It's A Binary World 2.0

Category: Open Source OS

  • Absolute first impression of Fedora Core 6…

    it is FAST! OMG is it fast! They weren’t lying about the optimizations with the latest GCC! It loads into Gnome so much faster than it used to and all the programs launch much faster as well!

  • I now have Fedora Core 6 installed

    The new version of Fedora is installed. So far, only the X server didn’t work right. It didn’t feel like supporting my dual head setup, so I’ll have to investigate that over the next few days. Other than that, it appears to have installed just fine. By the way, it didn’t take until now to…

  • BitTorrent’s Legality begins to be recognized!

    BitTorrent – up until now, mentioning legal uses of the program was likely to garner snickers from your audience. Afterall, it’s just for downloading music and software illegally, isn’t it? Actually, for the past few years, it’s been the way that most people download their completely legal copies of Linux operating systems. In fact, for…

  • Installation notes 2

    The actual installation process began at 2110, so it took about 10 minutes for the dependencies. This part now tends the be the longest part. At times, it even seems to be frozen – at least that’s my experience for all prior upgrades/installs. We’ll see how this one fares.

  • Installation notes

    The new DNA theme is beautiful. I have dua head setup and the second screen is showing garbage as when a Nintendo cartridge was broken. I selected an upgrade install and to update the boot loader configuration. At 2100, it begins checking dependencies in packages……

  • Fedora Core 6 will soon be my version

    And, since I downloaded it on my Windows box, the torrent will keep allowing others to download the Zod goodness. I am now beginning the install at 2057.

  • More on the Fedora Core 6 Release, or how Zod conquered the servers….

    Fedora Core 6 was 15 minutes late….at least, the anouncement on Linuxtoday.com is 15 minutes after 1400 GMT, although it may just be that Linuxtoday.com didn’t make the anouncement on time. So what’s up with Zod? Well, after naming Fedora after rivers and French cities, it is now named after some weird space alien-sounding name.…

  • Fedora Core 6 Releases Today!

    The wait is over for Fedora Core 6 will be releasing today, 24 Oct, at 1400 GMT or 0900 EST. Get on those bittorrents so that I can torrent off of you when I get to work. Hopefully, the Livna repositories will get those nvidia drivers working quickly.

  • Linux in a surgeon?

    Recently you’ve read about Linux in computers, servers, cell phones, Playstation 3, and the Nintendo Wii. But did you know about Linux being put into a surgeon? The Oct 2006 issue of Spectrum includes a story about a team designing a robotic surgeon to allow a human surgeon to do surgery from afar. The thought…

  • Some Linux News….

    A couple of stories that I found interesting today. First of all, there’s a new Red Hat Fedora Core-based disto on the block, and it’s called Linux XP. It’s meant to be a drop-in replacement for Windows users. The screenshots look VERY nice and it definitely seems like a pretty enticing distro to show your…

  • Fedora Core Sadness

    Fedora Core 6 has slipped another two days to a release date of 19 Oct 2006.

  • Fedora Core 6 Release Date Slips….

    I noticed today that, as usual, the Fedora Core release date has slipped. This is a good thing as there are some bugs remaining to be fixed. However, it is annoying for me. I want the new toy! Here’s the explanation: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-October/msg00000.html

  • 10 Reasons to use Linux instead of Windows….

    Borys Musielak, has published an article on polishlinux.org on his top ten reasons why Linux should be used instead of Windows. I have just finished part one, which is what the previous link goes to. Although he claims that he is purposely being biased against Windows, he’s actually quite fair towards Windows. For example: What’s…

  • It’s Coming…..

    Fedora Core 6 will be out on 11 Oct 2006 (if they keep to schedule this time). Expect some screenshots once I get the AIGLX special fx working. They’re a little behind SuSe on this one, but still pretty ahead of the game.

  • Ulteo – Yet Another Linux Distro?

    So why do we need YALD? Well this isn’t just any new Linux distro! This Linux distro is created by Gael Duval, the recently-booted creator of Mandrake Linux. Mandrake Linux was in the position Ubuntu now is – the easy distro to introduce new people to Linux with. It had the easiest installer around and…