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30 things I've learned from using Linux ...Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on Aug 7, 2007 2:38 AM Subscribe via RSS or Email286 comments
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I began My Linux Experience back at the end of February and over the past five months I've managed to spend a fair bit of time dabbling and experimenting with...[Read the rest]

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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 30, 2007 7:02 AM

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Back to the "too many Linux distros" debate
Over on Slashdot today I came across yet another "too many Linux distros" debate, this time started by Alexander Wolfe of InformationWeek. While I think that Wolfe has a point,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 19, 2007 10:40 AM

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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 17, 2007 6:39 AM

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Problem with Automatix?
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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jun 22, 2007 6:59 AM

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Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jun 20, 2007 8:58 AM

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Posted by Marc Wagner in Between the Lines on: Jun 19, 2007 12:12 PM

The key to getting more Windows users to switch to Linux
Over the weekend I came to the conclusion that the reason why more Windows users aren't switching to Linux is the shortage of good information out there on the web... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jun 19, 2007 8:52 AM

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Dell Ubuntu Linux has arrived
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Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: May 25, 2007 6:28 AM

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Dell launches Ubuntu consumer systems; Will sales measure up?
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Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 24, 2007 4:30 AM

Three more things that the Linux community doesn't get
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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: May 23, 2007 7:12 AM

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Dell, Ubuntu and the driver details
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Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 22, 2007 5:20 AM

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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: May 21, 2007 10:31 AM

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LAMP On Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Server Edition
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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: May 15, 2007 4:33 AM

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No Wine for Ubuntu-powered Dell PCs
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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: May 11, 2007 8:03 AM

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Linux is not Windows Lite
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Posted by Paul Murphy in Managing L'unix on: May 9, 2007 12:15 AM

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Dell may give Ubuntu a mainstream lift
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Whose is the standard Linux?
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Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: May 1, 2007 9:10 AM

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Kubuntu 7.04 - Is the the distro for those coming from a Windows background?
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Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Apr 24, 2007 7:52 AM

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Is Office 2007 a case against Linux?
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Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Apr 23, 2007 10:20 AM

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