Pascal Hakim

On reading documentation when programs don't work as expected

No matter how often you use UNIX tools, once in a while you get caught out trying to put everything together. This happened this morning while I was setting up a <em>cronjob</em> and it didn't work as expected.

Rodney Gedda

Linux Desktop Odyssey: Let the journey begin

I just renamed my two previous blogs about migrating from Windows XP to SLED 10 in a business environment as “Linux Desktop Odyssey” so everyone can easily keep up with my progress. The Linux Desktop Odyssey blog series will present a no-holds-barred review of what the average business computer user can expect with Linux in front of them.

Rodney Gedda

How far behind the eight ball are you?

It just occurred to me this week, looking at all the new computer systems coming onto the market, that many people are drastically behind the technology curve when it comes to the operating system they use.

Rodney Gedda

When will the computer industry really go green?

I went along to Intel's Centrino 2 media event in Sydney today.

As usual, with a big tech announcement like this, local hacks get the announcement at least half a day after their US counterparts.

Rodney Gedda

Linux Desktop Odyssey: Finally, Notes on Linux is here and ready

Two years. Can you believe it's been two years to the day since IBM first released a native Lotus Notes client for Linux?

See [[xref:http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1804921878|this news report]] dated July 11, 2006.

Where did version 7.x go in that time? Pretty much nowhere. With an [[xref:http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;36377484|installation process like this]], I wonder why.

Rodney Gedda

Linux Desktop Odyssey: Linux on the business desktop? Let's see it for ourselves

I'm sick to the back teeth about all this talk of whether Linux on the desktop is ready for average office worker.

Or should that be is the average office worker ready for a Linux desktop?

The only way I (and hopefully others) will know if it's ready for me is to use it in a production environment.

Darren Pauli

Is computers in schools the answer to the IT skills drought?

There's probably no better way to break down Gen Y's perception that a career in IT is boring and fit only for nerds than to give each one of them a computer and make them use it.

Darren Pauli

The thought counts, not the gift.

Broadband, like the iPod, is an example of when IT gains fame among the general public.

Rodney Gedda

OpenSUSEee PC

I've done it! I've concocted a new name for a great personal computing system of the future.

Caleb Brown

Gutsy move from reddit

[[xref:http://reddit.com|Reddit]] made a bold move yesterday and released their [[xref:http://code.reddit.com|source code]] under the [[xref:http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpal_1.0|CPAL]] open source license. I'm a fan of reddit's [[xref:http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/|programming section]] and will be interested to see how this effects the long term success of reddit.