Top 100 Blogs for Development Managers (Q3 2008)

There is a new list containing the top 100 blogs for development managers. No, my blog is not listed there ;-), though I am a happy reader of many of the top blogs. I don't know why the list is titled "for development managers", most of the blogs listed there should be interesting for any developer, like me.

Computers are sexy, or are they?

Joshua: I think also, computers aren't quite as sexy as they were when we were growing up, you know.
James: No I mean, when I was growing up, computers were the definition of unsexy.
Joshua: Oh I'm sorry, I mean to geeks like ourselves.
Neal: Closures are sexy though.
James: Yes so, we have photographic evidence of that one.

Joshua Bloch, James Gosling and Neal Gafter at the Javapolis discussion panel: The Future of Computing. Better than your favorite sitcom (if you are a Java geek like me).

Installing Windows Vista and Kubuntu Linux, a (very) short comparison

Last week I have installed Windows Vista Business and Kubuntu Linux on the same notebook, which has 2GB memory and a dual core processor.


Installing Windows Vista:

Including the several obligatory reboots and the experience optimization phase, the installation took me several hours. Most of the time I was confronted with a black screen without any progress indication.

Installing Kubuntu Linux:

The installation took me 20 minutes, in which I was allowed to play with the operating system that booted from the Live-CD. I played some of the included games while the installation took place in a minimized window.