Linux Is Fun!!! Second Life....

I'm not a big fan of Second Life, but today, just for experience I logon to my account created around 1998 :)....

I had read somewhere that Second Life had  a Linux client... So it was time to try it...

I've downloaded the client named SecondLife-i686-2.1.0.207030, and after untar it using nothing but just Nautilus, i ran the executable (no need to install).... and....

Now I'm dancing around justo for fun.... Nice Graphics, 3d Hardware ok, Easy...

Try for yourself...

Linux found in Portugal - RHL

Last Summer while in hollidays in Algarve, I noticed at the supermarket cashier after a reboot that they were using Red Hat Linux.

Well, this is a major Supermarket chain here at Portugal.

So today i had the idea to make some calculations and figure out how much computers with RHL installed just for cashier POS.

Well, consulting their website, at www.continente.pt I found:

40 - Continente Hipermarket - At about 50 cashiers each= 2000 RHL
120 - Modelo Supermarket - At about 10 cashiers each = 1200 RHL

Each one of this shops have other cashier for other brands, Worten (home appliances) Modalfa (clothes), and each one a few more cashiers... Just sum, and sum...

With simple math at Portugal we just found 3500 Linux computers with important position, not just some desktops....

So those people who say that Linux is just about 1% of desktop, how about make some calculations and count the number of computers with Linux? Remember, a router with embebed Linux is a computer!!!!

Abiword - Writing Collaboration

Can you do this on MSOffice?

Sure you can't..... But you can do it on Windows...

I tried it and it is very easy to use .....

Each colour is a diferent person writing on the same file from diferent computers, at the same time...... UAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU....

Abiword is a standalone word processor, available on Linux, Windows, and Macosx and with more feature than you will ever need....

Find out more at http://www.abisource.com/

# IRC Channel # Freenode # #linuxmadeasy

Today i created a IRC channel for online chat. Hope to see you there.

Channel is #linuxmadeasy and it stands on FREENODE network.

Fedora 13

In my search for the perfect desktop for my Asus eee 701, i found Fedora 13...

It has been a few years since i tried Fedora Core. The other night I decided to try it on my Toshiba Laptop, and my mouth was wide open after the live cd boot...

I found out that the system was fast... So 2+2, and i tried it on the asus... Live boot ok, install ok (minus a small detail on 1 step due to 800x480 screen), run smooth.....

The installation method is very easy, and everything is perfect for the newbie.

I love the choice of Simple Scan for scanner developed by Canonical (Ubuntu). (You must love FLOSS)

Afterall Fedora keep thins lean, clean and easy.

After a few tweaks i could get 105Mb of ram usage after boot, yes, with Gnome....

Install this, remove that, and after all i got 1.2 Gb free on harddrive even with 245 Mb of swap, this means a lot of free space...

So, it's a good distro, easy, very stable, with some very nice tools.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

ell, it's here!

So far so good, for my system, Toshiba A300-1RW i got these improvements:

- Compiz and fglrx now work without problems. (Just Great!!!)
- Suspend, hibernate, etc, etc, now out of the box (2 x Just Great!!!)
- Boot is fast, but not really fast (I upgraded, not fresh install)


What is not so good yet!

- No fn keys yet (no problemo....)

All the rest is great as usual....

I'll leave you with my screenshot with compiz....

Look at it.... So nice..... And it look's very easy ain't it???

Why don't you Linux? 10 Reasons you should!

Why???

1 - You can acess Facebook, Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Twitter, etc., etc.!

2 - Yes, you can even play Farmville in Linux!

3 - 99,999% free of Virus!

4 - You can watch videos, ear music, plug your IPhone!

5 - It comes with most of the software you ever need installed!

6 - You dont have to search outside your system for software, every piece of software you install is refered and safe to install!

7 - You can use your USB Pen, External HD, and everything compatible with Windows.

8 - Have new hardware? Just Plug and Play! There is more hardware supported in Linux than in Windows 7 (for certain if you count the number of old periphals that Win7 don't support)!

9 - It's easy to install, see post http://linuxmadeasy.blogspot.com/2009/09/easy-way-to-try-linux.html and you don't need to install to try!

10 - You know a lot of Linux developers, such as: IBM, Intel, HP, Google, Oracle. If they trust and develop Linux, why don't you?


Linux is easy... Believe me....

Bricscad and DWG cad Again

I'm posting this to comment on latest release of Bricscad and Alpha release of their cad package for Linux.

This release it's named Alpha 10.3.7, and it continues with great improvement.

Everytime a new release is out, a great number of new features is added and is closer to windows version.

In the next image there is a screenshot of this native version of Bricscad with a drawing that i made for production.

There are some features missing, but for simples drawings it's ready. It's been a few weeks since i dont have the need for boot my Windows virtual machine.

Dwg cad Linux - Bricscad

It's happening...

Bricsys is launching a alpha version everyday or so.....

Yesterday it was possible to draw some lines.... And today is already possible to open DWG files....

Amazing speed even on my asus eee with 900 mhz...

Now i'm even more sure that soon it will be running full speed on a lot of computers...

Goodbye windows....

Away reason

Dear readers....

I've been away for several reasons. Months were complicated.

I got married, and you know, few weeks before to make things happen, and after i went a week to mexico, so no time to think about computers or work.

Beside since i came back, i've been under heavy stress at work, so no time.

Today i made time. I'm writing from my brand new htc tattoo with android.

Android is a nice piece of software, that i will review soon i make more time.

I'll try to be fast...