Archive for January, 2007

Huge problems, simple solutions

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Some times the biggest problems have the most simple solutions. And software installation on GNU/Linux is one of those problems. I’m pretty sure that almost everyone reading this knows how to install software on Ubuntu using apt-get/aptitude/synaptic (i’ll be referring to them all as apt-get from now on) and finds it extremely easy. However, most […]

On blogs and RSS feeds

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Much discussion goes around these days about blogs and whether they are a good thing or not. One of the biggest reasons of criticism is the fact that many people create a blog without having anything important to write about, and then they do everything to have visits and hope those visits click on their […]

Why Ubuntu

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

Well i am now one more aggregated blogger on the Planet Ubuntu Users, so hi there everyone :) And as so, i thought i’d write something on why i use Ubuntu.
I first started using GNU/Linux around 3 and a half years ago (whoa is it been that long ?). At first i tried out some […]

Why i hate the Linux 3D desktop

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

A long time ago, when the first articles about XGL appeared on OSnews or Slashdot, i was one of the few who were really excited about it (at least in my circle of “geekiest friends”). The videos at the time showed basically what we have nowadays, but nobody seemed to care much about it. “Oh, […]