I have been using MySQL Workbench 5.2 (64 bit Ubuntu) for a few days to build a database. MySQL Workbench is an interesting project with the potential to be a truly great piece of database software.It is designed to replace and improve on two good pieces of software, namely MySQL Query Browser and MySQL Administrator; unfortunately it is nowhere near ready. Read on to find out why.

Well. That went well! I have completely barfed my virtual machine.

I am starting a journey in to the unknown with a new operating system and as it turned out, a new desktop environment. Follow my first tottering steps in to the world of BSD. Will my Linux knowledge help me here or like my Windows knowledge when I started my Linux journey will it prove a hindrance?

Since originally having a look at Slackware quite some time ago, Ubuntu has been been what I can only describe as vaguely unsatisfying. Too much control is taken away from you. I have been trying Slackware 13 for real this time. Installed on both my laptop and my main desktop work horse machine. After three weeks, how does it do? Well, Ubuntu is back on my desktop. Read on to find out why

I have been quite happily using Ubuntu for my computing needs and indeed I still very much like it. However, I was reading an article about the future direction of Ubuntu and it was talking about heading in to the cloud. It was Mark Shuttleworth himself giving the interview so I can only assume that he knows about that of which he speaks. Being Linux, I can guess that it won't force the user in to the cloud but I would expect it to be the default in a few versions from now.