How to install Linux without getting rid of Windows? A walkthrough with screenshots on preparing your computer to dual-boot Windows XP and Linux.
Robin “Roblimo” Miller has posted an excellent review of the Windows XP Home Edition operating system over at NewsForge. A long time Linux user, Miller concludes: Given Microsoft’s current development rate, it’s entirely possible that within a few years Windows may be almost as good a choice for most users as Linux, . . . [...]
Adams-Blake Co. has been running its business completely free of Windows for an entire year. Company president Alan Canton tells the full story. Our business is not that different from most others. We have products (books), services (consulting), and employees. If we can go Windowless, others can as well. While the year wasn’t without its [...]
The BBC has done an excellent two-part series on Microsoft. Part one gives an overview on Microsoft’s competition, including Linux and Apple, and includes the revelation that Bill Gates has downloaded and used Firefox, while part two shows how Microsoft plans to beat back its growing competition and maintain its dominant place in the market. [...]
People are actually visiting here looking for technical help with BitTorrent. Here's a nice list of common BitTorrent IO Error messages and the solutions that actually work.
So I finally got my shit together and assembled all the screenshots for Part 2 of the series. If you recall from Part 1 I installed Fedora Core 3 on a fresh, clean hard drive, showing each step of the process. Now if you did the same, and actually waited all this time to see [...]
This is the first of a multiple part series on Fedora Core 3. I put this together in response to a discussion regarding whether Linux, and specifically Fedora Core, is ready for the masses. My response is: I'll show you and you can decide for yourself. To that end, I've included several screenshots and an ongoing narrative explaining the installation process. In future installments I'll cover starting the system for the first time, keeping the system up to date and secure, as well as the software you get with Fedora Core.
I make no secret about my love for Linux, and I make no bones about it either. I understand many of you still run Windows and you have good reasons (and sometimes really bad ones) for doing so. But if you must run Windows and connect it to the Internet, please take some steps to secure it, not only for your own sake, but for the rest of us.
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