tuxmachines.org

I’m getting *lots* of views of my recent post Building your own Linux Ubuntu computer using the ECS GeForce 6100SM-M motherboard.

Most of them come via tuxmachines.org, which posted a link to the post yesterday. I had never heard of this site before but did take a look and it seems to do a good job covering the Linux news beat. More importantly, it has original content that, at least at first glance, is worth a read. See for example How-to Edit Grub.

Since I’m getting so many views I just spent some time revising the post, including the addition of a mini-tutorial on how to assemble all the components to make a working machine.

I see also that this post has been “digged,” via Digg. I believe this is the first on my posts that have been cited in this way.

I just visited Digg and did a search on “building Ubuntu computer” and see I have 20 digg’s to date. See Who Dug Dave’s Post.

By the way, tuxmachines.org is a good example of Drupal in action.

links for 2007-09-11

• Lenovo opening the door for Ubuntu ThinkPads?
  Let’s hope that Lenov opens that door to Ubuntu to their customers. Come join the fun.
  (tags: open-source linux ubuntu)
• Microsoft starts a “Get the Facts” campaign…against itself | The Open Road – CNET Blogs
  “By the way, the study claims that switching to Vista saves on hardware costs.” Ho, ho, ho. Just try running VIsta Home Basic on a 512MB machine. I have done that, and so have seen Vista in inaction. Give Ubuntu 512MB of memory and you are off and running
  (tags: open-source ubuntu linux microsoft vista via:lxer)
• Moving from Windows to Linux? Here’s how to take the good stuff with you
  Long and detailed tutorial on migration to Linux, with favorable mention of Ubuntu’s migration support. Move over, Microsoft.
  (tags: open-source linux ubuntu via:ubuntu-weekly-news)
• Linux.com :: Mindbridge switches to Linux, saves “bunches of money”
  “And I didn’t want to add Microsoft to our customers’ overhead.” More on making the move to Linux. You can’t get more serious than trusting Linux to run your business’s IT infrastructure.
  (tags: open-source linux ubuntu via:ubuntu-weekly-news)
• » Edubuntu to the rescue again | Education IT | ZDNet.com
  Using Ubuntu to help librarians. Keep up the good work. Putting Ubuntu in the stacks will help reduce the stacked-deck from Microsoft that all too many accept on a daily basis.
  (tags: open-source ubuntu linux education librarians via:ubuntu-weekly-news)
• Press Release: IBM Joins OpenOffice.org Community
  “IBM will be making initial code contributions that it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product, including accessibility enhancements, and will be making ongoing contributions to the feature richness and code quality of OpenOffice.org. Besid
  (tags: open-source open-office linux ubuntu education ibm)
• Press FAQ: IBM Joins OpenOffice.org Community
  “Can you quantify the resources IBM is bringing to bear? For example, how many programmers? Where are they located? IBM has about 35 programmers in China who will be dedicated to the project.” Code talks.
  (tags: open-source open-office ubuntu linux ibm)
• Wikipedia passes two million article mark – Wikinews, the free news source
  Two million Wikipedia entries with lots more to come. An amazing feat of community collaboration, based on open-source using the open-source development model.
  (tags: open-source wikipedia)
• Linux News: Implementation: Taking the Open Road: University Libraries Explore Options
  “The virtual learning environment could be where university libraries first encounter open source. An increasing number of content management and portal systems are also open source and many university libraries are involved in setting up open source repo
  (tags: open-source linux ubuntu education libraries)
• Microsoft Delays Windows Server 2008
  Why delay? Try Ubuntu today!
  (tags: open-source linux ubuntu)
• » The ‘undo’ problem is why web applications aren’t there yet | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com
  There are two kinds of editors, those with “undo” and those without. You only want to use the former. That’s one of the advantages of being a programmer. We can undo our mistakes. Open-heart surgeons don’t have that luxury.
  (tags: open-source via:cote)
• Kernel Summit 2007 group photo, annotated [LWN.net]
  What *real* programmers look like. No other group of the same size would exceed this one in their programming skills.
  (tags: linux open-source)