I keep getting told that Windows supports hardware but I keep finding that Linux supports hardware much better. I am reconfiguring the network at TAFE and I moved the proxy server because I need a Windows WSUS and Symantec Virus management server. I had been using a Dell PowerEdge 1850 server which only has a [...]

Canonical have decided that it is time to update the Ubuntu theme and focus. Since Ubuntu was announced in 2004 the theme has been “Ubuntu – Linux for Human Beings” and focused on bringing Linux to the desktop, as well as providing server versions for the data centres. The new inspiration is “Light” in both [...]

Focus – a research company committed to making world-class business expertise universally available – has released a report detailing 50 places that you wouldn’t expect to run Linux – http://www.focus.com/fyi/information-technology/50-places-linux-running-you-might-not-expect/. It includes Google, Amazon, New York Stock Exchange, Toyota Motor Sales USA, US Department of Defence, US Navy Nuclear Submarine Fleet, Spanish Government, Industrial and [...]

It has been an interesting 7 days for the computer “geeks” and early adopters. Windows 7 was released with much fanfare and hype over the built-in security. Canonical released the latest Ubuntu 9.10 on 29 October with a range of upgrades. Of course this has meant a couple of busy days as I copy all [...]

As a follow up to my last post, an article on TechRepublic titled “Crimeware: How it works” explains how the two most popular Trojans are created and what they are used for.
The Zeus Trojan Kit costs about $US700 and each Trojan created is different, so antivirus software has problems stopping the Trojan. This because each [...]

As reported by ITNews at the NSW Parliamentary Hearing into Cybercrime, Detective Inspector Bruce van der Graaf from the Computer Crime Investigation Unit has told the MPs that you shouldn’t use Microsoft Windows for Internet banking. He recommended using Linux or the Apple iPhone. The politicians were a bit confused when he mentioned Linux so [...]

As reported on smh.com.au and theinquirer.net yesterday, Integral Energy had a major problem with it’s IT control network. A virus (W32.Virut.CF) infected the Windows based computers used by operators controlling the power grid. They were saved when some quick thinking techs replaced the Windows PCs with Linux PCs that were being used for development and [...]

Software Freedom Day was a great success. I was assisted at the Computer Fair by my eldest daughter and her boyfriend and we managed to give away nearly 100 OpenEducationDisc DVDs and 50 Ubuntu 9.04 CDs. We had a PC running Windows 7 Professional and all of the software on the SFD2009 OpenEducationDisc so people [...]

We’re nearly to Software Freedom Day 2009! I will be down at the Computer Fair on Saturday, 19 September, giving away Ubuntu 9.04 CDs and a special OpenEducationDisc DVD. There are some extra goodies on the DVD I’ll have a Windows 7 Professional PC running the software from the DVD, so you can [...]

One of the problems with the rapid advances in open source software is keeping up with the latest releases. The most popular open source software is Mozilla Firefox, the cross platform web browser. I use Firefox on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X because of the speed, security, flexibility and wide range of add-ons.
Ubuntu 9.04, [...]