ken hess

Hands On Demo: iPad Linux Terminal

Linux Today  Wed, 02/02/2011 - 14:34

Linux Magazine: "After a quick session of Angry Birds, Senior Systems Editor, Ken Hess, gives us a tour of how you can turn your iPad into a handy Linux terminal."(video)


 

Frugal Friday: Corvettes, SFLC GPL Lawsuit, Apple Thought Police...

Linux Today  Sat, 12/19/2009 - 11:02

The Frugal Tech Show: "Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss his love of Corvettes, the Software Freedom Law Center Busybox GPLv2 litigation, Apple's Worldwide Loyalty Team, the recent FaceBook privacy concerns..."


 

10 Special Linux Distributions That You Should Know

Linux Today  Tue, 11/17/2009 - 10:33

Ken Hess: "I found ten distributions from among the 500 or so that I know about to spotlight these for some special feature or set of features that will dazzle you or entice you to try them for yourself.

Read on and get ready to download."


 

Frugal Friday: Verizon DROID, Intel Antitrust, V-Block, Oracle/E...

Linux Today  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 13:02

Frugal Friday podcast: "Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss the new Verizon DROID smartphone, the recent antitrust charges filed against Intel by the New York Attorney General..."


 

9 Free Linux Distributions: A Linux Free For All

Linux Today  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 09:27

Ken Hess: "Have you searched for Linux distributions that are 100% free? Did you find more than one that suited your needs?

Well, here's a list of nine from which you can choose your favorite. Free means freedom to alter, redistribute, sell or release as a different product with no restrictions on you or your new distribution."


 

Richard Stallman Speaks

Linux Today  Fri, 10/09/2009 - 22:02

Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "I had the honor and pleasure of speaking to Richard Stallman a few days ago while he was in New Zealand on a speaking tour.

I had been in an email conversation with him over several days asking about which software programs he uses and I finally connected with him for some clarification and more details."


 

5 Things You Can Do to Put Linux in the Driver Seat

Linux Today  Wed, 09/30/2009 - 03:03

Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "This is a plea to all hardware manufacturers: Please create Linux drivers for your hardware.

OK, so Linux isn't the Stormin' Norman of the Desktop arena but that doesn't mean its users don't want or need drivers for hardware."


 

Please Reinstate the OS Wars

Linux Today  Fri, 09/18/2009 - 01:06

Ken Hess: "All the glass clicking and cheers of late surrounding the apparent conversion of Microsoft to the open source fold needs to stop.

We need the Cold War. We need Communism. And, yes, we need the OS Wars."


 

Cave Dwellers Give Ubuntu Two Thumbs Up

Linux Today  Wed, 09/16/2009 - 21:05

Ken Hess: "It was a tale of two brothers, aka The Cave Dwellers, who had too many complaints and angst concerning the Windows XP installation on my wife's old HP DV-5000 laptop.

Reinstalling XP didn't do any good the last time I did it, so I decided to give them Ubuntu 9.04 in its place."


 

Year X is NOT the Year of the Linux Desktop

Linux Today  Wed, 09/09/2009 - 12:04

Ken Hess's Linux Blog: "This year is not the year of the Linux desktop. Next year is not the year of the Linux desktop.

In fact, NO year is the year of the Linux desktop."