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Why do I use CNR?

chris@chrishall.org.uk — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:06:03 GMT

Why do I use CNR? Let me give you some background before I answer that.

I've been using Linux for a good number of years now. Started off when Mandrake had just released version 8.0, so you can work out when that was yourself. I became fascinated by the whole Linux / Open Source thing and could see it's attractions when compared to something like Windows. I saw flexibility, freedom, geekdom!

I went through the whole range of main distributions - Mandrake, Slackware, Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse, and also through some minor distros or derivatives - Beatrix, Vector, Damn Small Linux, Dyne:bolic to name but a few.

I have tried virtually all desktops and window managers - KDE, Gnome, XFCE, Fluxbox, Enlightenment and more.

I've used umpteen package managers or even just installed from source and played hunt the dependency unil my eyes bled!

I've compiled kernels to match my hardware, I've edited God knows how many configuration files. I've crashed installations and brought them back from the brink. I've dual booted, triple booted and quadriple? boote. I've even had my laptop running just Linux, no Windows to be seen!

So now I'm in a position to answer the question, "Why do I use CNR?".

And the answer is because I now want my system and my Linspire installation to work for me. CNR allows me just to get on with enjoying what my laptop can do for me.

I'm done with messing around under the hood and my requirements have changed. That's not to say that I can't roll my sleeves up, open up vi and tinker away with a text file. I just don't need to. CNR gives me that freedom.

If I want to install some software it's virtually one click. If I want some software that's commercial, and I do use a number of commercial packages, then I don't have to worry if a package isn't available in my ditro's format. CNR does it all for me.

I know CNR takes some stick in some quarters but to my mind it can't be beaten.

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LinuxDesktop_&_Webware — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:24:46 GMT

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What are the benefits of virtualization?

LinuxDesktop_&_Webware — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:55:02 GMT

What are the business benefits of virtualization?

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Virtualization enables you to run multiple systems on today's high-performance hardware -- so instead of seven machines running at 10% utilization, you run one machine at 70% utilization. Beyond the savings in hardware, there are savings in power, space, and cooling since there are fewer machines running. Beyond those savings, there are personnel savings as you require fewer administrators since you have fewer machines.

Real World Web: An Introduction

LinuxDesktop_&_Webware — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:35:06 GMT

Real World Web: location-aware technologies and applications, able to interact with their surroundings through sensing and networking capabilities, eliminating the boundaries between the Web and the real world.

These include the use of GPS (global positioning system), assisted GPS (A-GPS), Enhanced Observed Time Difference (EOTD), enhanced GPS (E-GPS), and other technologies in the cellular network and handset to locate a mobile user.

The Gartner Group has identified Real World Web applications as one of 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2008. According to Gartner: "

Real World Web. The term “real world Web” is informal, referring to places where information from the Web is applied to the particular location, activity or context in the real world. It is intended to augment the reality that a user faces, not to replace it as in virtual worlds. It is used in real-time based on the real world situation, not prepared in advance for consumption at specific times or researched after the
events have occurred. For example in navigation, a printed list of directions from the Web do not react to changes, but a GPS navigation unit provides real-time directions that react to events and movements;
the latter case is akin to the real-world Web of augmented reality. Now is the time to seek out new applications, new revenue streams and improvements to business process that can come from augmenting the world at the right time, place or situation."

This blog will highlight and introduce cnr.com webware and linux desktop applications that can augment the world at the right time, place or situation.