Why did GNUstep never really take off?

December 31, 2008 by Joe · 1 Comment
Filed under: Development, Java, KDE, Mac OS X, Open Source, Perl, Python, Ruby, Software, XFCE 

About a month ago, I considered the factors that were holding back one open source project with much potential, Parrot. Today I will do the same for another open source project: . Mac OS X knows the inherent power and quality of this API. It was designed extremely well, successfully ...

NetBSD: An Alternative to Xubuntu and Ubuntu Lite for Machines With Low Specs

December 31, 2008 by Joe · Leave a Comment
Filed under: GNOME, KDE, NetBSD, Solaris, UNIX 

I know a number of people who advocate the use of Xubuntu on resource-constrained desktop systems. But there has recently been talk about how the resource usage of Xubuntu is growing at a rapid pace. Along these lines, today I read an article that considers the use of Ubuntu Lite ...

Konqueror 4.0 brings some vast improvements.

January 14, 2008 by Joe · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Firefox, Javascript, KDE, Linux, Software 

KDE 4.0 was released several days back, and thanks to the KDE Four Live CD, I was able to give it a try with very little effort. Having used it for about a day and a half now, I’d like to share some of my impressions of this new release ...