s U i X i D a L

2010

2009-09-25T11:13:00.000-07:00

Are you ready?

Red Hat's Fedora 11: So easy you'll forget it's Linux

2009-06-19T00:32:00.000-07:00

Red Hat has taken heat over the past few years for allegedly neglecting the personal computer in favor of more profitable enterprise servers. It's a fair critique: Red Hat is an enterprise software company, a decision it made years ago, and to good effect.

But anyone thinking that Red Hat has somehow forgotten consumer markets in its rush to win the enterprise need only try the final release of Fedora 11, its community-focused operating system for desktops and laptops. I've been evaluating Fedora 11 for the past week and find it polished and professional while meeting or beating Windows in key performance areas.

Reading through Fedora 11's feature list, the geek in you may get giddy seeing the use of ext4 as the default file system. Not me. I don't care about the underpinnings of the operating system. I just want it to work.

This is, in fact, Fedora 11's biggest selling point: it just works. And fast, too: from powering on to logging in takes 20 seconds or less. Beat that, Windows!

(Ironically, if Windows hopes to catch Linux in boot-up performance, it's going to have to turn to Linux, like DeviceVM's Splashtop, for help.)

This, however, is an experience I've been having with several Linux distributions, including Moblin Beta 2, Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix (reviewed here), and OpenSUSE 11.1. While none is perfect, the same is true of my preferred Mac OS X and Windows (Vista or XP). They all work, with little or no fiddling required.

In fact, as an experiment I've been leaving my Linux-based Netbook around the house and have given my children and wife free rein to use it whenever and however they want. My wife looks up actors on IMDB. My daughter writes a school paper. Not one of them has struggled to perform these basic tasks, set up the wireless, etc. Everything just works, and works in a way very familiar to a Mac or Windows user.

This is the state of "desktop" Linux today: it really has nothing left to prove. It took years to become user friendly, but it has arrived, helped along by the world's move to browser-based computing. At this point, the only thing that Fedora and the other Linux distributions can do is embrace and extend the Windows or Mac computing experience, because they've largely matched them (especially Windows).

Perhaps it's not surprising, then, that Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth has targeted the Mac as the "desktop" operating system to beat, with plans to do just that.

In fact, my only real complaint with Fedora 11 is that it doesn't yet have a Netbook-focused "spin." I'm not alone in seeking a "Fedora Netbook Remix," but Fedora Mini, as it's called, is not yet ready for prime time.

In the meantime, yes, Fedora 11 provides support for cross-compiling Windows applications directly on Fedora Linux using the MinGW environment, and yes it provides the latest and greatest in open-source software like Firefox 3.1 for Web browsing.

Just don't expect it to be weird/geeky anymore. Those days for the Linux "desktop" are gone. It still needs some spit and polish but, again, so does Windows. The Mac is the closest any 'desktop' operating system gets to being both beautiful and super user friendly. Linux, however, if Fedora 11 is any indication, isn't far behind.

Breaking News

2009-02-16T18:44:00.000-08:00

sUiXiDaL teh reunion !!! 2010

where: suggestions? bora? cebu? sa balay na lng ni ian a!
when: 01/2010

love & respect to y'all ... ~ naz

check this out!

2009-01-04T19:07:00.000-08:00

my first ever rap...hehehe.. please dnt expect much.. thanx!

Dreams last so long, even after ur gone...

2008-10-21T17:33:00.000-07:00

I have recently come to realize
There is no way to compromise
Darkness grows with each sunrise
No pleasure comes with new surprise
There is no use to improvise
For a jealous heart tells only lies
Inside this leads to painful cries
And tears will fall from blameless eyes
This mind of mine you terrorize
Grows impossible to stabilize
These wounds no matter what the size
Take so long to cauterize
My words I try to organize
Pictures which I visualize
Memories I mobilize
Combine as I apologize
This feeling I cannot disguise
Thoughts are hard to analyze
The last event can we not ostracize?
All senses fail while we trade good-byes
No doubt within me will arise
This sinful thought is my demise
With you I know I held first prize
But now I'm cold with lifeless eyes

ABDC Live in San Diego

2008-10-18T14:19:00.000-07:00

i'll post some pics/vids later after the show.

