Posts Tagged ‘Linux’

Top 7 Reasons People Quit Linux

By Keir Thomas

I’ve been writing Linux guidebooks for some time, and it’s fair to say that most people who buy my books are Windows users looking to make the leap to Linux (or perhaps just wondering what the fuss is about).

Because of this, I’ve heard a lot of excuses why people quit Linux, and return to Windows. I’m happy to say that the excuses are getting far less common nowadays, compared to 2003, when I wrote my first book. But I still hear ‘em.

Here are the top seven reasons I’ve come across. No doubt you’ve heard them too.

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Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 Available for Download

Please note: Firefox 3.5 Beta 4 is a public preview release intended for developer testing and community feedback. It includes many new features as well as improvements to performance, web compatibility, and speed. We recommend that you read the release notes and known issues before installing this beta.

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Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 now available for download

The code offers improved Private Browsing Mode, including the ability to “Forget This Site” from the History sidebar, improved performance stability with the new TraceMonkey Javascript engine and new native JSON support, Mozilla said in a blog posted yesterday.

The third beta also offers improvements to web worker thread support and improvements to the Gecko layout engine, including speculative parsing for faster content rendering. MORE>>>

Firefox 3.0.7 security and stability release now available

Firefox 3.0.7 available for download

Mozilla released a security and stability update for Firefox 3.x users on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 4:04 pm PT. Check out the Mozilla Developer News announcement for more details.

As part of the Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing security and stability process, Firefox 3.0.7 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux users as a free download from getfirefox.com.

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