When KDE 4 was first released, I didn't care much for it, and I thought I never would. But due to recent circumstances, I installed the latest version to see if things changed for the better, and to my surprise, they have. That might be an understatement, because as I see it, KDE 4.3 is easily one of the most polished desktop environments out there.
For the Linux newbie, Ubuntu is the oft recommended distro, for a few different reasons. It's easy to set up, works on a lot of hardware, and doesn't require a manual to understand how to manage it. For the same reason, Ubuntu seems to get a bad rap from more experienced Linux users. I say there's no need of it, and I'm about to explain why.
With the recent announcement of Google's Chrome OS, open source zealots everywhere have been licking their lips raw and playing their trumpets loud. But is another big corporation going to be a good thing for OSS? We take a trip down memory lane and look for whether Google can (or wants to) buck the old trends.
Should content posted on a website be decided by its readers, or companies? Rather than have typical advertising sustain a site and support its growth, are there other avenues worth exploring? These are the questions on the table, and Senior Editor Brett Thomas has taken a hard look at both, analyzing the pros, and the far more important cons.
Senior Editor Brett Thomas has been spending a lot of time analyzing the video games industry recently, and come up with an interesting set of findings. In an open letter to the entire sector, he discusses the challenges facing gaming, the quickly changing landscape and some strategies to keep things growing.
| Title | Author | Date | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remembering Apogee & 3D Realms | Rob Williams | May 11, 2009 | Staff Editorials |
| Hello There, Ladies and Gentlemen... | Brett Thomas | May 6, 2009 | Staff Editorials |
| My First Netbook Experience | Rob Williams | January 4, 2009 | Staff Editorials |
| Tales from a Modder's Garage | Craig "Tech-Daddy" Tate | October 15, 2008 | Staff Editorials |
| ASUS Shows Faith in Splashtop | Rob Williams | May 14, 2008 | Staff Editorials |
| AGEIA in 2007 - Is This the Year of the PPU? | Greg King | February 22, 2007 | Staff Editorials |
| Holiday Hardware Buyers Guide | Techgage Staff | November 15, 2006 | Staff Editorials |
| PNY PR Horrors | Matthew Harris | October 2, 2006 | Staff Editorials |
| AMD + ATI: What could it mean for us? | Rob Williams | July 22, 2006 | Staff Editorials |