If you’re working in a small company and you suddenly need to hire ten people in one go, you might catch yourself gasping because you don’t have enough computers for all these new people. You might have to purchase an additional 4 units. Ack. And licenses, yes? In some places, license for software can cost more than the actual computer and if you multiply the cost… It could be quite daunting. Some people turn to Linux when they realize that they might be better off with it. But you see, it does depend on the …read more

I’ve always been a big fan of Gnome as well as the minimalist Ratpoison. (I know, it’s weird. But they serve different purposes for me.) Also, most of the Linux distributions include a desktop environment such as Gnome or KDE. But there are times that I wonder if there are other desktop environments out there.
Fortunately, I read about Symphony OS (and it’s being downloaded as I type and hopefully it will take less than 2 hours to download!). The desktop environment it uses is Mezzo. There are no panels on the top of the screen or …read more