On Sears.com and Wal-Mart.com — two sites that sell cheap Linux-based PCs — potential buyers post questions like, “Which version of Windows does this have?” and “Can I run Windows applications on this?” While either the Mirus SITLC420 or the Everex gPC TC2502 might be an option for technically savvy people who want to dabble [...]
A security researcher and Mac fan has discovered that the latest Apple operating system keeps plain-text copies of user passwords in RAM with no security at all.
I want to hear one more Mac fanboy tell me just how secure a Mac is! I have been saying otherwise for a while now and was ignored, [...]
Most portable audio players can play music encoded in the MP3 audio format, but some consumers also have music in Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, or even WMA files. How do you change from one format to another when you need to? Here are some of the best audio conversion tools available in Linux. One of [...]
Give office workers familiar with the Microsoft XP operating system an opportunity to try the same navigational tasks at a Linux-based desktop. Then step back and wait for the reaction. First will come the surprised look. Then questions like “where did the command line go?” will soon follow. That’s the typical scenario Morgan Spencer, [...]
