Articles by Timothy R. Butler

Timothy R. Butler is Editor-in-Chief of Open for Business. He also serves as a pastor at Little Hills Church and FaithTree Christian Fellowship.

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A Talk about Qt 3.3

By Timothy R. Butler | Feb 13, 2004 at 3:17 PM

Trolltech's Qt development toolkit is serious stuff. As the foundation of KDE on the GNU/Linux desktop as well as its usage as a popular environment (when matched with Trolltech's Qtopia) for PDA interfaces, not to mention great support for Mac OS X, it is hard to imagine any tool that offers a comparably serious cross platform solution. With the third major release of the Qt 3 series last Wednesday, Trolltech CEO Haavard Nord graciously took some time to talk with us about Qt and related topics.

Panther: A Look at Mac on Its 20th Birthday

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 24, 2004 at 11:10 PM

Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the Apple Macintosh computer. While the original Mac is certainly meager by today's standards, there are few that would argue against its revolutionary status in the early years of personal computing. In commemoration of that event, today also marks the launch of OfB MacFor.Biz, the new section of Open for Business that will cover the Mac in much the same way OfB covers GNU/Linux and BSD. In this premier piece, we will examine the latest Mac OS X, 10.3 “Panther,” on two separate generations of Macintosh systems.

Update: Improved OpenGL benchmark results included below.

MandrakeSoft Reports Profitable Quarter

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 22, 2004 at 6:22 PM

MandrakeSoft, the French GNU/Linux distributor who filed for bankruptcy protection one year ago last week, announced today that its first fiscal quarter of 2004 resulted in a positive operating result of €280,000. This follows news in recent weeks that the company is preparing an exit plan to leave bankruptcy protection by the end of the quarter.

Shuttling Along: A Second Look at the SB62G2

By Timothy R. Butler | Jan 12, 2004 at 11:36 PM

As promised in part 1 of this review, this time around we will consider the software side of the Shuttle XPC SB62G2, a system we named our product of the year for 2003. The Shuttle is an excellent little machine, as we noted last time, but there is still that one important detail that needs to be considered: how well does it work with GNU/Linux? That is what I will attempt to overview below.

2003 in Review: One Step Backward, Two Steps Forward

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 31, 2003 at 7:58 PM

This year was a year that wasn't exactly how we might have hoped, but overall, the state of GNU/Linux was overall better at this side of 2003 than it was at the other. In our annual tradition, what follows is a look at the ups - and downs - of GNU/Linux and Free/Open Source Software in 2003.

Shuttle's SB62G2 Tops Our Linux System List

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 22, 2003 at 10:53 PM

When deploying GNU/Linux systems, there is always the predicament of what kind of system to use. You could continue buying systems from OEMs such as Dell and Gateway that do not support GNU/Linux and simply replace the systems' included OS with a GNU/Linux disk image. You could also go with HP Compaq's d220/d330 series of computers that offer Mandrake Linux 9.1 preloaded. However, if you are looking for systems that offer something more than a basic tower that includes GNU/Linux, you need to look elsewhere - at Shuttle.

MandrakeSoft Fiscal Health Improves, Cash Flow Positive

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 15, 2003 at 4:20 PM

In its yearly financial report for shareholders, issued today, MandrakeSoft SA (OTC: MDKFF) highlighted positive financial improvements. According to the publicly available document, revenue was down but losses also decreased as compared to 2001 and 2002.

Ximian XD2: The Way Things Ought to Be

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 05, 2003 at 7:04 PM

For years, it has seemed that the GNU/Linux desktop was right on the cusp of being ready for the mainstream desktop out of the box. Recent distributions, such as Mandrake Linux 9.2, bring the desktop to the mainstream, but something is still lacking: complete unity.

FIRST LOOK: Mandrake Linux 9.2 Discovery Edition

By Timothy R. Butler | Oct 14, 2003 at 12:45 PM

It's official. By the time you read this, Mandrake Linux 9.2 will be available to Mandrake Club members around the world. Mandrake Linux 9.2 marks the first release from the “big 3” distributors in about six months. If you're wondering whether you should rush out and install it, read on for our first look at a distribution from the Fall 2003 distribution release cycle.

OfB Open Choice Awards 2003

By Timothy R. Butler | Sep 20, 2003 at 12:51 PM

Choosing the best of the best in different sectors of GNU/Linux products and services is not an easy task. In many cases, there was more than one contender that was worthy of an award in any given category. However, we attempted to select the easiest to use, most robust, most promising, and - when possible - most free (as in freedom) products for the Open Choice Awards 2003.

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