Anyone who knows much of anything about Linux knows that there are hundreds of different Linux distros. Each distro takes either a stock or modified Linux kernel and combines it with the distro creators’ choice of installation program, services, applications, utilities, GUI, etc. There are many, many general-purpose Linux distros that work well on desktop computers, as well as many, many other Linux distros that specialize in filling just one or two purposes, like [more...]

You may not realize it, but whether you’re currently a Windows user, a Mac user, a Linux user, or more than one of the above, your computing world has long been shaped — and in many ways, predetermined — by both the seen and unseen forces of the company from Redmond, Washington.

Yet, we all know that Windows Vista continues to [more...]

I learned the meaning of the phrase “suspend disbelief” decades ago, when my wife was just my girlfriend. I was complaining that something in some movie that we were watching didn’t make sense. She admonished me that “you have to suspend disbelief” in order to enjoy movies.

She’s told me that same thing many, many times over the years. In fact, she said it again [more...]

It’s the end of the year — a time when all of the major tech web sites come up with lists that try to summarize the year.

So here’s Wired’s list of the Top Technology Breakthroughs Of 2008.

I’ll bet you haven’t [more...]

Christmas is over. New Years is still a few days away. It’s a slow weekend and you’re bored.

Why not make a baby?

Of course I know that it would be [more...]