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Why Michael Robertson’s Lindows (Linspire) Sucks

A lot has been said about the upcoming Lindows OS. Most of it has been either overblown hype (it will let you run ALL Windows programs! Yee-ha!) or anti-hype (it’s not a real Linux distro, it’s for Windows losers!). Lindows has polarized opinion in the Linux community while simultaneously setting up huge expectations for non-techy [...]

Review of Michael Robertson’s SIPphone

For most consumers, making Internet-based phone calls has meant either using free, but less than perfect services (like AOL’s voice chat), or paying a monthly fee to the cable company, Vonage, or the like. The former requires using a PC, which means leaving it on to get calls, and using a headset. The latter gives [...]