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Creating a Dual-Boot Windows XP and Ubuntu Laptop Publish Date: May. 8, 2006
Running a Windows-only laptop is hardly ideal for people who do considerable work in the Linux environment. When Cygwin and ssh aren't enough, consider at least dual-booting into the free software world. Kevin Farnham recently converted his new laptop into a half-Windows, half-Ubuntu GNU/Linux machine. Here's how.
Creating a Dual-Boot Windows XP and Ubuntu Laptop Publish Date: May. 8, 2006
Running a Windows-only laptop is hardly ideal for people who do considerable work in the Linux environment. When Cygwin and ssh aren't enough, consider at least dual-booting into the free software world. Kevin Farnham recently converted his new laptop into a half-Windows, half-Ubuntu GNU/Linux machine. Here's how.
Analyzing Statistics with GNU R Publish Date: Nov. 17, 2005
Analyzing and graphing statistical data doesn't have to be as dry and boring as it sounds. With the GNU R programming language, it can be as easy as writing a few lines of code--R is to statistics and analysis as Perl is to text files. Kevin Farnham shows how easy it is to use GNU R productively with just a little bit of training.
Adventures in Migrating to New Linux Distributions Publish Date: Apr. 7, 2005
Linux doesn't stand still, whether it's the kernel or GNU/Linux distributions. If you're a developer or a hobbyist who likes to stay up to date, you can't stand still, either. Upgrading isn't always easy, though. Kevin Farnham recently switched distributions several times; here are some hard-earned lessons from the process.
