Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Gordon (Thistleweb) Featured Track: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. Episode 30 is hosted over on TechRights The three of us are present for episode 30. In typical Techbytes fashion we take a topic,... Continue Reading →
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 9 – 17/11/10
Through the power of mind control and Skype, Gordon Sinclair was convinced to come back to TechBytes for a second show! - Of course I jest, but Gordon's addition to show 8 was enthusiastically received and enjoyed by many. Kindly Gordon wanted to come back and put his own viewpoint to the merry throng (a... Continue Reading →
REVIEW: Peppermint – Cloud/Lightweight distro & Considering the cloud?
Linux and its diverse range of distributions are developing at a very fast pace. Nearly every day on Distrowatch I see something new and whilst I would like to take a look at everything, the popularity and demand for Linux distro's means that I do not have the time to review everything. In today's... Continue Reading →
PROFILE OF: Hadron – Appearing on C.O.L.A
For this post we are going to delve a little deeper into the previous article about Walmart training FUD and dodgy PCworld sales reps (in respect of the issue of - who are you talking to?) . I have often mentioned comp.os.linux.advocacy and here is one of its regulars Hadron. Hadron describes himself as a... Continue Reading →
NEWS: Windows 7/Linux wheres the advantage now?
Windows users must be really pleased. Having spent a good while getting backward compatibility with their binary slug Vista, the rumours are now rife that Windows 7 will not be natively backward compatible at all. So it begs the question, why not take this oportunity to move over to Linux, where getting your old software... Continue Reading →