Distro hopping all the way back to Windows XP
This past week I have evaluated five Linux distributions to see if any of them would make suitable replacements for Windows XP so that I could avoid Vista. Sadly, Linux proved to be far more finicky...
View ArticleMandriva 2008: The perfect distro for KDE + Compiz
My attempts at switching to Linux since Christmas have been finicky and largely unsuccessful... until today when I installed the x86_64 free DVD version of Mandriva 2008. The things this distro...
View ArticleAnother year another operating system (openSUSE defeats Mandriva)
About this time last year I decided that Linux simply wasn't good enough and returned to Windows XP. A week later I discovered that Mandriva was actually up to scratch, and so I ditched Windows and...
View ArticleTwo years using Linux and I’m in computing heaven
I was given cause to appreciate Linux this morning and although I may have started out with specific examples, this post seems to have ended up as a bit of a ramble on why I'll never go back to Windows...
View ArticleDesert Colour Scheme for NetBeans
Eyeball a white screen whilst programming for too long and your eyes are going to hurt, so a sympathetic colour scheme is essential. This Christmas I intend to read Programming Clojure, a book I bought...
View ArticleExt JS 6 Formulae to Combine Date and Time fields
My brother has been on my case to blog something about web development; he blogs at the drop of a hat whereas my offerings are usually spread years apart. I develop using Ext JS for a living (among...
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