No more Windows

December 31st, 2009 by Peter Glaeser | No Comments »

The last day of 2009 will also be the last day of me using Microsoft Windows. This is a quick farewell to an operating system I've been using for 19 years. Over time it became worse and worse. Today I would describe Windows as vulnerable, slow and over-engineered. And no, ...

I Love Ubuntu

March 12th, 2009 by Peter Glaeser | 1 Comment »

I've been using Ubuntu Linux on my netbook for a while now. The user experience has been great. It runs much faster and my hard-drive is never busy without me doing anyhting. So I decided to equip all of our office desktop computers with Ubuntu too. You're not seeing one ...

My new Asus EEE PC 900A

October 22nd, 2008 by Peter Glaeser | 1 Comment »

If you're a geek and you're looking for a small netbook for traveling, here is my favorite: I've recently bought an Asus EEE PC 900A on Amazon for 278 euros including shipping. And no, I'm not going to post any affiliate links here. What I like about my new toy is ...