Posted on December 4, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Infoworld gives OS 10.5 a glowing review. No one is unhappy with Mac OS X Version 10.4, known as Tiger. OS X is not an application platform (I bristle at using the term “operating system” for OS X; I explain why below) that needed repair, speeding up, or exterior renovation. Motivations for major upgrades of [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2007 by thegtapatriot
I wonder what would happen if Microsoft dropped the Windows NT core, making an about face, like Apple did years ago with BSD and adopted Sun’s “Open Solaris” as the core? No, I am not talking about the movie! Granted I am sure I could write an essay and make some comparisons. What if they [...]
Filed under: BSD, Microsoft, Open Source, Solaris, Technology | Tagged: Amiga, Apple, BeOS, Bill Gates, BSD, Java, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, Microsoft, Microsoft Solaris, Microsoft Sun, Microsoft Vista, Open Solaris, Open Source, SPARC, Steve Jobs, Sun, Sun Microsystems, Web 2.0, Windows NT | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 21, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Sick of Windows and Linux? Mac OS too pricey? Looking for something different? PC-BSD to the rescue!
What is PC-BSD?
Before we get into the review, here are some highlights from the PC-BSD site discussing PC-BSD and its requirements. For a comprehensive look at what’s in this release, see the changelog and the release notes on the [...]
Filed under: BSD, Technology | Tagged: Berkeley Software Distribution, BSD, BSD Unix, Compiz Fusion, Firefox, FreeBSD, KDE, Linux, NetBSD, NVIDIA, OpenBSD, Opera, Operating System, PC-BSD, PCBSD, UNIX, UNIX System V, Xorg | No Comments »
Posted on October 26, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Is it time for Microsoft to abandon Vista and move on to something else? Maybe Microsoft should consider doing what Apple did and create an OS based on an existing UNIX based system (BSD, Linux, Amiga, etc…). Or maybe Microsoft should “move up the time table” of Windows 7, Min-Win or Microsoft Singularity and make [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2007 by thegtapatriot
So you’ve heard about Linux or BSD, you’re interested, you’ve read around a little…awesome! Now you’re ready to take the plunge into open source distributions/operating systems. Here are ten tips that will make your life easier if you decide to switch…..
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