Linux Convert Articles

Well, it has been a while since this was updated but bear with us. The team responsible for this site are (ahem) lucky enough to also care for several other sites on the wonderful wide web. This ...

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A new month and WhyDontYou has updated it's blog. This time it is a tirade against the comments made in the September 2006 issue of PCW - about how Open Source software is too expensive for a sma...

http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2006/07/15/new-month-new-pcw-new-rant/

...Ok, the rants about magazines doesnt seem like it will ever go away. After a brief hiatus last month (more down to lack of time than quality of magazines) we can return to the proper ranting a...

http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2006/06/04/lxf-magazine/

Linux Vs Windows VistaWell the next windows vs linux battle will be fought soon. Windows Vista (formerly LONGHORN) is looking more and more like it will be released by the end of this year. Now I...

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A short blog entry on Linux HTML editors. Well worth a read

http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2006/04/21/linux-html-editors/

A short rant about the poor coveage of Linux in PC magazines. Why do they think Ubuntu is the only distro?

http://www.whydontyou.org.uk/blog/2006/04/16/pc-magazines-continue-downwards/

Sadly a variety of commitments have delayed the 2006 update of "build your own linuxbox" but rest assured it will be ready soon!

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The Linux convert home page. Includes site news, updates and information that doesnt fit into any of the other sections.

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Ubuntu is great, but sometimes it annoys us. This is a short-ish rant about some of our problems with Ubuntu.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/rant.php

Some of the more commonly asked questions we get, and the answers we give.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/linuxqna.php

Title says it all. Why use linux? Here we tell you why.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/whylinux.php

Discussion on the memory types and needs for the linux machine.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/memory.php

Software packages.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/software.php

All the other bits and peices the linux machine will need - keyboard, mouse etc.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/others.php

The choice here depends on your requirements. A gaming PC or a high end CAD workstation will need better graphics cards than an office word processor.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/graph.php

Faster is not always better. Here we look at what processors are best suited for our needs.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/processor.php

What hard disks it requires - SCSI or IDE for example - and suggested disk sizes.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/disks.php

An overview of both the linux system we have picked out for you, and the windows system it is compteting against.

http://linux.sci-tech.co.uk/sysover.php