I feel it may be time for me to part company with my current Linux distro. That's where I need your help. Watch the video, then let me know what you think. 

Once upon a time, ASCII art was practiced in e-mail messages sent around the world. Unfortunately, fancy fonts and HTML-ized e-mails have struck a powerful blow to this ancient and noble art form. The most missed are probably the cows, Read More …

Was there every a more natural combination? Depends on where you expected to find it. Nothing like chilled Bawls, eh?

I’m trying to live up to my promise to create a list of all the wines recommended in my “Cooking with Linux” column these eight plus years. I managed to put together the 2000 list a few days ago. Now, Read More …

Tomorrow morning, I’m giving a talk/tutorial at the IT360 Conference in Toronto. The subject is getting a Linux notebook (or laptop, if you prefer) to do it all. I should point out that I did not choose this topic. Evan Read More …

Yes, this was an April Fools’ story. I am not switching to Windows. After years of trying to convince others, and myself I might add, I’ve decided that Windows is in fact the superior operating system. Yes, that’s right. I’m Read More …

It seems that being sneaky, slimy, underhanded, and not above a little friendly skullduggery has never hurt Microsoft. Hear ye! Hear ye! OpenXML is, apparently, now an ISO standard, according to the following from Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. Reports: OpenXML ISO Read More …

Way back in 2000, I really didn’t think Cooking with Linux would last as long as it did. In fact, when Marjorie Richardson (Linux Journal’s Editor in Chief at the time) originally asked me if I could do a regular Read More …

By Marcel Gagné Nothing says high performance like a good race. Got Linux? Got a good accelerated video card as well? Then get yourself these great racing games, get behind the wheel, and drive! Repeat what you just told me, Read More …

Today, I’m going to show you a great little application for easily generating a Web gallery of images that requires no server side coding. Just generate your gallery with a simple command, then upload to your Web site. Of course, Read More …