Its no secret that Apple keeps its products held very closely in attempt to lock users in their own walled-garden. While most people seem more than happy to lock themselves down, most Linux users are disgusted by Apple’s practices but still own an Apple device for some reason or another.
Speaking to German website Golem.de, the founder of the Ubuntu desktop, Mark Shuttleworth, spoke freely about how Linux compares to Apple, what he thinks of Windows 7, his thoughts of KDE4, and much more. Watch the two part interview after the jump. Video: Mark Shuttleworth – We are our own worst enemy – Interview (Part »
Time and time again I made it clear how disgruntled am with the mobile phone industry and specifically the dreaded iPhone. Luckily, over here in Saudi Arabia, carriers haven’t yet discovered (or maybe don’t have AT&T’s clout) locking phones as a “business” model. So the issue doesn’t affect me directly – bar for phones exported »
Time and time again I expressed my disdain for Apple and their anti-competitive tactics by locking down the iPhone and iPod. So its no wonder that the news the Linux kernel has been successfully ported to the iPhone came as a breath of fresh air. The guys over at Linux on the iPhone have managed »
I know that this is a Linux blog, and thats what readers have come to expect. But sometimes one encounters stuff that is just too good to pass. So that other day my dad bought a new HP Pavilion desktop, and since I am the geek in residence I ended up setting it up for »
It shouldn’t be too much of a stretch to assume that a good portion of those whom read this blog are Linux users, and so are involved to varying degrees in what is commonly called the ‘Linux Community’. Anyone who’s been into the whole Linux thang for a while has probably noticed this; I haven’t »
I am sure a lot of Linux and Mac users were a bit disappointed on September the 2nd, they were shut out in favor of their more popular counterparts; Windows users. Google’s browser, Chrome, took the Internet by storm. Everybody was talking about it, Digg got swamped with Chrome submissions, Tech blogs were buzzing about »
I have already ranted about my displeasure with the iPhone because it’s locked down like a brick and cannot be really used effectively on a Linux box. But if you thought that was bad then you have seen nothing! The Free Software Foundation published an alarming article titled 5 Reasons to Avoid iPhone 3G.
While I am not really big iPhone fan, I must admit it’s a sexy piece of hardware, that captured the hearts of millions in a heartbeat. But the fact that Apple decided to lock it down, is a deal breaker for me. I have had the misfortune of buying a 32 GB iPod touch, and »
1-Because it comes “free” with your laptop and you might as well use it. Just like that Britney Spears single that was bundled with your CD player. 2-Money is no object to you. No problem just fork out $500, for 10% of the features you actually need. After all you can’t put a label on »
