I am currently on contract and the organisation that I work with gave me a slightly used laptop that had the Office 2007 installed. For what...

You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here . Two things you must remember about what the Windows world is about. One: Instant gratification....

I use Mandriva. Have used it almost exclusively for 'serious work' and on my home PC. That doesn't mean I don't use anything...

This is not about recommending a distribution. Rather it's about how important the choice is and how to make it. A distribution is a col...

I am determined to make this work. This meaning Zoneminder (www.zoneminder.com). I had it working, sort of, on my VMWare Server-ed Mandriva ...

I am experimenting with Zoneminder . It looks like a promising digital video recorder (DVR) for closed circuit cameras. My interest is prim...

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...