It`s a Windows world. I suppose by now I should have learnt that but I still seem to be heading in the opposite direction.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is celebrating the tenth birthday of the Linux operating system with support for Linux across its Intel-based product range.
Much has been said about how Linux is not ready for the average desktop, but if products such as Mandrake are anything to go by, the desktop domination can`t be too far off.
Pondering the value of Pick 'n Pay`s Home Shopping venture, which launches in Gauteng tomorrow, and celebrating the Linux community`s somewhat different approach to parties.
Ten years on and Linux is still going strong. And as the party hats come out it is time to celebrate what really makes Linux so strong: its dedicated and often unrecognised users and user groups.
Open source word processor developers appear to be intent on emulating the likes of Microsoft Word than on building truly functional editing tools.
The ideals of the free software movement are becoming increasingly muddy and when supposedly 'open source` companies talk of software patents, the dream starts to slip away.
The Linux movement has little to do with operating systems, applications and software. Linux is a concept, philosophy and religion. Its users are zealots. Its creators are priests. Linus Torvalds is its god.
SuSE Linux says it sees Southern Africa as an important market for the company and to prove its commitment, it is putting the final touches to a Zulu and Xhosa version of its Linux software.
If experts like Eric Raymond are starting to think that the Linux kernel configuration process is overly complex, how do they expect weekend hackers like myself to make any sense of it? Clearly there is a need for new systems.
The open source Apache Web server is home to more than 60% of the world`s Web sites, according to a recent Web server survey. South Africans, however, tend to favour Microsoft products.
SuSE Linux Enterprise has been awarded the "Generally Available for mySAP.com" certification.