The CHOICES one has with Linux Mint 12

the light theme

 

 

As you can see there are CHOICES one of my friends is gonna get a kick out of me saying that!

 

the dark theme

 

 

 

Yeah I know I have already written about this release here but now that  I have spent more time working with Linux Mint 12 I am even happier than before. And one of the reasons I am so happy is that Virtualbox  is already added by default as well as VLC media player because those are two of my favorite programs to use so for them to be on here is awesome!! (I will be writing posts about these two later.)

I must say the more and more  that I learn about this release the more impressed I become and I have something to say to the man responsible for this:

“Clem, you are truly a genius. After all instead of shoving Unity down our throats, or Gnome 3 you give the users FREE choice to use the desktop that they choose and choice is made available whether they preferred Gnome 2 in that case they can use Mate or Cinnamon, whereas if they are fine with Gnome 3 then they still have lots of customization options thanks to MGSE  (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions) which I feel is such an important thing in the world of Linux.

After all, isn’t that the point of using open-source software in the first place? To have choices? Unlike some proprietary companies that put gates on the windows. Or they have their walled in orchard. LOL!! To not to be shoehorned into what a particular proprietary company wants but to do what WE want to do. I recall listening to Richard Stallman last night while watching the movie “Revolution OS” and him being diametrically opposed to not having choices.  In fact he quit his job at MIT so he could devote because he did not like the changes being pushed onto him.

Now this isn’t to bash Ubuntu or any other distro, of course but just goes to show how much variety is available on Linux even when you break it down by flavors. In fact even with Ubuntu one can install Cinnamon on there so ultimately its no big deal really.

Here are some of the backgrounds available

 

Awesome backgrounds

 

That one with the palm leaf is really nice, I have it on one of my PCs at home.

Check these links here and here

 

A Road Less Traveled

Reblogged from The More Than Tomorrow Project:

In June of 2009 Monika D. and her immediate family, with assistance from The International Organization for Migration (IOM), left Nepal–along with all of those things that you can’t leave behind–for a new beginning in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, NY. While the transition would prove to be a bumpy one, today Monika is a thriving sophomore at Manhattan’s International High School with lofty ambitions for her future. Those that know Monika well credit her with scripting her own immigrant success …

worth reading

Ubuntu 7.04 (Beta) on an eMac – Part 1: Installation

Reblogged from My Day to Day Interactions with Technology:

I have an older G4 eMac with 512Mb RAM. I upgraded the CD-Rom to a DVD burner and am installing Feisty on it. I did however run into issues just getting to the install. Here are the steps I followed to get a successful install started from the Live CD. 1. Download the ISO from here. (I grabbed the one labeled “Mac (PowerPC) and IBM-PPC (POWER5) desktop CD “). 2. Burn to CD and insert into tray. Reboot eMac and hold the “option” key until your boot options appear. Select the CD. 3. If the LiveCD fails to …

interesting solution to a problem

Anthony uses a MacBook Pro!

 

 

This may come as a surprise to some of you but I am indeed a changed man. You see just a few hours ago I had the opportunity though brief to spend some time with a MacBook Pro and I must say the experience was awesome indeed!

In fact the very 1st thing I noticed was that it was so light.It was so light that I thought it was a net book but was not it was a full-size laptop with a 17″ screen. As I took it out of its case I really admired the silver look it was very appealing to me. So aesthetics were great in this case it turned out to not only nice to look at but very functional as well. And that’s truly what is important to me, I don’t want something that is simply shiny and something everyone else has. Although to be honest with you I seriously doubt that the majority of people will own the same machine that I had the wonderful pleasure of getting acquainted with, since it is quite expensive. $3,000.00 to be more specific.

So whoever has one of these definitely has money and no I wouldn’t necessarily say to burn since the same friend of mine that showed me this Mac Book Pro also said how useful it is for his line of work as an Audio Engineer. How the way it just works makes his work so much easier and it is not nearly as time consuming as it would have been had it been done on a Windows PC.  Owning this machine is definitely not a waste of time.

