Linux is of course great for Hardcore geeks who love getting technical with their computers, but it I've also heard many stories of how it can be great for newbies as well. For example, a geek whose gran kept calling her to fix issues with her Windows system: tired of cleaning up viruses and spyware, or FUBAR'd settings and outdated security ( Read more... )

When Ubuntu puts out a new release (every 6 months or so), it gets a release number, but it also has a "cute" code name while it's under development, and some people like to refer to it by the name instead of the number. So, Ubuntu 6.06 is "Dapper Drake", 6.10 was "Edgy Eft", 7.04 was "Feisty Fawn", and the new 7.10 is called "Gutsy Gibbon ( Read more... )

OK, I mentioned Ubuntu before in my blog, but I didn't explain what Ubuntu is. Now it was not my intention to be cryptic, it was just because I was posting a quick update.

The Ubuntu philosophy
Before Ubuntu was the name of anything to do with computers it was already something probably more important, a philosophy of humanity ( Read more... )