One thing that  irritates me a lot is when I try to access a website  from my Linux laptop and get a message that says “Sorry, you can’t access this website because it doesn’t support your operating system.” The worst of this is when I try to access a network that is restricted for only Windows and Mac users! This happens to me every time I try to access the wireless network of the University of Denver (DU) and get the message that indicates that the network only supports Windows and Mac systems. You can’t connect to DU’s wireless network unless you are using either Windows or Mac! The only way I can connect is via an Ethernet cable! And this is why I bring one with me whenever I go to the library! I complained to the department of  technology services but no one seems to care!

Back to my first point, websites that are designed to be platform dependent. continue reading…

When I got my new laptop from Dell, the first three things I did were wiping out Windows 7, installing Ubuntu Linux, and finally removing windows 7 sticker! There was one thing, however, I couldn’t remove, the windows key. That key irritated me a lot! And I understand that replacing the key would be an expensive solution to get rid of anything related to Microsoft. continue reading…