J_K9 @ Linux

HOW TO: Begin Blogging

Blogs have fast become one of the most popular methods of communication over the Internet, and it’s no wonder they’re now so popular: they’re easy to access, usually provide a wealth of information, and you never know what you’ll find on them. So, you may want to start blogging yourself - and here’s how.

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Cedega 5.0 Is Out!

Cedega allows you to play Windows games on Linux, and this latest release promises to be the best yet! It supports more games, the graphics and frames per second rate are even better, support for Pixel Shaders 1.4 and other upgrades are pushing me to buy this latest version. The only reason I still have a Windows partition is because I use it to play games - but if Cedega 5.0 is as good as everyone claims it is, then I can kiss that horrible OS goodbye!

Here’s more on the gaming portability app:

TransGaming Technologies, the global leader in the development of software portability products for cross-platform gaming, today announced the immediate availability of Cedega™ 5.0, the industry’s most comprehensive Linux gaming portability product. Cedega 5.0’s broad range of new and improved features boosts game graphics and delivers greater levels of usability, specifically meeting the demands of the established gaming market, and opening doors to bring more gamers to the Linux platform.

Cedega allows games originally created for the Windows platform to run on Linux, straight out-of-the-box. Popular titles supported on Cedega 5.0 include Battlefield 2™, Dungeon Siege® II, City of Villains™, Madden NFL™ 2006, World of WarCraft®, Half-Life® 2, Guild Wars®, and many others. Cedega is available through TransGaming’s online subscription service, resellers and OEM partners.

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I’m Exhausted…

Today, I’ve:

• Installed a new theme (do you like it?);
• Added the contact form on the page “main RSS feed and comments RSS feed over to FeedBurner;
• Configured my blog on BlogTopSites;
• Added my blog to Blog Explosion;
• Added Gravatar support;
• Changed the theme’s header image (& commented out the text on top of it), added custom<h4> and <h5> tags to the CSS stylesheet, added the Blogroll & gave a couple of finishing touches to the ‘Linux Business Case’ article;
• Added some new software to my gran’s Ubuntu Breezy laptop, and made sure it was all up to date;
• Discussed the HyperGet application with signifer123.

Feuf! Wow, that’s quite a lot for one day… Heh! Well, I’m already collapsing over my computer, so I’m going to sleep. Over & out.

Article: Propose A Compelling Linux Business Case

Introduction

So you want to convert your business/office computers to Linux, but you’re not sure how your employees are going to react, correct? Or you want to find out what’s so good about Linux that makes it an appropriate OS (Operating System) for a business user? Well, you’ve come to the right place!

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Why do people switch to Linux?

Because they realise how unstable and insecure Windows is? No, that’s not why - but as I quote from an article on oreillynet.com, there are a wide variety of reasons - and most people do not switch because of Windows gripes. Take a look:

• I like Linux because it’s unix, it’s cheap and for a scientist it’s a pleasure to use on the desktop.
• I was at work one day and one of the sys admins said, dial out to my box at home. I did and was greeted by something that smelled a lot like System V “What is it?”, I asked, expecting that he had gotten hold of “free” copy of UnixWare or something (which was probably about $1500-2000 at the time). He said, “It’s Linux.”
• I chose Linux simply because I thought the mascot looked cute enough.

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20 Years of Windows…

…and it still isn’t that great. I hate the fact that my school ‘requires’ that we use Windows XP - in fact, we don’t need to use it, because Linux works perfectly well on the Windows Domain. But ‘Oh no, you must use Windows’, say the almighty technicians. Why?

Is it proven to be more secure than Linux? No. Is it proven to be more stable than Linux? No. Is it proven to be more user-friendly than Linux? No. I rest my case.

I think Jeremy (LQ.org’s admin) has a brilliant explanation of this in his blog.

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LQ.org - 200,000 members!

LinuxQuestions.org has finally reached 200,000 members! I think this is an amazing achievement, and if it weren’t for LQ then I’d never have reached where I currently am. I quote from the community bulletin:

J_K9,

LinuxQuestions.org has reached another milestone. We’re proud to announce that we now have over 200,000 registered members. I’d like to thank each and every member, you make LQ what it is. Visit here to discuss the announcement.
Are you subscribed to the LinuxQuestions.org Podcast and to the LQ Radio series? Adding LQRadio Syndicate to your favorite podcatcher will get you all LQ audio content. Do you use iTunes? Click here to add the LQ Podcast and here to add the LQ Radio Shows and Interviews. Visit radio.lq.org for more information on LQ Radio.
Just a reminder that answering threads with 0 replies is a great way to not only help your fellow LQ members, but help LQ itself. Visit noreplies and see if you can answer a thread that currently has no replies. Thanks.

–jeremy

As a side note: thanks LQ for everything you have taught me, for all the kind members who have ’shown me the light’ where I was stuck or in trouble, and for maintaining a brilliant community throughout. Well done!