The actually booting it up was so quick, it just came on without the wait while things get started I was able to get where I wanted almost instantaneously. What was familiar about it were the maximize, minimize, or full-screen buttons. This was reminiscent of Ubuntu. Now honestly I am not fond of them being on the left side of the screen but I can only imagine that they are able to be moved to the right.

I also liked the bottom panel it was familiar as well. Like various distributions of Linux that I have used over the last few years. All in all it was really nice and was not a shiny piece of rubbish.

The keyboard layout was awesome! I loved the way the keys were spaced out that made typing on it quite a pleasure to do.

LOL! now OK, so I wasn’t as nice to the guys of Apple before, but forgive me for that, for now I have come to appreciate another way to approach desktop computing whether your platform of choice is Linux, Apple or Windows or indeed these three operating systems in any other order of your choice.

So to my dear friend that shared this Mac Book Pro with me, thanks very much. This has been a very enlightening experience for me.

So I will be writing more about my experiences with Macs in the near future so stay tuned.

 

 

 

Linux, misunderstanding? Why I use it, and why people make fun of it.

Reblogged from My name is George:

So, Linux. It’s the subject of today’s blog post. I’ve always wanted to write about this particular theme and why I think regular users are afraid of it. I started using GNU/Linux on 3rf August 2011, I installed the Ubuntu 10.10 distribution on my laptop and I’ve been enjoying it since! Why I installed GNU/Linux? For this I should thank Twitter. I’ve been active on twitter for 2 years now. I’ve met a lot of Lebanese tweeps that use Linux and recommended it to me. Back then I was afraid to mess something …

This is what I am talking about an awesome post indeed!

August 2011: Technology Temp Hiring Moves Higher

Reblogged from Dice Resource Center:

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DICE IT MARKET REPORT Forty percent of technology executives expect to add temp IT headcount in the next three months, up from 36 percent last quarter. TEKsystems says that 38 percent will increase permanent IT headcount during the third quarter. Among the positions recruiters are trying hardest to fill are Enterprise Architects, Cloud Architects, Security Specialists and BI Specialists. Minorities Are Underrepresented in Tech The number of African Americans, Hispanics and women working in Silicon Valley …

very good indeed

2012 Linux Job Forecast: Demand is on the Rise

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Demand for Linux talent is on the rise, but finding those professionals can be difficult. Dice and The Linux Foundation teamed up to survey more than 2,000 hiring managers to better understand the global 2012 hiring outlook for Linux professionals. The big takeaways: 8 in 10 survey respondents say that hiring Linux professionals is a top priority for 2012. 85% say finding Linux talent is somewhat to very difficult. Companies are making significant investments to attract and retain Linux talent through …

this is great

More Linux

Reblogged from scratbagroberts:

The book I read to research this post was Linux All In One For Dummies 4th Edition by Emmet Dulaney which is an excellent book which I bought from kindle. Most people who use linux download it from the web but some pay a small fee for a disc from a linux vendor. A distro which is short for distributed operating system will often a load of extra software as well & is often on several cd-roms or a dvd-rom. There’s even versions of linux that will work with a playstation 3. One tip I’d give is get some …

cool stuff

SSH many users to one Home with full access

Reblogged from Nazeem's Tech Blog:

Home : /home/onehome Default user and group is “onehome” Step : 1 Add users to “onehome’s” directory useradd -d /home/onehome -s /bin/bash user1 useradd -d /home/onehome -s /bin/bash user2 Step : 2 Add new users to onhome’s group useradd -G onehome user1 useradd -G onehome user2 Step : 3 Set full permission to new users on onehome’s home directory. setfacl -R -m u:user1:rwx /home/onehome setfacl -R -m u:user2:rwx /home/onehome

great info

Free Memory Test

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When you attempt to boot your computer does it answer you back with a series of cryptic beeps? Does your PC randomly shutdown at in opportune times and for no apparent reason? Are you occasionally greeted with a blue screen and white typeface that posts an indecipherable message, or a screen that grossly distorts images which normally render nicely? If you answered “yes” to one or more of these questions then your computer’s memory may be slipping. (Before proceeding, let us first clear up what we mean by …

awesome post about RAM