Fickle geek that I am, I succumbed to Microsoft’s fiendishly clever marketing campaign and upgraded my Windows 7 Home Premium laptop to Windows 8 Pro last night. (Richard Stallman appeared in a flash of smoke as I clicked the Send button to finalize the $40 upgrade payment. I kept him from inflicting serious bodily harm upon my person but he did manage to pull all of the proprietary codecs off my CentOS desktop.) Continue reading →

You know, for a minute there I was getting kind of excited about Windows 8 – faster boot times, restore factory settings without wiping out all of your programs, easier file backups, and let’s not forget that $40 upgrade price through Jan. 31, 2013. Continue reading →