Over the past year or so I’ve noticed an increasing number of newbies (a term which I use affectionately) interested in taking Linux for a spin - for example, the number or emails I’m getting on the subject from zero a year ago to several dozen a week. The reasons for their interest in Linux are many and varied, as is the level of commitment to making the switch from Windows or Mac.
Read more »Microsoft painted into a corner with low-cost laptops
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As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner. The software company plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses after June 30, yet most of these low-cost laptops won't be powerful enough to run Vista when they arrive later this year.
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Top 10 Linux Commercials [Videos]
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A collection including adverts from Red Hat, IBM, a Chinese ad that is apparently for Linux, a homemade advert that was possibly made with Blender.
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PCLinuxOS Magazine April 2008 Released
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PCLinuxOS Magazine, April 2008 (Issue 20) is available to download. You can find it at the new PCLinuxOS Magazine website. If you'd like to be informed immediately about our releases, please signup for the Magazine-Announce mailing list .
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Who Writes Linux? There Are a Lot of Unknowns
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In the beginning, there was Linus Torvalds, a single developer who put together the original Linux kernel. Fast forward to 2008 and Torvalds is no longer the lone Linux developer.
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Richard Stallman, Live and Unplugged
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It’s almost 8 PM on a Tuesday night, and the lecture hall here at Virginia Tech University is filled nearly to capacity. The students – many of them computer science majors – have come to hear Richard Stallman, the grand forefather of GNU/Linux. The crowd is chatty and seems in a good mood.
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FSFE concerned about quality of standardisation process
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"FSFE concerned about quality of standardisation process -- Today the International Standards Organisation (ISO) approved Microsoft's Office OpenXML format as ISO/IEC standard 29500 despite severe technical and legal concerns with the specification that have been raised by various parties.
Read more »Announcing our new free software jobs directory
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"What could possibly be better than working on a challenging free software project and helping to create something of real value to your community?
Getting paid for it.
Read more »Mozilla's 10th birthday - March 31, 2008
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March 31, 1998 is the date that Mozilla was officially launched. It’s the date the first Mozilla code became publicly available under the terms of an official open source license and a governing body for the project — the Mozilla Organization — began its public work.
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Communication with Free Software supporters, developers
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I believe the problem of communication is by far the biggest problem and obstacle in the adoption of free software. I believe we have solved all the major technical problems in the adoption of free software, and the ones that remain are either being worked on or in testing. What has yet kept us from becoming the dominant supplier of software is our way of communication and marketing.
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The state of open source: Bruce Perens, Open Source Definition
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Bruce Perens, a longtime leader in the open source movement, is rarely remiss in speaking his mind on open source matters. Here's how Perens breaks down the key opportunities and challenges for open source in the years to come.
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Are you a Debian user?
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"... If you are using Debian on your phone, embedded computer, laptop, desktop, server, network, telecommunications equipment or other part of your information infrastructure, I'd love to hear from you. When replying, tell me anything you want to, but if you can't think of anything, here are some ideas to get you started: ..." -- via http://ftbfs.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/are-you-debian-user/
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20080401: ISO announces radical reforms
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"Geneva, 1 April 2008. The International Organization for Standardization announced at a press conference that its processes are "broken" and "need radical reform". ISO president Håkan Murby told journalists that "the Microsoft OOXML process was a near-disaster and we want to make sure such a thing never happens again."
Read more »Why Haven’t We Heard About Linux’s Growing Market Share?
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Desktops starting with Dell have begun being sold with Linux pre-installed, almost all of the new UMPC Eee-like notebooks that are selling in extremely large numbers these days are coming with Linux pre-installed, Everex is pushing Linux desktops through Wal-Mart, and lots of new computers are getting SLED certified or some other form of Linux certification.
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Full Circle Magazine Issue 11 Released
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Full Circle - the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Linux Community is proud to announce the release of the eleventh issue.
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