Archive for the ‘General Productivity’ Category

Linux and FOSS-related Predictions for 2010

First, I’d like to wish a Happy New Year to everyone! 2009 has been a very interesting year (at least as far as tech goes) and I’m sure we will see some amazing stuff this year, that is why I would like to make a few brave predictions. I am very excited about 2010, we [...]

A Quick Look at Two Opensource File Encryption Software

I received another guest blog article, so I’m posting this before I start. This very interesting article is by Ryan. Ryan’s other postings are at http://source.kohlerville.com where he mainly posts about problems he runs into at his work.
At my work, I noticed that I work on some documents that I felt needed to be encrypted. [...]

Wispy “Clouds”, Chance of Rain

This guest post was written by Jezra. You can find out more about him and his projects at www.jezra.net

Everyone keeps talking about “cloud” computing these days, and there seems to be a lot of concern regarding security and privacy of data. For those that are new to the subject, cloud computing typically involves using web-based [...]

Why I chose GNU/Linux

This is a guest blog by Christian. You can read more of his work at his website, www.senshikaze.net
Many people will give you many reasons why GNU\Linux is better than Windows, Mac, or any other Operating System out there. I will not, I am just going to give the reasons I feel GNU/Linux is a better [...]

Pretty Shocking Netbook Battery Life Comparison

An article on Netbook Review compares the battery life of numerous popular netbooks, e.g. the Asus Eee, MSI Wind, Dell Mini (Inspiron 9 and 12).
What I found quite impressive was the long battery life of the MSI Wind (almost 7 hours!). On the other hand Dell’s mini laptops proved to be a great disappointment, with [...]