I get this question a lot from windows users: “Can windows read files from a linux file system?”. It turns out that now you can thanks to John Newbigin’s Explore2fs for windows. Here is a screen shot of it for you non-believers out there:
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It seems former CEO of MP3.Com, Michael Robertson, believes his new product is going to change the face of computing. His idea is to build a combination OS of Linux and Windows called Lindows.
The online retailer Amazon states they were able to reduce technology cost by 25% after switching to the Linux operating system. I’ve often said the best thing that could happen to Linux is a recession. Companies will have to make adjustments in technolgy if there is no money to spend on Microsoft products. I am not sure how you spend $189 million dollars on technology but somehow they managed to spend that much in only 9 months of this year alone. For more information read the article on Yahoo!.
I got my DVD player working under Debian today. I want to thank the folks over at VideoLan.Org for all of the hard work they have put into the Video Lan package. I’ve got some screen shots for you to enjoy as well as how to set it up.
As companies purchase more and more domains, keeping track of these domains can get rather confusing as to which ones have been paid and which ones haven’t. A recent company who made a web site for children recently had their domain register by someone else who put up a pornographic site.