Why spend a fortune on computers?
December 19th, 2011 — Linux Applications, Linux Installation
I did not bring my ancient CD/DVD external disk with me to Costa Rica. Consequently, updating all my Linux distributions left me with creating bootable USB sticks. For the three distros that I need to upgrade, I put each distro on a separate USB stick. After rebuilding my netbook, I discovered a better way.
February 26th, 2010 — Linux Applications
EPUB (Electronic Publication) was adopted as an open standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) in September 2007. Most eBook readers support the standard, even the iPhone and iPad have readers that support EPUB. Yet, Linux lags behind in both publishing tools and readers. There are alternatives for the Linux user.
February 22nd, 2010 — Linux Applications, Linux Social Networking Software
When I looked at simple Web pages, Google Chrome seemed to have a smaller footprint than Firefox. The real question is how do the two compare when viewing a more complex Web site, such as HootSuite? How does Google’s Web Application compare to Prism?
February 3rd, 2010 — Linux Applications
For the purpose of this article, I used a Micron Transport ZX with 256 MiB of memory with a 600 Mhz Pentium III processor. The version of Linux is XUbuntu 9.10. After booting, the system had 4,076 KiB of free memory, with another 141,788 KiB of free buffers/cache available, and now swap used. Gwibber, Firefox, and Google Chrome constitute the software used to access Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace.
