As seen in a tag line over there at Groklaw, THE investigative law ressource ot the Internet world:

I am not a Windows user, consequently I am not
afraid of receiving email from total strangers.

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Ok folks,
here is the challenge: Which distribution will play the most of the following list of audio/video content after a typical desktop standard installation?
By theory, Linux users have all the programs they need to play every single stream in every single format available on the net (I am talking about programs such as VLC and [...]

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What an embarrassment for a company that makes so much money and still behaves like a child:
According to an article, they obviously sponsored a company to lobby at US state governments for them by faking letters of support. It is not only cheap and silly, it is contra-produktive, especially when your lobbyist is stupid enough [...]

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A myth spreaded by companies that have an interest in talking bad about Linux and other Open source software is that Open Source software is as unsecure as closed source software. The only reason why nobody is talking about security risk in Linux , they claim, is because Linux and other open source software are [...]

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Here is the frequently updated personal Top Ten list of my favorite desktop Linux distributions for Linux Beginners, according to my experience during installation, web surfing and maintainance:
1. XANDROS Desktop Deluxe 3 (commercial, Windows support)
2. SimplyMepis 3.3.1 (free, LiveCD)
3. Linspire 5.0 (commercial, LiveCD)
4. PCLinuxOS 9.2 (free, LiveCD)
5. Kanotix (free, LiveCD)
6. KUbuntu 5.10 (free)
7. Ubuntu [...]

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1. Debian / Ubuntu:

While Debian Linux itself is not well suited to be a Linux beginners’s new
desktop, it is laying the fundament for many derivative distributions that are the most reliable and most versatile desktop systems I have tried.
Ubuntu

Especially Ubuntu is a Debian flavour that
combines stability with easye of use for beginners. The
speed of progress [...]

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In my ongoing “stream” of articles to make computer beginners
familiar with open source software, especially with the Linux operating system, here is my
overview of the most user-friendly Linux distributions.
I. Choice leading to confusion?

Let’s begin with some general remarks about the system behind these
seemingly endless amount of different Linux distributions:

Linux-interested Windows users are very often [...]

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From a user forum (Mozilla.Org?):
I’ve another trick for you guys:
How to fake your Firefox browser identification

Type “about:config” in your GoTo-line. Then do a right click with your mouse, and select “New” -> “String”
Give the new string this name:
general.useragent.override
Then, type in as what Firefox should be identified (User-Agent) for example:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; [...]

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Why are some people so passionate in their disaffirmation of Microsoft and its behaviour?
Well, in a rather harsh Eric S.Raymond’s comment on his E-Mail to Microsoft after Microsoft tried to hire him :-), he offers an inside view into the deep moral abyss of this company:
“FURTHER UPDATE: I had my serious, constructive converstation with Microsoft [...]

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As seen on an AMD messageboard:
The two basic principles of Windows system administration:
For minor problems, reboot
For major problems, reinstall
Considering my own experience with Windows helpdesks, that is not so far away from the truth

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