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The OS future

Posted on September 14, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on The OS future

Windows 8 has been unveiled, OSx is Roaring, and Ubuntu is trying to create a Unity. These new OS’s give us a peek at the future, but what does it really say? Over on ZDNet Ed Bott wrote a nice article on Windows 8. I’m not going to go into it in detail, but the…

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Apple, Computers, Linux, Microsoft, Software

Ubuntu Unity: Nice Idea but…

Posted on June 1, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Ubuntu Unity: Nice Idea but…

I’ve been a fan of Ubuntu for a number of years. Over the last month I’ve been playing with version 11.04 which has unity. So here is my take on it. Being one of those who is a tech person, and always wants to find a way to hook new users onto Linux, I was…

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Computers, Linux, Reviews

Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

Posted on January 26, 2010 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows 7 is a crossgrade?

A person I know recently wrote a nice little blog piece about how Windows 7 is a Crossgrade. They made some really nice points, but missed the mark on a bunch of others. First off, the statement that you do not “own” your copy of Windows is correct, this statement is also true of OSX….

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