http://linux.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Paul Panks Copyright 2008 LINUX Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:40:00 GMT LINUX 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://linux.sys-con.com/read/183033.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/183033.htm Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:00:00 GMT Ubuntu Linux is a new experience for me. Having used only Red Hat's Fedora Core, I was anxious to try out the recently released Ubuntu 5.10 (available from Ubuntu's Website at www.ubuntu.com). I was not disappointed. After waiting approximately 45 minutes to download the 617 MB ISO file, I quickly burned it to a CD and rebooted my computer. Within a mere half an hour, Ubuntu was successfully installed on my system. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/173463.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/173463.htm Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:00:00 GMT Human memory and Random Access Memory (RAM) share one thing in common: they are both very volatile. This basically means that once the power sources feeding the memories are terminated, the memories disappear forever (at least in the case of human short-term memory; more on that in a bit). http://linux.sys-con.com/read/166316.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/166316.htm Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT I often wonder what happens to data when it gets erased. Just where does it go? What happens to it? Does it 'vanish' completely, or does it still exist somewhere, perhaps in the memory bank of the expanding universe? http://linux.sys-con.com/read/158817.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/158817.htm Sat, 03 Dec 2005 23:30:00 GMT My aunt and I were having an e-mail discussion about which is the easiest to use: a real photo album with pictures or a computer photo album, as on a CD-ROM. I suggested that we put all the family photos into an album rather than having them strewn all over the place in photo folders. She suggested scanning them into the computer and building a photo album that way. I tend to agree with her, as a digital photo album is easier to preserve and present than the more traditional photo album. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/128166.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/128166.htm Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:00:00 GMT There is a concept in computers called the 'Digital Rainbow,' an idea that describes how all digital projects eventually end at a pot of programming gold. Riding the Digital Rainbow is akin to riding the light waves of a silicon world, from everything in computers and GPS systems to Apple's iPod. http://linux.sys-con.com/read/139407.htmhttp://linux.sys-con.com/read/139407.htm Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:30:00 GMT Sometime between the years 1995 and 2004, Linux reached the mainstream of computer users the world over. No longer was it all about Microsoft or the Mac. Now there was a new sheriff in town, and it was a penguin packing some serious heat.