"Consumers in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany may now buy Linux-based laptops from Dell."
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Linux-Microsoft Lovefest at LinuxWorld Expo
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For open source backers who love to bash Microsoft (and other proprietary software companies), this LinuxWorld was not for you.
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Open Source's Next Steps
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Opinion: Microsoft's deals with China needn't deter open-source backers.
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Virtualize Windows on Linux? Microsoft Says No Way! Or... Servers First
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This article was a sensational... and incorrect... release. Here is the correction.
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Attacking Web 2.0 at LinuxWorld
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At LinuxWorld today, SPI Dynamic's senior security engineer, Matt Fisher, talked about the vulnerabilities of Web 2.0.
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Intel’s Approach to Laptops for Poor Children
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Intel insists that its project to make low-cost laptops for school children in poorer nations began nearly three years ago, before it heard of Nicholas Negroponte’s initiative, One Laptop Per Child.
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Linux as a Tool for Windows Hardware Errors
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It may seem a bit ridiculous to some, but on more than one occasion I have been asked to help address a Windows hardware issue by assisting with Linux. The "hardware" problems these people faced were quickly reconciled either by placing Linux on an existing secondary partition of the hard disk, or by using a Linux Live-CD.
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Mozilla's plan for improving Firefox user retention rates
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Firefox is seeing tremendous adoption rates in some parts of the world. In order to perpetuate this growth trend, Mozilla has to continue to find new ways to bring Firefox to a broader audience.
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FrOSCon 2007: Heavy on Drupal, Addressing Issues Facing Businesses and Women
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The second Free and Open Source Software Conference is being held this year on August 25th-26th, in St. Augustin, Germany. Some 66 speakers will address issues ranging from Drupal and other web technologies to KDE 4, Open Source and Marketing, as well as Women in IT.
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FSF - Submit your nominations for the 2007 free software awards
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"The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU Project announce the requests for nominations for the 10th annual 2007 Free Software Awards."
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New Firefox support site targets your mom
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The alpha version of Mozilla's community-driven Firefox support site offers how-to and troubleshooting documents directed toward new users -- a crucial audience if the browser is to capture and maintain additional market share.
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Why We Need a $200 Linux Notebook in the US
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Without a question, having access to a truly entry level notebook like this one running Linux is going to make a lot of lower income families very happy. Ringing in at $189 USD, this provides users looking for a click and type workstation for a very reasonable cost.
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6 Reasons I Don’t Use Ubuntu
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According to Distrowatch, the top spot in the the world of Linux distributions belongs to Ubuntu or PCLinuxOS, with Fedora routinely coming in at fourth or fifth. So why don’t I use Ubuntu if it’s supposed to be the best?
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LUGRadio Live And Unleashed 2007 Video
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A kind chap in the audience at LUGRadio Live 2007 filmed LUGRadio Live And Unleashed 2007 (our live show at LUGRadio Live) in its entirety and has uploaded it to blip.tv. It is great fun, and filled to the brim with discussion and amusing bits.
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GNU and FSF News for August 2007
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"...The adoption of the GPLv3 continues, over 300 packages are now using it. The 2007 Trophées du Libre awards are coming up soon. The FSF Europe published a new issue of their newsletter, full of interesting free software news from Europe. There was a minor GCC release, and the last new GCC release under the GPLv2 license.
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