Traditionally, change is brought about by ideas, contributions, team work and communities. This is no less so in IT. Just a few years ago software and applications were seen as magical entities and few people understood how they worked. This lack of understanding inevitably led to problems like users being locked into applications that vendors [...]

So, as my ongoing quest to expand the Linux user base continues, I want to mention the middle ground people often get stuck in. It’s often perceived as a no-mans lands between the two waring sides, however there is a “bridge of peace” between the two so to speak. This comes in the unexpected form, [...]

As the title of my first post touched on, Linux has a steep learning curve, and I don’t think many people would disagree. The power, freedom and control of Linux is certainly what draws and maintains the vast majority of its users. The first steps into Linux could be from the demands of an over-worked [...]

Whilst thinking about where to start this newly extended Linux section of the UKFast blog, it dawned on me to simply start at the beginning and grow from there. A curious statement you may say, but one I had to think about in order to qualify. For me it started around ten years ago with [...]