Bruce Byfield
Bruce Byfield (born May 13, 1958) is a Canadian journalist who specializes in writing about free and open source software. He has been a contributing editor at Linux.com, and his articles have appeared on the Datamation, LWN, Linux Developer Network, and LinuxPlanet sites.
The Microsoft-Novell Deal and Trust in Princes
"Put not your trust in princes."
~ Psalms 146:3
So Microsoft and Novell are extending their two year...
Is Ubuntu Really the Most User Friendly Distribution?
For several years, Ubuntu has been synonymous with user-friendliness. A Web search quickly unearths dozens of articles...
Debian GNU/Linux: 15 Years Old and at the Crossroads
The story of how Ian Murdock developed Debian while a student at Purdue and named the distribution...
PartedMagic: An Open Source Option for Partition Editing
If you want to add space to a drive, store personal data on a separate partition from...
KDE 4.1 Review: The Rocky Road of the New KDE
With its 4.1 release, KDE is taking few chances. While the 4.0 release's announcement emphasized excitement and...
Free and Open Source Software vs. Cloud Computing
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see the point of proprietary network services (or cloud computing,...
Beyond the Rumors of KDE 4.1’s Folder View
No icons on the KDE 4.1 desktop?
For over a month, rumors of this change have been...
KDE 4.1 Beta 2: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
KDE 4.1 is supposed to make everything right with the recently troubled desktop. Everyone agrees now that...
Five Ways for Windows Users to Test Drive GNU/Linux
How do you get Windows users to try GNU/Linux? The question has no easy answer. Many users...
OpenSUSE 11: A Feature-Rich Distro in Search of Direction
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Bruce Byfield's OpenSUSE 11 review
The different incarnations of SuSE have...
