Linux versus Windows is the stuff of near endless controversy. Linux lovers trash Windows for being slow, unreliable, insecure and overpriced, whilst Windows bigots accuse Linux of being hard to use and clunky.
Read more »VirtualBox 2.0 makes an entrance
Sun Microsystems today released xVM VirtualBox 2.0, the latest version of the open source virtualisation software. xVM VirtualBox runs on most popular operating systems including Linux, Mac OSX, Solaris, OpenSolaris and Windows.
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Gallium3D Update, 2D Support Coming?
During FOSDEM this year, Keith Whitwell had provided a status update on Gallium3D and where they were at as of February. However, a lot has changed since then. Today at XDS 2008, Keith has provided a new status update of where they are at with this new driver infrastructure. Below are our notes from this talk as well as the following talk delivered by Tungsten's Jakob Bornecrantz.
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ATI to Show Linux Some Love
According to recent reports, AMD's graphics subsidiary is set on becoming more Linux-friendly. The company plans to release new Catalyst drivers for Linux-based operating systems, which will allow playback of protected high-definition content on a Linux OS.
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What They're Using: Christian Einfeldt, Producer, the Digital Tipping Point
I have six basic different uses for free, open-source software: 1) my law office practice; 2) managing and editing video for the Digital Tipping Point Project; 3) running a 25-seat Edubuntu lab at a public middle school as a volunteer in San Francisco; 4) placing ACCRC.org Linux computers in classrooms; 5) giving out ACCRC.org Ubuntu computers to friends, neighbors and the children who attend that
Read more »Why Linux won the popularity contest and FreeBSD didn’t
There are several fully functional and stable Open Source operating systems including Linux, FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, NetBSD, OpenBSD and so on.
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Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Tops 8 Million Users
Sure, Windows is expected to run on 1 billion devices by 2010. But a loud minority is making its voice heard by moving to Ubuntu Linux. In fact, Canonical’s marketing materials state that Ubuntu now has more than 8 million users.
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Dell, Can’t You Make Things Equal?
Right now, as far as I can tell, the best place to get a laptop with Ubuntu is Dell. While their prices may be the best, though, not everything is as I would like it.
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KDE Community Working Group takes care of the community
If the rocky reception of KDE 4 has done anything, it has forced the KDE project to realize it needs to listen to users more closely. One of the first results of this realization is the new Community Working Group (CWG).
Read more »Richard Stallman in Genoa and Brescia
"Double appointment Italy next week for Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation..."
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How to choose a wine to compliment your meal
Choosing the right wine is the key to success when entertaining
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Movie Review - A Wednesday
Now, here’s a flick that could make your day. It doesn’t send you home romping with joy and crooning sweet songs shot at scenic locales in some distant continent. A Wednesday has none of that Bollywood guck and gimmickry.
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Emacs 22.3 released
"GNU Emacs 22.3 has been released, and is now available at
ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ and the GNU FTP mirrors (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html) [...] Emacs 22.3 is a bugfix release." --
* see also: fix for a security vulnerability
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The Theory Of Google’s Chrome As An Operating System
There is no doubt that Google did a nice job of promoting their “Chrome” web browser. Practically everyone is considering this front page news, and for a good reason, too. Whatever you think of it, Google, primarily a web search and web application company, introducing a web browser is big news. The interesting part of all the coverage is the theories about why Google made this move.
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SpreadFedora: The beauty that I found in Fedora
I needed to touch a "real" GNU/Linux without point-and-click graphical tools. I wanted to feel that spirit that I felt at the first time when I met GNU/Linux. I chose Fedora.
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