Jan’s blogs about life

I gave Ubuntu Linux a spin, trying not to use Windows XP for a week just to see how well it could be used in the day to day office work. Running it on the Dell Dimension 4500s, it was a tad faster than the Windows XP, probably it was more efficiently designed to work with the various hardware component. In fact, in the Dell website, Dell was in favour of Ubuntu over the other distro! Read more »

Since I don’t see my current slow and sluggish office PC will be upgraded any time soon. I’ve decided to do a full trial of using Linux, specifically Ubuntu Linux and see how it will compare against the Windows XP. Naturally, there will be lots of incompatibility, but I do need to boost some of my productivity and keep some sanity from a slow and sluggish computer. Read more »

I have fooled around with Linux even before it was highlighted big time in the media. I first learned about Linux back around 1999 when I was reading an article piece about FreeBSD which was a free O/S used for running servers. I thought, “Hey! Cool. Would like to try that!” So I decided to did around the internet to find out more information about operating systems that was free. Somehow, I ended up on a website explaining the concept of Linux and it seem rather intriguing. Read more »