Writing Systems

Get Your Computer Back in the Fast Lane (Carteret County News-Times)

16 May 2008

(ARA) - Does your computer take forever to load programs or change pages when you're surfing the Internet? Have you ever been in the middle of writing an e-mail and it freezes, forcing you to reboot and lose all your work?

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th Sep 2006 13:59 UTC, submitted by anonymous (OS News)

16 May 2008

In a move that some may have sensed was coming, Eric S. Raymond - one of the co-founders of the open-source movement - has joined the Freespire Leadership Board . Raymond believes desktop Linux is entering into a critical period, noting that historically, users have shifted operating systems during periods of fundamental changes in hardware platforms.

Fine writing enlivens seniors' tales in "A Place Called Canterbury" (Seattle Times)

16 May 2008

Canterbury, an apartment tower and nursing wing for seniors, is a place filled with tales, and in the hands of Dudley Clendinen, former New York Times reporter and editorial writer, they are tales well-told.