This article doesn’t have anything to do with Linux or OS X but it was a very interesting article about the Rediff.com in India. Click on the title above to see the article/interview on CNET. I will post my commentary in a few days.
Archive for July, 2005
The number of YUM repositories for Fedora is growing larger and larger. I’ve been playing with YAM to try and build a local yum mirror of many of these repositories so I can keep multiple machines current but it’s getting harder and harder to keep up wiht all the repos…
10
Jul
Apple’s Move to Intel
Apple’s recent announcement to move to Intel chips isn’t very surprising. However, it will create significant challenges for Linux companies like Novell and RedHat. As Apple makes the transition, more and more Linux users and more and more Windows users will be likely to pick up a $499 Mac Mini than they will be to pick up a Dell and install Linux on it. Having been a Redhat/Fedora user for about eight years ( five of which have been Linux as my ONLY desktop ), I recently delved into the Mac Mini. It’s a great machine, runs great, stable software, the software and applications are all integrated, and most importantly, IT ALL WORKS .. WELL! In the six months I’ve had the Mini, I’ve probably rebooted it five times ( one of those times was because I upgraded the RAM ). With the power of BSD behind OS X and Apple’s traditional ease of use, more and more Linux folks will opt to run OS X as their primary desktop environment and Linux as their server environment. I don’t think Microsoft will have anything to worry about in terms of losing market share to Apple. Business users and the general, non-technical user will need to be assured that all their normal business applications run on the Mac, something that will be very difficult to do in the short run.
09
Jul
Fedora Core 4
Fedora Core 4 was released in the middle of June with some interesting enhancements/additions. Click here to download it.
So far, FC4 is the most stable and simplest Fedora release that I’ve run. I was able to install it on my Thinkpad T40 and have everything up and running in less than 45 minutes with a network installation.
This screenshot shows Rhythmbox, VNC connected to Mac OSX Tiger showing the Dashboard, and on the left, CrossOver Office installed so I can run Quicken 2004. Click on the image to see a larger image. My only complaint was that FC4 did not pick up my Intel Centrino chip properly. However, that was easily solved by going to ATrpms and installing the correct drivers from here. Probably some licensing limitation to including the drivers with FC4.
