough capability, and saves companies large amounts of money, even if they make significant donations to the project. I was disappointed in the latest version of…
As is usual, I chose this site as the first guinea pig, and it is now upgraded. So far everything looks good. I follow the beta test chatter, and usually try to install the release candidates somewhere and play with them, but this is the first production install. So far I’m very impressed with the…
Opensource.com frequently publishes materials on open source alternative to major commercial products. Since some of my readers may not be techies, let me note that open source software provides free and open access to its source code, so that anyone who knows how can compile and create the program. Someone can also, according to whatever…
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