What do you do when your aging computer starts slowing you down so much that Ubuntu seems to crawl? Sure, you could try out XFCE via xubuntu-desktop, but there’s also a new kid on the block.  Enter LXDE.

Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment

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I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I hope that “that time” has come to an end. I’ve been bound and determined to rekindle my dedication, but have been lacking that troubled feeling that was oh so necessary. Until now…

The story begins last night as my wife and I were walking through a well-known big-box electronics retailer. I spotted a good deal (rare at this sort of brick and mortar store since the introduction of online retailers, except during the now 6-month-long holiday season) on a rather large external hard drive. (more…)

Those of you who’ve been here before may have noticed that I tend to write and report a bit about SCO (NASDAQ: SCOX), but I can’t seem to help myself. Ever since they changed their business strategy from continuing development on valid market products to suing (and threatening to sue) every company using open source software under the Sun, I’ve been waiting for (and wanting) their demise. A report at Computer World came out today about an interview with SCO’s President and CEO, Darl McBride, and his thoughts on why the possibility of SCO’s death is greatly exaggerated. This is why it’s not. (more…)

Novell has made a move to try and lift the stay of litigation on SCO under their bankruptcy protection so that they can ensure the recovery of licensing revenue owed to Novell. (more…)

If you don’t know SCO (Public, NASDAQ:SCOX) (the evil, maniacal, wrongfully sue-happy, Microsoft funded anti-linux company, The SCO Group) you can read a bit in my first post. It seems we’ve had an interesting turn of events the last couple of days (barely). (more…)