Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

Professional biography

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge, PC operating system; 300bps was a fast Internet connection; WordStar was the state of the art word processor; and we liked it.His work has been published in everything from highly technical publications (IEEE Computer, ACM NetWorker, Byte) to businessgpublications (eWEEK, InformationWeek, ZDNet) to popular technology (Computer Shopper, PC Magazine, PC World) to the mainstream press (Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, BusinessWeek).

Latest articles from Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

2013: The year of the Ubuntu Linux tablet and smartphone?

Canonical appears to be getting ready to release a fully touch-enabled Ubuntu Linux operating system. Will Ubuntu tablets and smartphones be far behind?

published 3 hours ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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2013: Installing Linux on Windows 8 PC is still a pain

It's still very hard to install Linux on Windows 8 PCs, and it's next to impossible to install Linux on Windows RT devices like the Microsoft Surface RT.

published 1 day ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

187 Comments 3 Votes

2012's 5 Most popular Linux stories

From Goobuntu to Mint to Windows 8, the un-Linux, here are the year's most popular Linux stories.

December 28, 2012 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

66 Comments 2 Votes

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