Steven Ovadia: I wiped Windows and never looked back

This man usually sits in a different seat of the interview room. Many people in the Linux world recognise him as a person who interviewed a lot of high-profile Linux advocates, prophets and journalists. But let me now put him into the interviewee's seat and introduce the man to you. Please meet: Steven Ovadia.

Facebook fans: 200

It was not long ago when I was happily announced that more than 600 people subscribed to this blog.

Today I have yet another nice announcement: the number of Facebook page fans is now 200.

Thank you to everyone in this list!

Do you want to join this fantastic outfit? Like the Facebook page of Linux notes from DarkDuck too!

Linux Screenshot Beauty Contest from DarkDuck (Part 3)

I hope you have enjoyed the first and the second parts of the Linux Screenshot Beauty Contest.

Let's see the third part.

Linux Screenshot Beauty Contest from DarkDuck (Part 2)

The first part of Linux Screenshot Beauty Contest gathered different feedback. Somebody liked the idea, somebody did not.
I the meantime, it's now the time to present you the second part of the gallery. I hope you will enjoy...

A letter from Linux Evangelist

Dear Sir/Madam,

Read the GNU philosophy!

Listen to Linus Torvalds speak about why Linux is...., well, just is.

Ask Richard Stallman one simple question, why?!

My friends, and even those not my friends, I put to you the closest one can get to experiencing true freedom.

Not to being totally free, that is a completely different kettle of fish. Linux is a tantalising sample and example of what freedom can deliver.

Do I sound like an evangelist? I hope so! By the way, I'm annoyed that the Linux community kept this so quiet for so long! I'll argue with you later!

Linux Screenshot Beauty Contest from DarkDuck (Part 1)

Everyday Linux User has recently published a gallery of screenshots from his distrohopping life. It gave me idea to do the same, but in a slightly different manner.

If you read my blog for some time, you remember the times when I did my own reviews. Most of them were accompanied by the screenshot or two. Here I republish some screenshots. Maybe it will intrigue you well enough to come back to the review itself and, even more, try the Linux distribution I wrote about.

What do these screenshots have in common? Few things:

1. All of them are from Linux distributions
2. All of them feature my blog's page
3. All of them have a nice female on the YouTube video

That's why I name this Linux Screenshot Beauty Contest. Interested? Let's go!

Linux saved my life

Around 2005 I decided to educate myself in computers as an extension of my trade: radio-technician. Cheap imports meant that our trade was just about obsolete. Studying commercial software from one of the two IT giants though did not satisfy my curiosity of wanting to know what  happens behind the screen.

A couple of years into my IT studies and I came across Ubuntu 6, tried it and immediately got hooked. I tried many flavours of Linux and at some stage sported over 10 partitions on my laptop but finally settled back to Ubuntu Linux.

I had been divorced a few years earlier, had a lot of time on my own and Linux came as a heaven-sent to take my mind off the blues I still had.

Dark thoughts had been on my mind but Linux saved my life!