Should open-source morals stand in the way of Linux world supremecy?

 

In the recent past Valve and Blizzard have both come out with damning comments regarding the up and coming Windows 8. Valve has backed these comments up, announcing that they will be porting Steam to Ubuntu. Windows 8 and metro is a gamble and Valve thinks that it will fail. Could this mean Linux has an opportunity to gain market share from windows? Is Linux ready? Is what has made Linux now becoming its own worst enemy?

Best of both SSD and HDD for your Laptop

The old rule of thumb for when I wanted a cheap upgrade of performance was to install additional RAM because this increased the amount stored in fast memory and reduced usage of the slower HDD. Now SSD is comparable with RAM speed we have more choice for improving performance. But there is always a but. SSD is still expensive so storing all your MP3s, pictures and videos could hurt my wallet. But there is another way thanks to a piece on lifehacker Podcast: Install a small super quick SSD into the laptop for OS and apps and keep HDD in CD bay for multimedia.

Top apps not installed on Ubuntu by default

There are hundreds if not thousands of these "Top 10 linux apps" and "Apps you must have following Ubuntu installation" type blog entries but in my opinion these are useless unless you can identify with the author. To help you identify with me:

• Been using Ubuntu for home use (DVDs, photos, internet) for over 5 years.
• Mainly use open source applications but not exclusively.
• Prefer to pay nothing for the software.
• It should just work "out the box", no command line or extensive "how to" required.
• Could be said I am a Google fan boy

At last Working Ubuntu

• 4 Attempts to try and convert to linux (Once a year!)
• A few sleepless nights (This time not anything to do with Wireless)
• Lots of coffee
• 4 reformats
  
• A a couple of crashes later (Two of which was in attempt to login to blogger)

I have converted to Ubuntu... I am now an official Linux Geek!