One year ago, today, I started upon a journey. A journey which really opened my eyes to the true possibilities of the Open Source Desktop. I was a little apprehensive but determined. I had used Linux on servers for over a decade and played with various versions of Linux on the desktop but never really Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on April 30th 2009 in Ubuntu
As previously blogged I surf the web a lot on my Nokia N95 and hate the fact most websites don’t include support for mobile web browsers. I also felt guilty because this very website was also commiting the same sin. But not any more. Courtesy of MobilePress plugin for WordPress this blog is now mobile Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on April 30th 2009 in Web Updates
As previously blogged my wife bought me a Slim Aluminum Apple Keyboard which I’ve been slowly configuring to work with Ubuntu and now I believe I’ve gotten a sweet configuration, to the point where I’m now more comfortable with my Apple keyboard than the standard Dell keyboard I use at work. Initially there were a Continue reading →
Downtime For about a month this site has been down. I host this website from my home cable connection and the PC it was running on developed several hardware problems and died. No data was lost because I had/have up-to-date backups. you can never be too careful ! So I used this opportunity to redistribute Continue reading →
Alan Doyle on April 17th 2009 in Hardware