Switching To Linux - Tale Of A Former Mac User Who Is Also A Musician

Switching to Linux is easy for most of us. You just have to download and burn a Linux distribution and boot your computer with it. If the Linux distribution you have chosen is a modern one, then you can finish installing it on your machine in 6 steps or less.

However, if you rely on your computer for a living, then you need to do some preparations prior to making the switch. Kim Cascone, an experienced and gifted musician and composer had been using an Apple PowerBook to compose music. When his PowerBook G4 exhibited signs of age, he did a quick fact check and found that he could save as much as $3000 (which includes the machine and the software costs) if he switched to Linux.

GNOME Do - An intelligent launcher tool for GNOME

GNOME Do is an intelligent launcher tool which makes all your default menus and panels in GNOME redundant. Since last time I had written about GNOME Do, it has gotten only better. Just a glance through the numerous plugins available for GNOME Do will be enough for any sceptic to fall in love with it.

Transform KDE desktop into Apple Mac OS X

One of the biggest motivation for a lay person in buying an Apple Mac - apart from its robust high-end hardware and its OS stability - is its beauty. Over the years, Apple has pioneered new ways of easing the desktop users life with its well designed desktop OS - Mac OS X. Many people who set their eyes on an Apple Mac for the first time will be tempted to buy it.

Installing linux on a Mac Mini

I have always been fascinated by the iMacs from Apple after I got to use an iMac at a friends place. But buying one was beyond my price range until Apple released the Mac Mini - widely touted as the budget Mac which could make the PC run for their money.

For people who doesn't know - Apple brings out the Mac series of machines running their own proprietary OS called OSX. This Operating system is built on a Unix base (more specifically the FreeBSD) and so can run most command line tools of Unix/Linux. Also unlike the PC which is built on Intel architecture, the Mac computers use the G5 Chipset (PowerPC Architecture). Frankly speaking, each Mac computer could be considered to be a piece of art considering the elegant look and latest technologies used in them.

Now my writing about this in the blog dedicated to linux takes significance because I have always wondered if Linux could be installed on a Mac computer. Recently, I came across this article which gives a detailed explanation on Installing Debian Linux on the Mac Mini. Those of you who are thinking of buying a Mac Mini might be interested to know that you can also dual boot between Linux and OSX in the Mac Mini just like you do in a PC.