I’ve been asked several times in the past why I choose to use Linux over Windows in my day to day computing.  I always answer with the same, response because I can.  Usually the asker doesn’t press on to get my reasoning, however every now and then someone will ask me for my reasons behind using Linux. I use Linux, or more specifically Ubuntu, because for one it’s free, and almost all of the software for it, is also...

My Current Ubuntu desktop setup.  It’s running the Linux Mint menu, as well as the Elegant Gnome theme set, though not visual I also have working iPhone...

As many of you may or may not be aware for some time we have had a yellow banner that shows up when a user is running Internet Explorer 6, which tells the user to upgrade, and gives them links to IE7/8, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera (I think safari is there as well).  It’s time to switch to a different browser, I can understand that it’s expensive for a company to upgrade their network to a newer operating system such as Vista/7,...

As many Google Chrome users should know by now that their browser of choice has an operating system also in the works.  Chrome OS is a minimalistic approach of an operating system, so minimalistic that almost nothing but a web browser.  The idea behind Chrome OS is that most users don’t use their computer (laptop) without an internet connection, so they chose to their popular browser and operating system.  A few months ago, I was...

I’ve been sick of these commercials for a while now, but they need to stop.  These sites are spreaders of rouge and fake anti virus software.  Something I actually just noticed is that these commercials will air for a few months, and then will be replaced by another one.  I also noticed that many of these same websites are run by same couple companies.   Ever notice that these sites always seem to have terrible reputation when...