Featuring:
Jabba WockeeZ, Super Cr3w, Fanny Pack, ASIID and BreakSk8
Guest: Kaba Modern

I've fallen for you ...

2008-10-17T16:39:00.000-07:00

For a chance at loving you, I'd gladly risk it all.
- Ian Jasper "VooDoo"

Mayhem Festival ...

2008-10-13T22:06:00.000-07:00

rock on bitches \m/

can ya feel us?

with some friends ... cge waswas !

videos coming up foo!

Disturbed - Inside the Fire - naz

Slipknot - Before I Forget - naz

Voodoo's weekend tragedy @ AJ's crib

2008-10-12T00:35:00.000-07:00

hehe before the session

ohh yess vodka! want some?

can u feel me dawg?

hala cge tudohi inom ian... hahaha!

teh? namit?

teh man! hahaha! winner by TKO... the ever dependable VODKA CITRON!!

QUOTE OF THE DAY

2008-10-08T23:27:00.000-07:00

iAN: tudluan ta nalang ka... if u cant beat em join em kuno mo

"voodoolicious papi chulo"

P$yc#O Ar+@n!$ and cRuXIfI3d visits mAv3rIcK

2008-10-08T18:26:00.000-07:00

Reunion

RP, mawe, mackoy and dade josh

singing josh with takleng

ooooohhhhh love of my life!!!

"lakas tama"

More pics at mAv3rIcK's blog - CyJen...

DUB Show Tour 2008

2008-10-07T11:00:00.000-07:00

I'll share some few pix (there's lot more if needed. LOL)

parteehhhh!

tha BOSS!

transform ...

sux0r!

freakin' sweet

teh Bentley

ehem ...

W T F ?

2008-10-07T00:04:00.000-07:00

"Katrina Irene is always in my dreams
Her soft puppy eyes makes me mesmerize
Her long song hair takes me out of despair
Every time I see her face, it takes me to a special place
Though we’re far apart, she’s always in my heart
In my mind and soul, she takes me out of control
I hope and pray that forever she would stay
Oh I love her so, more than she’ll ever know…"
- Ian Jasper aka. VooDoO

Finger Ralph ... Finger Ralph ....

2008-10-06T21:20:00.000-07:00

sexy can i ...

oh Dyesebel, where are you?

the master cook! (sumsuman ta da pot?)

Boracay Mode with S@nCt!Fi@L*Naz, P$yc#O Ar+@n!$, and cRuXIfI3d

2008-10-04T22:15:00.000-07:00

Strike 1 Mawe! haha ..

The Great Guru Artanis

Fun times ...

Joshua ...

Mawe ...

with the chikas @ Cocomangas

sad but true (the next day) ...

ARTANIS U GOT OWNED!

and the place to be

Suixidal Clan (the Past and the Future)

2008-10-04T17:29:00.000-07:00

VOoDoO (iAN) - S@nCt!fi@L*Naz (nAZ) - K|2Ayz|3 (rALPH)

P$yC#o Ar+@n!S (jOSH) - MajOR Pa|n (rAZZi) - CrUx|f!3d (mAWE)
Sylv3r (nOYPoL) - LionHeart (pATAW) - AirVenGEanCe (eRIC)
DarkSoulREaper (jED) - mAv3r|cK (mAcKOY)

for the meantime, watch this video as we update our blog.

now that you have finished watching ... be the judge for the next few pics that you're about to see

gangstah wassup?

the new and sophisticated VooDoo! (kissable lips)

and the aftermath ...

lmao! sweet geisha ... (fyi, he's still straight)
love and respect to Ian Jasper aka. the LOVERBOY!