Practical Technology

The New Ubuntu Linux’s five best features

sjvn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:14:28 +0000

The fothcoming version of Ubuntu Linux, Lucid Lynx, has just gone beta and it’s going to be the most important Ubuntu release in years. I say that not just because it brings numerous important changes to this most popular of Linux distributions but because Ubuntu 10.04 is the next LTS (Long Term Support) edition. As [...]

Don’t trust that Web Address!

sjvn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:03:10 +0000

It used to be e-mail spam, while annoying, wasn’t that harmful. Things have changed. During the last day I received e-mails promising that they contained news about March Madness; Sandra Bullock’s possibly misbehaving husband; and Michael Jackson’s estate making a deal for a mint of money. Every last one of them contained a link to [...]

Google and Linux are coming to your TV

sjvn — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:20:27 +0000

In what may have been Google’s worst kept secret in years, the word is out. Google, along with its partners, Intel, Logitech, and Sony is on its way to delivering the Web to your television . And, what will they be using to do this? Why, they’ll be using Google’s Android Linux of course.

Android is [...]