More and more people are discovering free software. Many people only do so after weeks, or even months, of using it. I wonder, for example, how many Firefox users actually know how free Firefox really is—many of them realise that you can get it for free, but find it hard to believe that anybody can modify it and even redistribute it legally.
Read more »So, why, why do people and company develop free software?
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Is Compiz-Fusion A Good Reason To Try Linux?
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I cannot count how many times I receive e-mails where I hear about the poor soul who opted to take whichever distro for a test drive, only to discover that Compiz, Beryl, and these days; Compiz-Fusion has left the user scratching their head. To be clear, I believe you should be using Linux for intelligent reasons: secure, free and customized to suit your needs.
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Interview with Mandriva CEO, François Bancilhon
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I had the opportunity to speak Monday afternoon with the CEO of Mandriva, François Bancilhon. Recently, a deal with the Nigerian government to use and install Mandriva Linux on 17,000 Intel Classmate PCs was derailed when the government decided to overwrite the installed operating system with Windows XP. Mr.
Read more »My distro is redder than yours, so ner!
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Seems to me that any company becoming successful and having some sort of influence is a massive target for mindless ravings and rantings about how the said company is destroying the world. Of course I am referring to the latest series of rants and raves about Ubuntu, giving it a right good kicking. At the end of the day, does it matter?
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A tale of two plug-and-play Linux boxes
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As many of us who watch the Linux market know, the past week has seen the announcement of two markedly different plug-and-play Linux computers. I was excited by one and not the other. To my surprise, the one that didn't interest me has taken off like a rocket to the moon while it is still too early say how the other will do.
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Where's my Gphone?
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"Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing -- the Open Handset Alliance and Android -- is more significant and ambitious than a single phone..."
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Interview with gOS Founder: “Linux For Human Beings (Who Shop At WAL*MART)”
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This week, WalMart has begun selling a new computer called the gPC for the price of $199. Instead of using Microsoft Windows, this incredibly inexpensive Linux-based computer runs an operating system which is fittingly called “gOS”.
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Why I Dumped Beryl for Metacity
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For a number of reasons, I have opted to leave my cube spinning days behind me, as it just did nothing for me. Certain applications ran poorly in Beryl, and while no fault should be placed on its development, I was finding myself booting into Metacity more and more for my GNOME desktop.
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Linus Torvalds on Open Source: 'A Much Better Way to Do Things'
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"Linux really wouldn't have gone anywhere interesting at all if it hadn't been released as an open source product. I also think that the change to the GPLv2 from my original 'no money' license was important, because the commercial interests were actually very important from the beginning.
Read more »The truth about the linux desktop market share
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To understand the markets you have to know something about magicians, and how they work.
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Some numbers about Debian’s history
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"There’s an interesting article on LWN.net about Gentoo: Who made Gentoo Linux, and when? A commit analysis. I was wondering how Debian compared, so I made some stats using the debian-devel-changes archives..."
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The year of the Linux desktop has finally arrived
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While Windows advocates may smirk and say here we go again, as 2007 draws to a close I get the strong feeling that we may look back upon this year and recognize it with hindsight as the year that the Linux desktop finally arrived. There are a number of events that point to 2007 as being the turning point for Linux and it all started in January with the release of Windows Vista.
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Ubuntu: Just how popular is it?
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we found some interesting statistics online that show Ubuntu’s popularity is growing. From these statistics, it looks like Ubuntu has become far more popular than any other Linux distribution.
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Seven Wonders of the Linux World
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Today I want to write about some of the biggest wonders on the Linux world, this are my thoughts, and they may differ from yours, and they could even change in my mind after reading what you think the 7 Linux world Wonders should be, so please read this post, and the comment about it.
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PCLinuxOS Magazine November 2007 Released
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PCLinuxOS Magazine, November 2007 (Issue 15) is available to download. the HTML version is simultaneously being published for low bandwidth users.
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