http://baldysparadox.com Linux, Security, Rants and Raves Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:45:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition - Jamie's Random Musings on Video IM - J.A. Watson's Blog at ZDNet.co.uk CommunityOpen Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux TransitionPosted by J.A. WatsonAs I have been going around alternately prodding my friends and ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/16/open-office-vs-ms-office-the-other-key-to-windowslinux-transition/ IBM pushes "Microsoft-free" desktopsIBM announced a partnership with Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat to sell "Microsoft-free desktops," says an eWeek story by Chris Preimesberger. The Linux software giants will work with hardware manufacturers to market custom-designed PCs preloaded with Lotus word processing and collaboration software, says the story. http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/16/ibm-pushes-microsoft-free-desktops/ Canadian Huynh wins gold - Yahoo! Canada News BEIJING (Reuters) - Carol Huynh gave Canada its first gold of the Beijing Olympic Games on Saturday in the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling event. Huynh, 27, defeated Japanese two-time world champion wrestler Chiharu Icho who took silver in wrestling's lightest weight class. The score ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/16/canadas-first-olympic-gold/ Lost in the shuffle of this month’s Patch Tuesday barrage is the fact that a critical vulnerability in the ever-present Windows Media Player (WMP) was not fixed “because of a last minute quality issue.” Microsoft originally listed the WMP update in the advance notice for August but, when the patches dropped ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/15/did-microsoft-forget-a-patch/ And no that does not mean I have changed over to Slackware. I have had a series of setbacks from 3 major storms to personal situations to a pair of computers deciding they should be retired. Yes I am still out here just a tad slow in the posting is ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/13/okay-i-have-been-slacking/ Why is this date different? Twenty years ago the lights went on at Wrigley Field! Okay I am a Cub fan and maybe nobody else remembered or cares but it was a dawning of new look and feel to the game of baseball in Chicago. But as normal the purists whined ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/08/08-08-08/   A vendor of Linux-based WiFi arrays is finally releasing a version of its WiFi Monitor utility for Linux desktops. The open source, widget-like Xirrus WiFi Monitor for Linux enables users to monitor, secure, and troubleshoot WiFi networks, says Xirrus. The company refers to the software as a "desklet," ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/06/wifi-software-arrives-on-linux-desktops/   Ah, August. It's the beginning of the end of summer, and the time when we must all start shaking the sand out of our ears once more. The real world wants us back! This week, we here at LinuxInsider felt it our duty to help those who are ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/04/better-than-beach-reading-a-linux-starter-kit/ Well I know it has been a while since I posted but as you read the weather hit me hard and then I had a computer take a dump. So I was surfing distros when a good friend suggested I try Kubuntu(Okay it was LinuxChick) and the last time I ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/08/01/distro-surfing/ Kubuntu | linux for human beings | Kubuntu What is Kubuntu? Kubuntu is a free, user-friendly operating system based on the K Desktop Environment and on the award winning Ubuntu operating system. With a biannual release cycle and at least 18 months of free security updates for each release, it is the ... http://baldysparadox.com/2008/07/26/confessions-of-a-linuxchick/