linux for in comment and analysis
Jonney Shih
AS Profile Asus' decision to ship its Eee with a Linux OS was also a bold step away from Windows - one that has inspired other laptop makers to follow suit, bringing change and innovation to the mobile PC market. [07 Oct 2008]
Mark Shuttleworth
AS Profile While Linux has met with success for servers, on the desktop the open source operating system is often perceived as being held back by a lack of usability. Mark Shuttleworth is the man behind Ubuntu... [07 Oct 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment I've seen it happen in fact, at my local Linux User Group. The issue that got readers talking this week was the IT-teacher drought - is "boring" IT to blame? Also getting readers reaching for their... [03 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Is convergence a fiction?
Comment The processor giant's chipsets will now support OSes from Microsoft and Apple, as well as Ubuntu, Be, Linux and more. Written on the London Liverpool Street to Stansted Express and dispatched via my home LAN later the... [02 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.06.08
Round-Up Is there equally good news for Mac and Linux users? Bill Gates is many things to many people. Brilliant technologist, ruthless businessman, chino-trousered philanthropist, founder of the most influential... [27 Jun 2008]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile Steel isn't afraid of making tough decisions after ditching Linux trials at Newham to sign a new licensing agreement with Microsoft a few years ago, and under Steel's leadership Newham achieved the government's... [11 Jun 2008]
Computing on the go
Comment With a nod at the mainstream business market, it comes with Window XP installed, unlike its Linux-equipped forerunner. Business travellers may feel they are being bombarded with new technology. Yet just how far has the... [04 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment So what you are saying is you have no systems management experience on Unix or Linux systems, especially if you regard them as "bulky" - have you taken a look at Vista's hardware footprint recently? Then we have... [08 May 2008]
People are mugs over identity theft
Comment That news may well find favour beyond the present generation of Linux programmers and the traditional Information Taliban. Identity theft is rife. Perhaps it's time individuals took a leaf out of business's book and... [08 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up The leader of the Linux kernel project, which is one of the chief open source threats to Windows, had words of praise for Microsoft. Big, bad Microsoft has had a quite staggering change of heart. The... [29 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.02.08
Round-Up For completeness' sake, Linux-driven PCs can be a Mercedes, too. Mac users are a bunch of arrogant, self-satisfied gits. At least that's the view you could come to looking at some recently unveiled... [01 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Ever hear the one about the happy Vista user?
Comment Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. I was talking to a friend of mine in the pub after work the other day. And after discussing some of the... [15 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.01.08
Round-Up A month earlier, silicon.com readers ranked it below Windows XP, Mac OS X and Linux as their operating system of choice. In January 2007, Microsoft underwhelmed the world with the public launch of Windows Vista. [04 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... cashless concerns, battle of the OSes, iPhone fans...
Comment Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. Although the silicon.com readership is probably more geeky than the world out there, more people wanting Linux than Vista is a massive indictment. It’s... [15 Nov 2007]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment By Christmas we will have a streaming solution for Mac and Linux users. The launch of the iPlayer, however, hasn't been without controversy - attracting criticism for the delay in Mac... [30 Oct 2007]
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