old stuff from September, 2006

oss saves money

Tuesday, 19 September 2006 10:00 am by noel
posted in linux, software, stuff

the malaysian government has saved up to 30 percent on information and communications technology costs among its agencies under the open source software (oss) initiative.
full story
i wish the philippine government would be more clear cut with regards to oss. there are some voices out there and some may have adopted it but the initiative needs [...]

trying to dual boot

Monday, 18 September 2006 10:18 am by noel
posted in linux, software

i’m trying to dual boot windows xp pro and kubuntu. it seems there’s a lot of planning to be done with regards to repartitioning the hard drives. i cannot abandon xp just yet. i cannot afford another desktop and a lot of my clients still use it and i’m currently trying to migrate them (at [...]

k/ubuntu live cd: 640×480

Sunday, 17 September 2006 7:35 am by noel
posted in linux, software

i’m using the kubuntu/ubuntu 6.06.1 distros and the nice thing about them is that they’re installers and live cds as well. which means you can try the distro first and boot from the cd without messing with your current installed configuration.
the cd booted and both distro’s work right off but the default screen resolution is [...]

moving to linux: the politics

Saturday, 16 September 2006 8:35 pm by noel
posted in linux, software

it would seem financially ideal to move to linux but there are always “ifs” and “buts” that you pick up along the way. always.
personally, moving wouldn’t make sense if you already have windows xp up and running. you already spent for the os and it would be a waste not to use it. i honestly [...]

php pains

Tuesday, 12 September 2006 9:35 am by noel
posted in software, web development

php is giving me a little headache. especially with functions and passing variables between pages. can’t be helped. have to read it again. and again. and again…