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Windows Vs. Linux: A (Short) Google Ad Tale

Posted on 26 February 2005 by Gnorb || Comments: 1 || Topic(s): Linux and Open Source, Observations.

I saw this Google ad a few weeks ago, and a recent message in the Suncoast Linux Users Group‘s mailing list reminded me of just how funny I thought this was: Linux Comparison Get The Facts: Windows vs. Linux. Read The Independent Analysis Now. www.microsoft.com Uhm… independent?

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I’m Not Dead Yet!

Posted on 31 January 2005 by Gnorb || Comments: 0 || Topic(s): Linux and Open Source.

I finally did it. I replaced SUSE with another Linux distro. I say “another” because, frankly, I’m still not sure which I’ll use. I’m currently running Fedora Core 3, and although it seems to be running cleanly, I’m wondering whether I should drop back into SimplyMEPIS, or take the leap into Ubuntu Linux. Frankly, I [...]

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Ubuntu Linux: Quick and Dirty Review

Posted on 30 January 2005 by Gnorb || Comments: 0 || Topic(s): Linux and Open Source.

Note: This review sucks. No, really, it does. And it’s outdated, to boot. Don’t even bother reading it. — Gnorb Well, after playing around with a few Linux distributions, I’ve decided to take the easy road and just stick with Mandrake. It has everything I’m looking for and a couple of extras to boot. (It’d [...]

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Using the iRiver H320 (and H340) with Linux

Posted on 15 January 2005 by Gnorb || Comments: 0 || Topic(s): Linux and Open Source.

Recently, I came into the possession of the iRiver H320 Digital Jukebox. (I hesitate to call it an MP3 player because most of the files I have on it are now Ogg Vorbis.) My problem: using this thing with Linux. I dug around for a bit and figured out how to get files on and [...]

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