As you are moving from Windows to Linux on the desktop, you will have to cross the most difficult bridges of all: Office applications. Or pr...

If you are thinking about making the transition from whatever to Linux, read on. A lot of people asked me two questions since I made the s...

You reality is your own perception. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck then.. you know. But what if all you see are ducks. Do you t...

I got the Mandrake-powered notebook to work over the wireless network with AP at home. But no luck at office. This vexed me more than normal...

Recap on the installation LAN network card: ok. Didn't expect any problems but who knows. Graphics display = Vesa only. It bombed using ...

Finally, I got a new notebook at work. I was a bit apprehensive about what distro to put. SuSe Pro is a big pull. Ubuntu even crossed my min...

I looking at the Mandriva CD that came with Linux Format, the best Linux magazine for the less uppity or the pocket-protector-less. I wonder...

Mandriva is greatly enhanced by urmpi and more so when combined with the repositories listed on EasyUrpmi . If you haven't got plf repo...

I don't understand people fearing choice. Maybe it is the fear to choose. Or at least the fear of being wrong. Is that our problem. Is t...

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...