August 2008

Mobile Operating Systems

Posted Sat, 08/30/2008 - 18:18 by Don Watkins
ShareThisI haven't come across very many really good articles this week. There have been the spate of Windows vs Linux articles to be sure and some of the authors have been fanboys while others have been detractors. I am not sure whether Linux will ever become the desktop operating system that Microsoft Windows has been because we're at a paradigm shift in computing from desktop to cloud or "cloud like" computing. Recently I purchased a Blackberry Curve from Verizon for my own personal use.

10 Good UNIX Usage Habits

Posted Sat, 08/30/2008 - 17:51 by Don Watkins
ShareThisSome good command line hints are demonstrated here. Familiarity with the command line though not a must in Linux, can really save a user a lot of time and add to the overall efficiency of both the system and the users time. read more | digg story

In the cloud

Posted Sat, 08/23/2008 - 07:48 by Don Watkins
ShareThisAt work our administrative team are pondering tablet PCs.They're nice and maybe even okay. Maybe it'll help these folks to be more productive. I'm not too interested in tablets or even desktops anymore as I see the present and future moving to cloud computing. More and more desktops and desktop applications will be hosted within data centers that exist within clouds.
Everything is moving to the cloud. As we enter the third decade of the Web we are seeing an increasing shift from native desktop applications towards Web-hosted clones that run in browsers.

Paradigm change

Posted Wed, 08/13/2008 - 08:40 by Don Watkins
ShareThisA couple of days ago I linked to a presentation that Bob Sutor presented at Linux World and that along with an article I read today on Wikinomics about how Web 2.0 applications might save businesses in current recession invited me to think of where we are going with what up to now has been called the desktop.

Open Office Rocks!

Posted Tue, 08/12/2008 - 19:36 by Don Watkins
ShareThisThis morning is the end of summer school in Franklinville but one student had a problem. He's got a computer at home that Microsoft Works 4.0 installed on it and he came into our school where we have Microsoft Office 2000 installed for student use.

Tony Robbins

Posted Mon, 08/11/2008 - 16:48 by Don Watkins
ShareThisI listened to this last night and I was impressed with how important these points are in any venture whether open source software or not.

Check out Bob Sutor at Linux W...

Posted Sun, 08/10/2008 - 18:51 by Don Watkins
ShareThisCheck out Bob Sutor at Linux World. Good presentation

@snbeach Thanks for a great we...

Posted Sat, 08/09/2008 - 17:40 by Don Watkins
ShareThis@snbeach Thanks for a great week. I learned so much. I've already put much of to use and thinking about the ways I can do more with Web 2.0

We need help with our server v...

Posted Sat, 08/09/2008 - 04:29 by Don Watkins
ShareThisWe need help with our server virtualization project, http://tinyurl.com/6ejsy2

Analyst: Ubuntu, Community Distros Ready for the Enterprise

Posted Sat, 08/09/2008 - 01:42 by Don Watkins
ShareThisAt the LinuxWorld expo in San Francisco, a 451 Group analyst said that companies are adopting free, community-driven Linux distributions like Ubuntu and CentOS. We look at what this means for the commercial Linux landscape and the future of Ubuntu.

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