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...your fellow diners, the waiter advises you to order that. That was the choice facing computer consumers throughout the 1990s. You could select from a few relatively pricey Apple computers that ran Mac OS on the one hand, and a horde of cookie-cutter Windows-based PCs on the other. A third operating system, Linux, has been available for free since Linus Torvalds created it in 1991, but for years it was too complex to make it into the mainstream. For most users, Linux was like having to go back into the kitchen and cook a gourmet meal from scratch...
...your fellow diners, the waiter advises you to order that. That was the choice facing computer consumers throughout the 1990s. You could select from a few relatively pricey Apple computers that ran Mac OS on the one hand, and a horde of cookie-cutter Windows-based PCs on the other. A third operating system, Linux, has been available for free since Linus Torvalds created it in 1991, but for years it was too complex to make it into the mainstream. For most users, Linux was like having to go back into the kitchen and cook a gourmet meal from scratch...
...last week at LinuxWorld in San Francisco. But some of those geeks have realized there's money to be made from selling user-friendly versions of this powerful and supremely stable software to those who yearn for something better than Windows. Now Wal-Mart's website is selling $299 PCs that run on an operating system called Lindows (Microsoft is suing over the name), while another Linux brand called Lycoris Desktop LX is about to hit the shelves at CompUSA. The ubiquitous Linux logo, a penguin, is already a hit at places like IBM and much of the U.S. government...
...developing "personal robots" they hope will some day become as ubiquitous as televisions and at least as companionable as accountants. Sony engineers say the business stands where the personal computer industry stood in the early 1980s, when many doubted whether desktop machines would ever be more than expensive playthings. "PCs are a pretty good business now," says Tatsuzo Ishida, who heads product development at Sony's entertainment robot division. "Maybe in 10 to 20 years, robots will become like PCs...
Unless your laptop comes with Windows XP, which automatically detects and logs you onto any wireless network, you will need detection software. Wardriving.com has one-stop downloading for the most popular free programs: Net Stumbler or Aerosol for PCs, AP Scanner for Macintosh. You don't need street addresses with these; just drive around a busy part of town, and networks will pop up on the screen. A lock symbol means a network is encrypted and its owner is not feeling neighborly. Tapping into it could get you in big trouble...