Introduction
My previous experience with Ubuntu has been good. 8.04.1 did very well for me, even if I finally decided to go with SUSE 11.0 as my main Linux distro.
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex was a non-LTS release. People were expecting big changes, though perhaps a little irrationally. Nevertheless, the list of new features is given in [...]
I am currently having a few problems with my WordPress deployment. Hoping to solve them soon, will keep you updated.
Update: I ran into what has now become a common problem for me: word blacklisting by my server. This time, the word blocklisted was related to my review of Ubuntu 8.10. Changing the spelling of that [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 is just two days away now. And early RC reviews and previews are pouring in.
I have not tested it myself, but I will just give an overview of what the reviewers are saying around the internet, in bullet points:
Latest version of Gnome adds excellent new features, the top favourites being the tabbed Nautilus [...]
Nowadays, every computer review you read, every manufacturer and everyone else associated with computer testing, places emphasis on benchmarking. And I say that that is not good.
Benchmarks are defined as a series of standardized tests that are applied to the computer in question, and the results being quoted against a comparison chart.
Truth is, benchmarking is [...]
The browser wars. Apparently, webdom cannot get enough of it. And of the four major competitors in this field (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera), Firefox clearly knows the way to go. Fast.
Of these, the players holding the most share are IE and Firefox, holding almost all the market between them.
Microsoft’s IE 8 is in the [...]
