Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• Installing xrdp on Dap desktop 6.06 or Fiesty Desktop 7.04

  An Ubuntu expert recommends a link to a thread on how to install xrdp on either the Dap desktop 6.06 or Fiesty Desktop 7.04.  Continue Reading

• The future of Linux, Microsoft and patents

  There has been much discussion about Xandros, Linspire and Novell -- the commercial Linux companies who partnered with Microsoft. What about Canonical, Red Hat and Mandriva, who all said "no"? An expert weighs in on how they'll be affected by these ...  Continue Reading

• SPARC/Solaris vs. Intel/Linux

  A Unix-Linux migration expert describes the differences between Solaris on SPARC as compared to. Linux on Intel.  Continue Reading

• Linux on Intel or RISC?

  A Unix-Linux migration expert warns a user to consider customer needs when purchasing the latest hardware, like Intel, RISC or mainframes, in order to find out where performance should be emphasized.  Continue Reading

• Printing from Windows to Linux

  A Unix--Linux migration expert recommends sticking with both Linux and Windows, in this case, to remain with a supported printer program.  Continue Reading

• Compiling OpenSSH on Feisty Fawn

  An Ubuntu expert describes where in the process of compiling OpenSSH on Feisty Fawn a reader missed a step.  Continue Reading

• Uniform standards for the Linux/OSS community

  An open source software and applications expert describes his observations about the progress the Linux Foundation has been making towards creating uniform standards for Linux/OSS.  Continue Reading

• RHEL 5's KVM vs. Feisty Fawn's KVM

  A user asks what the difference is between Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5's (RHEL 5) kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) and Ubuntu Feisty Fawn's KVM.  Continue Reading

• Open standards and the community

  An open source issues and strategies expert explains the most recent progress being made with open standards and describes work being done by the newly-formed Linux Foundation.  Continue Reading

• Incorporating multi-master support in MySQL

  A MySQL expert describes two ways that the multi-master support can be used.  Continue Reading

• Red Hat, Canonical and marketplace presence

  Find out why one open source software and applications expert doesn't think that Red Hat's and Canonical's refusals to partner with Microsoft will hurt them.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft, Xandros and Linspire market impact

  Find out why this open source software and applications expert doesn't think there will be signficant market impact from Microsoft's deals with Xandros and Linspire.  Continue Reading

• OpenOffice 2.0 use with ODBC

  An office suite expert describes how to use ODBC with OpenOffice 2.0.  Continue Reading

• OpenOffice 2.0 market share

  An office suite expert describes where to find information on OpenOffice 2.0's use in the enterprise worldwide.  Continue Reading

• Mounting external drives on Dapper Drake

  An Ubuntu expert describes two possible solutions, one with a command line solution, to a user's issue with mounting external drives onto Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.  Continue Reading