As frankps sees the world!

Hearing that Intel now has a relatively fond view of Linux is far from surprising, as they have a tradition for giving out specs for their hardware and even make open source drivers. The chipmaker also has quite a few open-source projects. To help consolidate its efforts and spearhead future developments, Intel has apparently launched the Mobile & Internet Linux Project website, which showcases a number of ideas to improve “power management, user interfaces, use of wireless […] Continue reading →

If you want to run an alternative OS on a x86 computer, then the coming Ubuntu release should be your OS of choice. It is so popular that some of the servers couldn’t handle the load when the latest development version got released. It is one of the few Linux distros released on a single CD. And by far the most popular Linux distro. The choice of software to be included is generally good, just a few changes that I am doing after having it installed, Thunderbird replaces Evolution and […] Continue reading →

Yesterday the Ubuntu development team released their first public beta of an Ubuntu Installer for Windows! You are really capable of thinking differently, and this will be one of the real “killer apps” out there. It has never been simpler for people that want to test or run Linux, to get it downloaded and installed. You impress me! Be aware of this being a beta. If you want to test it, make sure to backup all your data first! Yesterday I also read an interview with Mark […] Continue reading →

I have been on and off when it comes to Linux, but mostly on after Ubuntu appeared. The last half year I didn’t have to much time, I only ran Ubuntu under Parallels, but with the new Thinkpad T60 I have again installed Ubuntu. I didn’t dare installing the first alpha of Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Herd, but went for Edgy Eft instead.For the first time I ran in to problems installing Ubuntu. I always go for the alternative CD and not the live CD that you can install. The problem was my […] Continue reading →

I read this news in Norwegian some days ago, and now the news have started spreading as British ITWEEK wrote about it. LinuxToday picked the news up the very same day. Lars Tveit, director for competition and development at Bergen City Council, stated that the plans to move 12,000 desktops to OpenOffice and Linux, have been put on ice. The main reason for the postponement was that the Council wanted to instead invest in citizen-facing IT services, but he also admitted that retraining staff […] Continue reading →