Yes, that's right. A loyal Windows user of more than 15-years is throwing in the towel on Vista. You can read his story for why he finds Vista so annoying, but I'll sum it up for you: Vista sucks.
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The Linux Fund rises again
GOOD NEWS is never late, so it's nice to note that The Linux Fund relaunched last month just before the Open Source Convention OSCON in Portland, Oregon.
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Why people don't switch operating systems
I was a bit amazed last week to note that someone who wrote that the continued piracy of Windows was affecting the spread of Linux on the desktop was described as raising an "unusual" argument. No guessing where this kind of non-logic gained its mileage - it appeared on the site that provides "news for nerds, stuff that matters."
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Similarities and differences between Debian and Wikipedia
"I am using both Debian and Wikipedia. And at the time when I discovered them I was fascinated with those projects. General operating system and software distribution is something which we need, as well as the sum of human knowledge is something which we need.And there are some similarities and some differences between them..."
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Open Source Products Just Are Not As Good?
I hear the argument everyday. That somehow, any open source project must not be very good because it does not cost anything to use it. Well, allow me to poke some holes into that theory...
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Best of many worlds
WHEN I switched from Windows to Linux last year, a decision I had to make as a technology writer was what to do with readers who were still on Microsoft’s proprietary operating system.
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FSF India's Impact Far-Reaching
Sasi Kumar, a member of FSF India's Working Group, spoke with Blue GNU about the organization's past, present and future, and shares how they have impacted India.
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Bringing the free software message to TV
As a former course designer and academic, I used to be experienced in talking in front of people. However, one thing I hadn't done until now is appear on television. That, more than anything, is why I agreed to appear on the computer show Lab with Leo Laporte in a five-minute spot about the GNU/Linux desktop.
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Howto: Leave Ubuntu
Before you blabber endlessly about how badly Linux SUXXORz and then bolt, let me give you a little advice.
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MIT’s ‘$100 laptops’ to go to Pacific islands
A small group of internet activists from New Zealand, Australia the Solomon Islands and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) plan to take the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative to the Pacific islands.
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Interview With GNUe's Reinhard Mueller
Blue GNU caught up with GNUe' Reinhard Mueller to learn more about the ERP project. Mueller points out the project's shift in focus, thus highlighting the need for project developers to remain flexible.
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Interview: author and ex-Microsoft manager Scott Berkun
A lot of questions and answers surrounding Berkun's opinions of foss in relation to innovation.
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LinusTorvalds: I Have Never Really Talked To Microsoft!
The father of Linux has replied to the questions you always wanted to ask.
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Sexism In The Linux Community Redux
I've been in the IT industry for over 27 years now. I first was introduced to Linux almost 12 years ago, I've really been a part of the Linux community for over nine years now. You'd think in that time things would have gotten better for women in IT in general and the Linux community in particular. There are certainly more of us in IT and Linux than there were a decade ago, right?
Read more »Why 'Windows Is Free' doesn't cut it for me
I don't want to steal. But I don't want to pay, either. Especially for the stuff that Microsoft, Adobe and others are selling and at the prices they're asking.
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