Microsoft's aggressive defense of its intellectual property, which includes claims that Linux violates a number of its patents, is nothing more than "a marketing thing," according to Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel.
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Linus Torvalds Interview, Part II
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Jim Zemlin’s conversation with Linus Torvalds continues with the posting of Part II of their interview. Linus comments on a variety of topics including patents, internal and external competition, the broader adoption of Linux, Microsoft and much more.
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Interview: OpenSUSE's New Tech Evangelist
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Linux advocate Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier signs on as Novell's community manager and new voice of openSUSE users and developers. Hear his thoughts on Linux love, the challenges he expects from his new role, and why techies choose one distribution over another.
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Debian and corporate support
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I read about Steven J. Vaughan’s article on which he tries to explain why you don’t see as much corporate support in Debian as you see in other places. The conclusion of Steven’s analisys, it seems, is that Debian is inmature. I will attempt to respond to it from a Debian perspective.
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Why Kubuntu is Good for KDE
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Tsk to marketing types who bring negatives tones to otherwise peaceful Planets. I like to walk cheerfully over the world so here's some top reasons why Kubuntu is good for KDE.
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Looking outside my Windows
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Linux operating systems are like a box of chocolates: You never know what you’re going to get. OK, that’s a bad pop culture reference, but it’s true. Our latest look at the Linux desktop operating systems contains everything from stale, coconut-like bonbons to rich, soft dark chocolate treats. And with so many varieties of Linux operating systems to choose from, finding the best for your agency can be a hassle.
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EMACS conference: «Goal: Wicked Cool Emacs - Ch.6: Being Big Brother»
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"My proposal was accepted at an IBM conference on best practices! I’m thrilled to have all these opportunities to share what I’m learning and to learn even more from other people...." When: Fri Feb 29 – Fri Feb 29 ; Where: ? ; Who: sacha chua ; http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=cHI4cHVvODlqa2t2NmVvdnJlOXA1N25...
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The XO Laptop: It’s the Software, Stupid
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It’s an amazing thing to watch—at least, to a city slicker like me who doesn’t get to witness the miracle of birth every day. But what makes this particular video remarkable is that it was shot by a fourth-year student at Villa Cardal’s Public School 24, using the built-in camera and recording software on the student’s XO Laptop, within weeks of the machine’s arrival at the school last year.
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If Microsoft acquires Yahoo!
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If Microsoft acquires Yahoo!: The coming multi-layered doom...
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The Linux community and its (future) problem
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I just want to drop a line about what I believe to be the future biggest problems of the Linux community: people who believe to have a clue but don’t (and who will misguide people in the process)
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I’m a Believer—In Open Source
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I had a great job working for a great company, with great people, great pay and great benefits. The company won several awards for the best place to work for several years in a row. But I walked away from it.
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The Devasura Clan Wars
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A long time ago in the ages of the Pentium 1s and 2s, the Deva and the Asura clans would fight their Counterstrike clan wars in order to decide the fate of the world. The Devas always had the upper hand, what with Indra and his speciality Vajrayudha-47 gun and Vishnu once in a while picking off headshots with his Sudarshana Scout Rifle. So things went fine for a while, and the gaming world was happy.
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Ubuntu/Canonical not helping "us" compute?
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Recently Ubuntu/Canonical contacted me for the use of buntu in our domain name. I had emailed them long before any announcement of the site but with no reply until the site began to attract visitors/users.
I understand that Ubuntu/Canonical has a job to do when it comes to protecting their best interest. But Ourbuntu is doing nothing more than giving users the ability to setup a Ubuntu/Linux based system and sell it at no cost. Which helps promote the use of opensource software.
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Canonical and Kubuntu
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OK, I wasn’t going to do this, you know jump in on all of the “Kubuntu is treated like a second class citizen by Canonical” posts, but I have had enough time to let off some steam, and even joke around a bit with it. So here is my take…
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What is the coolest thing you can do using Linux that you can't do with Windows or on a Mac?
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Someone asked me this recently. I don't have just one answer. I compiled a list of things I thought of and emailed it to my friend...then I thought I would post it here for future reference. Feel free to add to the list! There is also a forums thread on the same topic, that I remembered as I complied my thoughts, so I stole some of the ideas posted there.
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