Random thoughts and observations
I’m a compulsive experimenter now when it comes to Linux. I like to have the latest of everything too, which means I’m constantly updating. I’ve tried several different distros in the past few weeks; the best of them is Kanotix. I’m not a Linux guru and I can’t do much from the command line, so [...]
It’s a cold wet and miserable Saturday; good weather for reading and experimenting on computers. I couldn’t hold myself back from testing Kanotix, despite being very happy with its Debian cousin Mepis. I decided not to install it on the hard drive of my spare computer. I don’t have an ethernet card on that one [...]
I flirted with Fedora as my Linux option of choice for a couple of months, but I’ve now returned to Mepis. I first used Fox, which is a promising Fedora derivative. I’ll revisit Fox when they move out of beta mode and improve their English version. It has a great look and feel, and the [...]
Curiosity got the better of me today and I downloaded the latest version of the Mozilla browser (now known as Sea Monkey). It’s a hefty 11MB, which I scheduled to download at a quiet time of the day on my slow dial-up connection. I’m very happy with Firefox, so this was just an experiment. I’m [...]
A big thumbs up to the people at Firetrust for releasing a Linux version of their excellent anti-spam software Mailwasher Pro. It looks the same and works just as well as the Windows version, showing what software producers can achieve towards cross-system compatibility when they want to. I was even able to use my Windows [...]
