Monthly : January 2008

30 Jan

andLinux Installation Troubleshooting

by Marco Mastropaolo

Check out this screenshot : It’s andLinux, a Linux distribution based on Kubuntu 6.10 with a coLinux kernel which runs under any Windows NT (here in Windows XP SP2 with Zune Theme, running KDevelop, Konsole and Synaptic, alongside with Firefox for Windows, Excel 2007 and Adobe Photoshop CS). What’s cool is that unlike virtualization solutions, [...]

Filed Under: Geeky side of life, Linux

28 Jan

Nokia buys Trolltech

by Marco Mastropaolo

After MySQL, Nokia goes after Qt(opia) : http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/press.2008-01-28.4605718236

Filed Under: Linux

26 Jan

Cisco VPN on Linux OpenSuse 10.3

by Marco Mastropaolo

I found this guide quite useful : http://linux.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/cisco-vpn-client-opensuse-103/ Don’t worry about the fact that the link is for a x86-64 version. It works on 32bit systems too. However, after the installation completed, I could not connect because of an error saying “The profile specified could not be read.” (if you get a “couldn’t connect” message [...]

Filed Under: Linux, Security

14 Jan

Top 5 reasons to temporarily abandon Linux on the desktop

by Marco Mastropaolo

Running Linux on the desktop requires some more free-time than Windows, at least if you come from a Windows world. Here’s my top 5 reasons I will pause usage of Linux for some time: Less free time due to work overload. Need of having Visual Studio 2005 handy 99% of the time. VPN access (and [...]

Filed Under: Linux