Linux does support a lot of hardware. Probably more than Windows, certainly more than Apple. Greg K-H says people want Linux kernel source / binary compatibility for the driver support. What Linux doesn't do so great job of is supporting new hardware.
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Dell is serious about Ubuntu: Launches first consumer Linux PCs
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Dell today flipped the switched and is now officially offering consumer desktop and notebook PCs with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed. Two notebooks and one desktop join two desktop systems in Dell’s open-source product portfolio.
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Open source college revolution?
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Is the true open source revolution finally coming to college campuses this fall?
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NASA Uses Ubuntu
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Two weekends ago was the Smithsonian Folklife Festival....we walked over toward NASA's area, and I stopped to read a big sign. As I was reading the paragraphs, [my friend] walks over, looks at the photo of a woman in front of a projector, and goes "that's gnome-terminal!" Sure enough, gnome-terminal is minimized in the bottom panel. Kevin then came over and asked what we were looking at.
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Coverity Sees Open-Source Improvements
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Coverity has announced the availability of a new report detailing the continued improvement in the quality and security of open-source software.
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Customized Linux PC for MySpacers
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PC vendor Everex and gOS (Good OS), the Linux distribution based around Google applications, is taking the next step in online-based computing by introducing a limited edition MySpace PC.
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Managing a Practice with Linux
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There have been several posts here about Linux in the law office, both as a server environment and as a workstation. My main concern with it on the desktop has always been the lack of native Linux applications that would be needed for lawyers, such as time and billing, financials, and case management.
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Will hypervisors make Ubuntu and other Linux operating systems obsolete?
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Computing is on the verge of a major paradigm shift with the modern rise in prominence of virtualisation. Fuelled by big corporates interested in the consolidation and energy saving potentials, improvements in virtualisation have hit the point where Linux could be a casualty.
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Blogger unpacks Linux-based phone
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Out in the blogosphere (which we believe is somewhere near "the Internets,") the OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner is getting unpacked, photographed, and examined. On Holden Karau's blog, he describes difficulties getting the FreeRunner working with an AT&T SIM card, but dubs the voice quality "pretty awesome."
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Michael Dell: Is He Agnostic When It Comes to Operating Systems?
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Part of Michael Dell's strategy to revive his namesake company is operating systems. But with technical glitches plaguing Microsoft's Vista software, many tech eyes are waiting to see if Dell will tip his hat toward a favorite - Vista, XP or Linux.
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Linux can save us
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In case you haven't noticed, the economy is collapsing. You can't afford to drive anywhere, and, even if you could, you may not have a GM car to drive there for much longer. Some of you may be losing your houses, and the mortgage companies that gave you that mortgage in the first place?
Read more »MuleSource calls out IBM's double standard on open source
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Granting that the open source players are starting out from a small revenue base, simple math tells us that if they keep on growing at their present pace they will sooner or later put some real hurt on the sales of incumbent closed source vendors like IBM and Oracle, who have long dominated enterprise middleware and database sales.
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The Value of Free
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How do you put a value on the products created through open source? Do you consider all the time spent crafting quality software? Take into account your own effort in advocating its use? Charge for packaging and a profit margin? How, exactly, would Best Buy have come to the conclusion that Ubuntu Linux is worth $19.99? I think the answer is fairly simple: they guessed.*
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Linux thin client software certified "Secret"
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Trusted Computer Solutions (TCS) has announced Secret and Below Interoperability (SABI) level certification for its Linux-based, thin-client access software. With the SABI rating, the cross-domain SecureOffice Trusted Thin Client (STTC) software now enables easy transfer between classified and "unclassified but sensitive" domains, says TCS.
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Eee PC: a challenger appears
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MSI is trying. Acer is trying. Everex is trying. But Asus is about to face the biggest competition yet for its bewilderingly large Eee PC range -- the Dell E. With a possible August launch date in the US, the E could make a big impact on the market with Dell's marketing muscle. Especially if the $299 price point turns out to be true. Any guesses what that will be in UK pounds?
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