Not sure which Linux distro to use, well, then check this out - if my calculations are correct there are 234 different distros available – wow! If you still cannot make up your mind then just run Windows! 
Apr 03 2006
Looking for a Linux distro?
Dec 27 2005
CopySourceAsHTML For Visual Studio 2005
If you read the Ten Essential Tools Visual Studio Add-Ins Every Developer Should Download Now in MSDN Mag, then you are aware of CopySourceAsHTML which unfortunately works for only Visual Studio 2003. But if you are using VS 2005, fear not as Derick Bailey has updated the add-in. There is no installer (yet), but you can download the code and build it, which will locally also install the add-in.
Apr 14 2005
What flavor of Linux to run?
What? Me ask what flavor of Linux to run? With all the hype of Star Wars, have I been consumed by the dark side??? On the contrary, I have been running a version in a virtual environment, and now have a old old machine, where I am comfortable running it natively. So, what version do you recommend and why? I do need a GUI since its been a while I worked in any of the Linux/Unix shells? I think I can guess the version Karan is going to recommend. 
Feb 17 2005
Study finds Windows more secure than Linux
Seattle Times has a story from the RSA Conference, where surprisingly they find Windows is more secure than Linux. No, this is not a study done by Microsoft. They compared Windows Server 2003 and Red Hat Enterprise Server 3 running databases, scripting engines and Web servers (Microsoft’s on one, the open source Apache on the other).
Their criteria included the number of reported vulnerabilities and their severity, as well as the number of patches issued and days of risk — the period from when a vulnerability is first reported to when a patch is issued. On average, the Windows setup had just over 30 days of risk versus 71 days for the Red Hat setup, their study found. “That’s a very surprising statistic, and I must say the first time I saw this statistic I thought you messed with my database,” Ford said to Thompson. Their presentation started jokingly, with Ford reeling off Windows jabs and praising the virtues of freely shared software that’s developed collaboratively over the Internet. But they concluded with statistics showing that the Windows setup had a clear advantage over the Linux alternative.
The setups were hypothetical, however. Both were in the most basic configuration, an approach that some in the audience suggested may tilt the results in favor of Windows, which comes with more features. Ford said the idea was to represent what an average system administrator may do, as opposed to a “wizard” who could take extra steps to provide plenty of security on a Linux setup, for instance.
Jan 16 2005
Linux Vulnerabilities Creep Toward the Desktop – another FUD?
LinuxInsider writes about the Linux vulnerabilities creeping towards the Desktop. Though the question is this another FUD? Smells like one…
As Linux increasingly hits the enterprise and consumer mainstream, a growing number of security threats are emerging which prey on holes in applications and files managed by desktop users.
According to some industry observers, a focus on digging bugs out of end-user applications makes perfect sense – not just as a means of protecting users, but as a method for wresting converts away from Microsoft.
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