The last time, I was apprehensive about upgrading. In the past when I've done it, there were several things I didn't like happen. 1....

One of the most easiest thing to do on Mandrake is updates. Even kernel updates. But as my previous experience has shown kernel updates wit...

I have a lot to bitch about: An OpenOffice bug keeps me from saving my files correctly. Firefox still not 1.0 in repositories. And from the ...

After running out of excuses, I upgraded my home PC to Mandrake 10.1. I took advantage of the fact that my memory burnt out and needed to be...

Just in case anyone is reading this, just dropping a note to say I am still here and back from the holiday season. I have some things I wrot...

If Linux and Open Source was a religion (to some people it actually is), then a distribution is a sect. Or to a lesser extent a denomination...

I have been using "Linux is like a car" anology for years. I'll write about it some other time but essentially it is about the...

A friend asked me whether I had Knoppix . I was happy to hand over an ever-present copy. Knoppix is something I keep around in case someone ...

I like to use Linux with the mindset of a user. I am very wary when I realise that I am using my 10 odd years of using Linux on and off to s...

I am determined that my children learn the benefits of choice. Especially computing choices. Already at school kids are learning to use com...

There is only one Linux Magazine I buy religiously : Linux Format . Linux Format should be required reading for people who are intereste...

Before those of you who know better howl at me, let me get this straight: I understand that a Linux distribution is not Linux. But the re...

I'm switching over the ISP connection to a higher bandwidth which also means that I'll be switching IP addresses. This also means th...

I was shopping when a sales girl stopped me to talk about the positive points of a Macintosh. I politely told her that I used to use an Blue...

I tried logging into my workstation today and GNOME refused to start up properly. It said the program in charge of storing (and restoring) ...

I fixed an new DSL connection and for the life of me, I could not get the server to work. I wanted to host my own DNS server and had set up ...

I've just set up squid cache server and configured the firewalls to do transparent proxying for web browsing. I needed to add frox to ...

Often those four letters crop up and for me it is a constant reminder of something that is true: If someone took the trouble to write a manu...

About 2002, I moved to a new company. They have a very bizzare policy of providing almost no support to the users. The response I got was ...