Linux Reviews

Linux : Reviews : Kapital: Personal finance for Linux
Posted: ( Mon 19th Feb 2001 11:42:16[PM] UTC )
"Yes, there's GNUCash, and there's a Java-based personal finance manager, Moneydance, that works wherever Java does. Neither of these, though, has captured the hearts of those whose passage from Windows has been marred by lack of a slick, attractive personal finance manager."

Linux : Reviews : GAIM 0.11.0-pre4 Instant Messaging Client
Posted: ( Mon 19th Feb 2001 11:36:53[PM] UTC )
"At first glance, GAIM is merely a clone of AOL's instant messenger. While it does provide the majority of the functionality of AIM, GAIM adds much, much more."

Linux : Reviews : Roundup of web site tools
Posted: ( Mon 19th Feb 2001 10:09:01[PM] UTC )
"Of course, Linux wouldn't be Linux if it didn't play nicely with other systems, and Linux Web tools are no exception.The systems we looked at included both open source projects (such as PHP and Zope), as well as commercial products (such as Chili!Soft ASP and IBM's WebSphere)."

Linux : Reviews : Kylix - first impressions
Posted: ( Sat 17th Feb 2001 07:39:31[PM] UTC )
"The power of the Kylix is its objectivity. With packet you get lot of classes - labels, edition windows, listboxes, comboboxes, buttons, tabels etc. - but you aren't limited to them. You can create your own components, modify existing or bring into the project higher level classes - for example sheets, which can inherite further."

Linux : Reviews : NetRaider: Small, fast window to the web
Posted: ( Thu 15th Feb 2001 05:49:32[PM] UTC )
"NetRaider is advertised by its development team as "small, stable, independent, and free," four words a lot of us like to hear. In this case, there is mostly truth in the advertising. For just a 0.0.2 release, this browser was a very impressive product."

Linux : Reviews : SuSE Linux 7.0 PPC edition
Posted: ( Wed 14th Feb 2001 02:22:39[AM] UTC )
"If you've used SuSE's previous edition--version 6.4--you won't be surprised by any staggering improvements. But this release comes with such an impressive catalog of software compatible with systems running Yellow Dog Linux and LinuxPPC, it might be a good investment even if you don't install SuSE Linux itself."

Linux : Reviews : OpenBSD 2.8
Posted: ( Tue 13th Feb 2001 08:28:00[PM] UTC )
"Since OpenBSD is designed for security, and is "secure by default" (as their motto states), users wishing to have a functional and secure server need not toil with permissions and services, and in some cases, one needs to do nothing more than install the operating system and watch in awe as it does its work."

Linux : Reviews : U stands for UDE and uncharted territories
Posted: ( Tue 13th Feb 2001 10:04:21[AM] UTC )
"Aesthetically, UDE is not as full of eye-candy as GNOME, though there are some interesting looking themes available. There are also some workflow occurrences that make dealing with UDE a bit like dealing with my seven-year old: smart, but apt to get wacky on you every once in a while."

Linux : Reviews : Wobbly word processing
Posted: ( Mon 12th Feb 2001 08:47:00[PM] UTC )
"To date, the efforts of the entire open source world coupled with the commercial developers targeting the Linux market have failed to create a seriously first class word processor for professionals. There are a number of promising contenders - I've looked at the main alternatives."

Linux : Reviews : Dressed to thrill
Posted: ( Mon 12th Feb 2001 07:51:00[PM] UTC )
"Do you want to look good?I mean Ricky Martin- or Jennifer Lopez-good?to your enterprise customers? Then try on Linux 2.4, the new look of enterprise operating systems. You not only have a great Web server and departmental file server, you also have a server capable of enterprise services from massive database engines to enterprise wide file serving."

Linux : Reviews : AbriaSoft's "Abria SQL Standard"
Posted: ( Sun 11th Feb 2001 11:54:44[PM] UTC )
"I recently took the Abria SQL Standard product out for a test drive. I admit to having looked only at the Linux version; consequently, I will make no assumptions on the Windows version of the product. Are you sitting comfortably? Then, let's begin."

Linux : Reviews : Book roundup
Posted: ( Sat 10th Feb 2001 07:02:30[PM] UTC )
"The main point is that to really learn to use Linux without running up huge support calls, or pissing everyone off in IRC chat, you need to buy a book. So we have, for the last three months, been reading and researching away, beaver-like. But we were new to Linux when we started, and now our three strong team is at least half-proficient in the use of Linux"

Linux : Reviews : Which programming language?
Posted: ( Thu 8th Feb 2001 08:13:38[PM] UTC )
In this article, the popular programming languages, C, C++, Java, Python and Perl are compared. Personal opinions are used when appropriate. Also looked at are the development tools available for each language.

Linux : Reviews : Serious backup: Exabyte M2 and Tandberg SLR 60
Posted: ( Wed 7th Feb 2001 08:51:32[AM] UTC )
"Both drives seem to work flawlessly under Linux, and both companies will stand behind you if you want to use these drives under your favorite OS. So you'll have to make your purchasing decision based on something else -- like the number of Ben Franklins in your wallet or the number of GB that you need to store."

Linux : Reviews : Linux distribution roundup
Posted: ( Tue 6th Feb 2001 04:40:07[PM] UTC )
"All of the distributions covered here were installed from ISO images I bought from CheapBytes, with the exception of TurboLinux 6.1, which I downloaded and burned my own CD, and SuSE Linux, which I had the full package here, courtesy of SuSE. Most of the distributions offer various configurations of either desktop, developer, or server versions, with prices varying depending on the package you choose."