Archive for Open Source

Wine & Cheese

January 25, 2010 at 11:21 pm · Filed under Linux, Open Source ·Tagged , ,

Being a former Microsoft Windows user and coming over to Linux, there are many obstacles to overcome. Besides the obvious GUI (graphical user interface) changes, software changes can be the hardest to overcome especially because there is some software written only for Microsoft Windows. How does one overcome this barrier? It’s actually really easy! Just go to the wine cellar… no! Just kidding! Actually, you’ll want to install a software program called WINE, which stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. I’d also suggest installing Wine-Doors as well. This article is not a tutorial so I won’t be showing you how to obtain Wine or Wine-Doors. I’m just going to talk about benefits of running Wine with Wine-Doors and how this can make your switch over from Windows easier. Also, even if you’ve always used Linux, maybe there is a Windows application you’d like to try. Whatever your reasons, Wine can be a very helpful tool.

Ever since I have been using Linux, I have been using Wine because naturally there are the Windows programs I can’t live without. These usually include Photoshop, and Internet Explorer (for web compatibility reasons). Of course, Linux has The Gimp but as a Photoshop user, The Gimp is not Photoshop. I’ve read tutorials, I’ve read different magazines but I am just not a fan of The Gimp. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Linux Lab

January 24, 2010 at 1:13 am · Filed under Linux, Open Source, The Linux Lab ·Tagged , ,

The Linux LabOne of my personal side projects that I have been neglecting (mostly because I don’t know how to proceed or where to take the project) is The Linux Lab. I originally got the idea from a hacker space in Cincinnati, Ohio called Hive13. I forget what really inspired me but all I know is that one day I was researching hacker spaces and LUGs (Linux User Groups) and I wanted to combine the two. I really want to thank the guys behind Hive13 for inspiration and giving me ideas. The Linux Lab (or LX Lab) is supposed to be a mix hacker space and LUG.

My idea behind LX Lab (The Linux Lab) is providing something similar to a hacker space except Linux and open source related. Sort of a lab where you can freely try out a different distro on a machine, and the goal is every distro in the world. We’d accomplish this probably through virtual machines and being able to pick a distro from a central server in the lab.

Something else I would want LX Lab to be, is a learning environment for learning about different open source systems and provide professional training to professionals. For example, Some Company, Inc. wants to test out Red Hat virtualization but they don’t want to spend the money on the resources to find out they don’t like it. They can come to the LX Lab, grab a server, pull the Red Hat image from the Image Library, some clients and test it out.

I’ll share more of my ideas about LX Lab in more posts. If you’d like to see what I have setup so far, you can go to http://www.lxlab.org or http://www.thelinuxlab.org.

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