Bruce Byfield, Journalist and Writer


Published articles, 2009

This page lists my online publications for 2008. Online publications for previous years are available from the sub-menu to the right.

Articles are listed below with the most recent at the top:


The Secret Lives of Debian and Ubuntu Users
Looking at the raw data from the Popularity Contest Projects on Debian and Ubuntu, you can catch an interesting glimpse of users' habits.

Exploring the Limits of Package Management with Nix
Developed as an academic project, Nix is a package management system intended to overcome the shortcomings of existing systems.


OpenOffice.org vs. Go-OO: Cutting through the Gordian Knot
A look at the conflict between OpenOffice.org and its most famous off-shoot -- made in the futile hopes of finding the bits of truth that each side has and discarding the rest of the debate.







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