Author Archives: Chris Jones

About Chris Jones

Chris Jones is a Staff Writer and the Editor of Unixmen.com. He is a long time Linux user, tracing all the way back to SUSE Linux 8.0 from the early 2000's. Chris has worked for many different FOSS Projects and has founded many of his own in recent times, including several Linux distributions, programming languages and FOSS Licenses. chrisjones@unixmen.com

The Negative Ubuntu Effect

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Linux distributions, News, Software, Ubuntu

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Let’s face it, Ubuntu cops a lot of criticism. From beginners, Linux veterans, developers and even Ubuntu enthusiasts. We’ve all been critical to Ubuntu Linux at some point. Whether the Ubuntu Developers pump out a good, bad or average release; … Continue reading

There is Ubuntu, There is Linux and Then There are Others

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Linux distributions, News, Software, Ubuntu

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The Microsoft Windows users of the world are beginning to experience the pain of the new release of the Microsoft’s flagship operating system, Windows 8.

The Basics of Everything – DNS

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Hosting, Linux webhosting, News, Software

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Following on from our previous post by one of my colleagues, I thought it would be a good idea to dive a little deeper in to the background of the Domain Name Server (DNS). When it comes to the internet, … Continue reading

What About E17 on OpenSUSE 12.3!

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Linux distributions, News, Releases, Reviews, Software, Suse

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It’s no great secret that I have been a long time user and supporter of OpenSUSE. And I am also a huge fan of Bodhi Linux. And between the two of them, they remain among my favorite Linux distributions. One … Continue reading

Fedora 18: Graphical Installer Horror

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Fedora, Linux distributions, News, Releases, Software

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I am usually quick to write an article or something on the latest Ubuntu or Fedora release. But for Red Hat’s new Fedora 18 operating system, I thought I’d hold off a little and read some other users opinions before … Continue reading

Introduction to LanyFS

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in interviews, News, opensource, Software

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Back in July 2012, I had the privilege of talking with Dan Luedtke. He was busy working on a new project for his studies, developing a new filesystem called LanyFS (or LanyardFS). After Dan giving me a brief introduction as … Continue reading

Options for Linux Gamers

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Gaming On Linux, Linux distributions

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During the holiday season, we all tend to drop our usual work tasks and take some time out and spend more time gaming. I am guilty of this and have well and truly caught up on lost gaming time over … Continue reading

How to Securely Share Files Between Linux Systems

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Linux tutorials, Software

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Last week, I posted a “How To” on how to share files using an FTP server. Unfortunately, FTP is not what is considered secure, for over the internet file transfers. And especially when you’re transferring sensitive data. Thankfully, there is … Continue reading

How to Share Files Between Linux Systems

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in Linux tutorials, Software

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In today’s world, most of us have more than one computer device in the house. There is often at least one desktop PC and several laptops connected to the home network. And more recently, tablet computers have been introduced to … Continue reading

Haiku: A New Kind of Operating System

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in News, Releases, Reviews, Software

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I have been having an absolute blast of a time testing out a new operating system for this article. It is called Haiku. It is not a Unix or Linux based operating system, but rather an operating system based upon … Continue reading