According to a recent survey, record numbers of developers are moving from Windows to Linux this year. Could this be the year of the Linux Desktop? While I’m not sure that it’s completely ready for the big time, there’s never been a better time to at least try Linux; there are several easy to use [...]
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Developers Shifting to Linux
by Matthew Smith · July 10th, 2007 · No Comments
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Red Hat Tullahoma
by Michael Chappell · July 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Imagine my surprise when driving down the street I notice the signature Red Hat logo adorning a local building. Now, if I lived in Chicago, New York, or Atlanta, this would not be so surprising. I live in Tullahoma, population 18,000. Red Hat is one of the biggest companies developing and supporting [...]
Ubuntu – Essential Font Rendering Trick
by Matthew Smith · August 1st, 2006 · No Comments
Just a quick little post to inform you of an essential (in my opinion) patch for Ubuntu 6.06 font rendering system. If you are used to MS ClearType and have switched to Ubuntu only to be disappointed by font rendering, fear not. Using this simple fix, I think that my fonts look better than Windows [...]
Moving (back) to Linux?
by Matthew Smith · July 25th, 2006 · No Comments
Over the past few weeks, I have once again turned my thoughts towards that “other” operating system loved by some, loathed by others. No, I’m not talking about the Mac OS, I’m talking about Linux. While I did use it extensively last summer (learning tricks, jumping through hoops, and trying to get my system to [...]