Unfortunately for mobile broadband Internet connections, network setups are usually difficult and inconsistent experiences between the different network providers.

Growing up in a world where MS-DOS was the first operating system I’ve ever used certainly leaves me rather brain-damaged when it comes to the 3-finger salute of 'Ctrl-Alt-Del'.

(Updated:To solve your problem, upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10. The newer kernel does not suffer from the problem mentioned below)

In the deep, dark dungeons where a lone man is working in near darkness, only to be briefly illuminated by random arcs of lightning bolts and the cackle of electricity zipping through the air.

Who is he? Just some guy who brought us BSD, NFS, the UltraSPARC and parts of Java.

Software is meant to be usable to all people, and not just for people who knows their operating environment intimately.

You know you have a bad start to the week when your freshly shipped computer from the US gets fried because the power supply unit is set to ‘110V’.

For the benefit of those who didn’t know, Starcraft is an old RTS game, the 2nd one I’ve been playing since 1997, and the only one that I’m still playing on and off after 10 years.