Note: This is a personal opinion piece. Feel free to take this with several grains of salt. Hell, take the whole cube while you’re at it.
I’ve been doing some thinking, and after having numerous conversations with some individuals who will remain un-named, I’ve come to the conclusion that some people are too wrapped-up around the [...]
Tag Archive for 'operating-systems'
Why Tech Communities are Falling Through
Published by January 19th, 2008 in Alternatives, Blogosphere, Linux, Macintosh, Operating Systems, Windows 14 CommentsGutsy Gibbon and Really Slow Internet
Published by November 26th, 2007 in Linux, Operating Systems, Reviews, Software 28 CommentsLast month, Canonical Ltd. released the newest update to their extremely popular Ubuntu: Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)… But it hasn’t been all fun and games, as thousands of irate users will tell you… If you search the web, the blogosphere, usenet, and the Ubuntu Support Forums for slow internet problems, you’ll get more than [...]
As we’ve previously covered, a pre-beta build of Windows Vista SP1 has been leaked to the internet recently, and we’ve been busy checking it out. You’ll be glad to hear that, so far, we like what we see.
Rather than mucking through paragraphs of text and observations, here are some quick and to-the-point tidbits about what [...]
Why Apple Delayed Leopard for the iPhone
Published by April 14th, 2007 in Corporate Talk, Macintosh, Operating Systems 66 CommentsYesterday’s news: Apple [[AAPL]] takes developers off of OS X 10.5 “Leopard” to hurry up and meet iPhone deadlines.
Today’s news: Why they did it.
This decision was not about (not) missing deadlines for contracts with Cingular, not allocating enough resources to iPhone in the first place, or otherwise neglecting to do the right stuff at the [...]
The Windows Vista Monster Review
Published by September 21st, 2006 in Reviews, Software, Windows 81 CommentsWindows Vista RC1 (screenshots!) was released this week with great fanfare. Coming after the highly-successful pre-RC1 build 5536, it had quite a lot of high expectations, and it certainly exceeded quite a few of them. In a word, Windows Vista RC1 is too good to be true. If it wasn’t for the pre-RC1 build, we [...]
ReactOS Reviewed: The Next Windows?
Published by July 13th, 2006 in Alternatives, Reviews, Software 108 CommentsThe idea is simple: Linux isn’t always the best non-Windows operating system. Windows is excellent and unbeatable for quite a few people and tasks. But neither is perfect. Almost exactly 10 years ago, a team began to search for a fix. In 1996, Linux was unusable for anyone but the most technologically ‘gifted’ and Windows [...]
