Jack Wallen

Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Jack Wallen has distilled the key differences into one list.

On those infrequent occasions when you need to reboot Linux, you may find that the process takes longer than you’d like. Jack Wallen shares a number of tricks you can use to reduce boot times.

Jack Wallen shows you how to install True Type fonts on your Fedora or Ubuntu Linux machine and how to make key applications (such as OpenOffice and Scribus) aware of those fonts.

A few simple keyboard shortcuts can make your work in Linux far more efficient. Jack Wallen runs through 10 of his favorites, for both desktop environments and window managers.

Working (or living) within a Linux-based network is become more and more commonplace. And with the popularity of Mac OS X rising, Apple-based computers have to play well inside a Linux network. With the help of Samba this is not only possible, it’s easy to configure and establish. Jack Wallen takes a look at how a Mac OS X computer connects to a Samba share.

I was playing around the other day and came across a Firefox extension that gave me a bit of a chuckle. I found it in a article called,”Firefox extensions you DON’T want.” At first I thought, “I should report this in my blog (for whatever reason; I have no idea.) Then I thought, “No it’s …

E-mail clients are often loaded down with too many features; sometimes a
simple e-mail client is all you need. Jack Wallen compares three Linux e-mail-only
clients.

Over the weekend I read about the New Zealand Open Source Society barking about patent threats within the OOXML standard. They complained that the 6000-page documentation was “peppered” with potential patent liabilities. First of all, I have to begin by asking this question: How can Microsoft, a company known for its inherent ability to break …

I’ve run the bases with Linux email clients. From Pine to Balsa to Arrow to Evolution to Kmail to Thunderbird the list leads like a science text book. But I’ll give you one guess as to which client I always seem to return to. Did you guess Pine? You guessed correctly. Email is one of …

Linux word processors are chipping away at Microsoft Word’s ownership of the usability label. Check out this Daily Drill Down to see how StarOffice 6.0 matches up to the current word processing leader.

Polling Place examines the results of TechProGuild’s Quick Poll: If the majority of TechProGuild members could master one aspect of Linux, it would be security.

Polling Place examines the results of TechProGuild’s Quick Poll: The majority of TechProGuild members would not use Microsoft Office if it were ported to Linux.