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Archive for May 17th, 2005

This Week In Tech [TWIT] // Episode 5

Posted by Alan Henry on May 17th, 2005

Alright! This week’s episode of TWIT is up and ready to download in all of it’s high-quality mp3 glory. As usual, it’s behind the official release of the podcast, but hey-that’s what an archive is for, right? Anyway, on with the download-enjoy! TWIT Episode 5 // May 15, 2005 – [ download ]

Hot Linux Reviews!

Posted by Alan Henry on May 17th, 2005

Courtesy of Eric Craft in the TechTV Forever Yahoogroup [ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/techtv-forever/ ] we have a ton of reviews for some of the most popular Linux distros available, including the obscenely popular Ubuntu, which has seen rising popularity in recent days. SuSE [ http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1791610,00.asp ] [ http://usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6399 ] Ubuntu [ http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,120520,00.asp ] [ http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10413 ] Xandros [...]

Build Your Own Linux Home Theater PC

Posted by Alan Henry on May 17th, 2005

As part of their “Microsoft-Free Home” series, ExtremeTech put together a particularly interesting how-to on building your own Linux-based HTPC, complete with DVR capability. For the non acronym-savvy in the audience, what the really means is building a computer that you can use for home entertainment, movies, music, the works, based on Linux, and that [...]

First Look: Tiger Lives Up to the Hype

Posted by Alan Henry on May 17th, 2005

Now that we’ve had our hands on Mac OS 10.4 “Tiger” for a while, it’s about time for the comprehensive reviews to start trickling in, and who has our first but the reliable folks at PCWorld? 4.5/5 stars, they give it, a must have for Mac owners, and well worth the upgrade, they conclude, but [...]