by Dave | Apr 24, 2002 | Improving Apps
Last time we talked about bizarre names in open source software. This time we’re going to address how to fix it. What constitutes a good name for software? Last time, we mentioned a trend to include within the app name a reference to the programming language...
by Dave | Apr 18, 2002 | Starting Out with Linux
The Linux Folder Structure is pretty different from that of Windows. If you’ve been a Mac user, it’s very similar to what you’ve been using, even if you didn’t know it. A “folder structure” is a collection of files and the folders...
by Dave | Apr 17, 2002 | Starting Out with Linux
root represents possibly the most important thing to understand about Linux that differs from Windows. You may have heard that Linux is more stable and secure than other operating systems, particularly Windows. The main reason that Windows is not stable or secure is...
by Dave | Apr 10, 2002 | Improving Apps
Too often, open source programs have bizarre, unhelpful names. This needs to change, at least for desktop applications, for Linux to really take off in that market. For all my love for Linux, software names in Linux are probably the most cryptic, arcane names...
by Dave | Apr 1, 2002 | Tinker Blog
I really like this splash image, although it was designed to go with the first icon, so it doesn’t fit very well with the newest draft. I’ll probably need to rework this to fit the icon better. Oh well.
