Linux and Open Source
Day 1 – 10 Days of Ubuntu 10.10 Feature Requests
Today is day 1 of my “10 Days of Ubuntu 10.10 Feature Requests” series, and the topic is creating a great package management experience. (Some may know this better as the “Add/Remove Software” dialog.) Canonical is attempting to address many of these concerns with their forthcoming “AppCenter” / “Software Store”, so I won’t bore you with yet another lengthy list of requests for this hotly debated item. Instead, this article distills the essence of Ubuntu package management into a simple list of “must-haves”…
10 Days of Ubuntu 10.10 Feature Requests
If you’ve read my past two articles (here and here), you’re hopefully aware of several things: I am a very happy Ubuntu user. That said, Ubuntu is not perfect. <gasp!> Yes, it does have some problems. These are outlined in more detail in my Ubuntu Report Card (2009) article. Out of a desire to help, [...]
Ubuntu Report Card (2009)
For the last 12 months, I have used Ubuntu as my primary OS. I remain a very happy convert, but I worry that Ubuntu is being unevenly developed. Certain areas have seen great improvements over the last 12 months while other areas have languished or been largely ignored. To that end, the purpose of this article is not to whine or rant, but to bring some perspective to the evolution (or lack thereof) that Ubuntu has experienced between versions 8.04 and 9.04. I write this article in an attempt to help – because as has been pointed out elsewhere, Linux is reaching a point where it needs less zealots and more (loving!) critics…
Ubuntu: One Year Later
Hard to believe, but it’s been almost a year since my first Ubuntu-themed article appeared on this site. Last October I made the decision to try Ubuntu 8.04. This was the end result of a number of factors, including months of trying to squeeze every drop of life out of XP. Eventually the futility of [...]
The Only Feature Ubuntu 10.04 Needs
Why am I talking about Ubuntu 10.04 when the 9.10 release (Karmic Koala) is still months away? I’ve picked 10.04 because there’s still time for us, as an Ubuntu community, to have some say on what happens to it. The feature set for 9.10 has been mostly laid out, but 10.04 is still an open slate – and I think two significant things need to happen between 9.10 and 10.04 if Ubuntu wants to stay relevant on the desktop.
So you want to upgrade from Windows XP…
It was a Friday: REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 24, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of Microsoft® Windows® XP, the highly anticipated next major version of the Windows operating system, to computer manufacturers around the world. With development of the software now complete, Windows XP is on schedule for widespread availability on Oct. 25. [...]
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