There are several options when it comes to choosing an operating system for your computer. Of course Windows is the overwhelming heavyweight in the market place and it isn’t a bad choice in some ways. Also looking for users are Linux, BSD and Leopard.
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Sam Varghese Got It Wrong?
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On the 10th of February I updated my original “Is Canonical becoming the new Microsoft?” post to make it clearer that what I was actually asking was about whether the company is becoming the next organisation that we love to hate. Today Sam Varghese has written about a conversation had with Mark Shuttleworth regarding my original post.
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Book Review: Crafting Digital Media by Daniel James
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Daniel James is the director of the Studio 64 GNU/Linux distribution, which serves as a basis for professional music studio mixing installations, as well as an experienced writer and editor. Thus it is not surprising that he should create an excellent book on music mixing.
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Is the Linux dream a myth?
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How many times have you heard the arguments about operating systems and why mine is better than yours etc?
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The Dating Game, Linux-Style
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Can geeks find love? Certainly -- but extolling the wonders of GNU/Linux on the first date may not be the best way to go. On the other hand, just think of all the ways a Linux geek can say "I care"...
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I'm not driven by Microsoft hatred: Shuttleworth
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Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth says his creation of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system is not motivated in any way by animosity towards Microsoft.
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Akademy 2010 Call for Sponsorship
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The organizing team of Akademy 2010 is looking for sponsors to help make the annual world summit of the KDE community a success. Akademy 2010 will take place in Tampere, Finland from July 3rd to July 10th and is organized by KDE e.V. and COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions.
Read more »5 Linux features I miss when on Windows
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In as much as I would love not to, I still use Windows very much in my day to day life. However, being someone who also uses Linux, there are 5 things I really miss when I am behind a Windows machine.
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Debian Lenny - my main desktop for two months
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I looked back in the blog, and I began running Debian Lenny as my main desktop distribution just about two months ago. Debian is snappy, as it has always been for me, even with GNOME. I don't even see any performance issues due to using fully encrypted LVM. And with that encryption on my laptop, any anxiety over it being lost or stolen is gone.
Read more »Lamenting the Death of Features
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We have all become accustomed to having new features added to our operating systems and applications: plug and play, USB support, browser extensions, docking station support, dual-head display settings. It's a nice feeling to play with new tools. Except, of course, when some of these features are removed in newer versions of the software later on.
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Dealing with gifted kids: a geek's tale
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Any parent who comes to the realisation that his or her child is gifted generally feels conflicting emotions: happiness and confusion. Happiness over the fact that one has an unusual child and confusion over how one is going to deal with this child.
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How We Implemented Linux in Our Ministry
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Like many other people, our church and, more importantly, our Christian school, ran the Windows operating system on all computers. We had a problem, however, in our licensing. There had to be a responsible alternative. And there was.
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Open Source conference in Copenhagen, 5 & 6 March 2010
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Open Source Days is the largest open source conference in the Nordic area. It's your opportunity to meet, share, and learn from professional open source experts.
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Beautiful projects deserve beautiful sites
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You never get a second chance to make a first impression. The old cliche is true, and it applies to the Web sites of FLOSS projects as surely as it does a first date or a job interview. Unfortunately, all too many FLOSS Web sites make a very, very poor first impression
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OpenOffice trouble, again, again, again
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I’m definitely reaching my limit with OpenOffice. I’m not just going to bless OpenOffice as perfection just because it’s Free, it’ll have to improve for that.
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