Tag: Linux
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Apple MacBook vs. Lenovo ThinkPad – Part 3
I’ve had my MacBook for over two months now. The more I use OS X, I really like it. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts here, here and here, I like the simplicity, I like the ease of use, I like the *nix foundation underlying the pretty user interface, I like the choice between commercial…
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OpenSourceDeal – Linux Distros in India Cheap
I was recently contacted by Raseel Bhagat who runs a very cool site called “OpenSourceDeal”. The idea behind the site is to sell Linux distros and other open source software in India on CD and DVD – cheap. Good luck to Raseel and others promoting OSS in India. OpenSourceDeal – OSD.com technorati tags:linux, oss, india,…
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IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad Vs. Apple MacBook Revisited
I’ve been using the Apple MacBook on and off for a little over a month now.Disclosure: The MacBook isn’t my only computer. At the office, I have a Dell now running Ubuntu 6.06 and at home, I removed the failed IBM Deskstar drive out of my Dell, installed Ubuntu from scratch. At some point, I’ll…
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Apple MacBook Vs. Thinkpad T40
As sturdy as Thinkpads are, there are a limited number of drops that even an IBM Thinkpad T40 can sustain (I’m sure the new Lenovo Thinkpads maintain the sme level of durability). I dropped my Thinkpad another three times in the last two weeks and apparently, the system board is damaged. I can send the…
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Effective Emacs
Interesting article on Emacs but most people using Emacs today are using it on Intel Hardware ( and PowerPC base Macs ). I think the writer is misisng the one major point that people love about emacs – The ability customize your environment to work the way you want. The author proposes making keyboard bindings…