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Linux is not Linux?

Author: JT Smith

Matt Michie at Linux.com says that Linux is a virus that is spreading with exponential growth.

Setting up the i810 motherboard

Author: JT Smith

LinuxNewbie.org brings us this fine tutorial, authored by ‘vvx.’ It is designed to hold your hand securely, all the way through getting that Intel artistry configured correctly in your Linux box.

Category:

  • Unix

Laptop left in the lurch; Qualcomm CEO shouts “Theft!”

Author: JT Smith

Dallas Morning News reported that Irwin Jacobs left the hardware with critical data sitting on a podium while he was distracted by questions from audience members after his presentation. Shame on you, Mr. Jacobs!

Category:

  • Linux

Is either Prez candidate up on high-tech issues?

Author: JT Smith

Computer News Daily posts a COX News Service editorial which asks the question: who would make the better tech president, Gore or Bush? Is there a good answer to that question?

Suncoast LUG to present at computer showcase

Author: JT Smith

The Tampa, Florida Linux users group is planning a huge showing at the Computers and Technology Showcase on September 27-28, according to LinuxPR.com.

Opinion: The recording industry is unfair

Author: JT Smith

Big surprise: some people think the RIAA exploits its recording artists. Does that justify the free trade of their copyrighted works? Jonathan Seff at MacWorld spouts off.

Sun bets on ‘Cheetah’ in Net race

Author: JT Smith

Sun will strut and preen publicly at the launch of its UltraSPARC III processor. eWEEK’s Peter Galli reports at ZDNet.

Category:

  • Unix

Poison PCs

Author: JT Smith

There’s a computer recycling center in Santa Clara. Where else but California? Read about how Salon correspondent Jim Fisher dumps his toxic e-junk.

Category:

  • Unix

Web daddy drowned out, Lycos in spinout

Author: JT Smith

The digs, jabs, and innuendoes are flying at Rumor Central, Spencer Katt’s weekly column at ZDNet.

DUPE from last Wed. A bug in the legal code?

Author: JT Smith

“Not being able
to watch a “Lion King” DVD on your Linux
machine is one thing, but what if
manufacturers decide that the safety data
they give to the government shouldn’t be on
the Internet?” Damien Cave raises these questions in a letter to the editor of Salon.