I have updated my kernel compilation page with a little more information about compiling a 2.4 kernel. I am not sure if anyone still does that, but I am maintaining my pages on my securitron.securitronlinux.com subdomain anyway as that area of my website still gets some traffic and I am seeing some clicks from my … Read more
The Ubuntu Unity interface has caused a stir in technology circles with the Mac OS X styled interface that works quite differently to Gnome 2. At least they got rid of the April fools circular windows. The Gnome 3 interface may be bad, but the Windows 8 Metro interface is even worse. But we will … Read more
Microsoft are backing a Secure Boot system that will lock computers into running Windows 7 or 8 and this will prevent the installation of Linux/UNIX or any other free open source operating system. Microsoft can not secure their own operating system properly so they want to lock out other operating system vendors and force everyone … Read more
The Ubuntu 12.04 release is coming in 2012 and they are sticking with the Unity desktop for the foreseeable future. I understand that the Gnome team are not working on the Gnome 2 desktop anymore and they have moved on to Gnome Shell and that the new interface is here to stay, but I wish … Read more
After using the excellent Gnome 3 desktop in Fedora core 15, I am really starting to enjoy it. Mostly due to the fact that suspend works perfectly and I can just put my machine to sleep and then wake it up straight back to my Gnome desktop ready for another day. After getting all the … Read more
The Fedora 15 Gnome desktop is very different to the earlier Gnome 2 desktop environment. After I installed the distribution, I had to change the /etc/hosts file to allow the Midnight Commander to load, as the hostname was not correctly defined in /etc/hosts. The settings below are what I had to define to get the … Read more
Linux is truly everywhere, even on the airlines. This is a photograph taken on Vietnam airlines where the entertainment system appears to be running a variant of Red Hat Linux. The system is booting up and loading the kernel and the various services are loading and it seems to be trying to access a SD … Read more
This is a good question, should they add the traditional Gnome 3 layout in Ubuntu 11.10? Linux Mint are staying with the traditional layout when they switch to Gnome 3 and Ubuntu should keep the traditional layout as well, the simpler design of Gnome 2 over Unity is why I prefer to stick with it … Read more
The recent attacks on Desktop Linux enacted by the cracking of the Kernel.org website and the more recent attacks against the Linux Foundation websites has cast a cloud over desktop Linux. The Kernel.org website is still down for maintenance and the security of the Linux kernel is in doubt. The story on Slashdot says that … Read more
The Alpha release of Fedora Core 16 has been released with Gnome 3.1.4 and it is not impressing anyone so far, the Gnome 3/Unity desktop is a step backwards compared to the Gnome 2.30 desktop that it is gradually replacing. The CPU and graphics grunt required to work compared to Gnome 2 and Xfce is … Read more
Is there a real reason the Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Linux Mint & Fedora have to be so bloated? The Debian distribution is very fast and usable compared to the Ubuntu distribution that has moved from the Gnome 2.32.1 desktop environment to the Unity desktop that has created some controversy of late. The Ubuntu 11.10 … Read more
The best thing about using Linux instead of using Windows, is that when you install a new piece of hardware on your machine or plug-in a USB device and set it up, there is no juggling CD`s and searching the Internet for updated drivers to get the hardware working, for the most part; it will … Read more
I was using Fedora Core 15 and I installed all the updates and after booting up the machine again, I was not able to log in as the GDM package was not working at all. This is not a good advertisement for Fedora at all, this is an already reported bug in the GDM 3.0 … Read more
I am typing this post in Fedora Core 3 running in the virt-manager in Fedora Core 14, I found out you have to start the backend daemon to get the hypervisor to work perfectly, but now it is all good. I am using Firefox 0.10 to type this in WordPress and it all works, which … Read more
It is not long until Fedora 15 is released, including Gnome 3.0 and Gnome Shell. Then it will have a revolutionary desktop environment. Ubuntu 11.04 will include the Unity desktop and the default media player for music will be the Banshee media player, formerly called Helix Banshee, which is not a bad media player at … Read more
I just bought a 7 port USB hub that plugs into a USB port and gives you 7 USB ports, and I can use it perfectly on Fedora Core 13 and Gentoo, but it will not work at all on Windows XP service pack 3.? I am thinking that if I re-plug it in Windows, … Read more