Purely coincidentally or not, while Microsoft grapples with big legal issues around the Windows-specific MS Office, household names like IBM, Intel, and Sun are particularly busy these days beefing up software for rival office productivity suites that run across Linux, Windows, and OS.
Read more »The Time Is Now: Cross-platform Competitors to Microsoft Office
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Is There More Than Meets the Eye in Microsoft's Moblin Stance?
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Is Moblin, the open source mobile operating system initially launched by Intel and now overseen by the Linux Foundation, a potential thorn in Microsoft's side?
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Acer Aspire One Linux Netbook
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Netbooks have very much become an integral part of our hyperconnected lifestyles. One of the most affordable netbooks on the market today is the Acer Aspire One lineup.
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Dell releases ‘Latitude ON’ alternative Linux OS for laptops
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Tiny system-on-a-chip module combines fast-boot Linux OS and ARM processor to check email, browse the Web and run for days on a standard laptop battery.
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NVIDIA Publicly Releases Its OpenCL Linux Drivers
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It's been no secret that NVIDIA has been working on an OpenCL Linux driver for their graphics processors just as AMD has been doing, but up until now their beta drivers were only available to registered NVIDIA developers. Today though -- on the same day as NVIDIA's OpenCL driver launch for Windows -- they have made their OpenCL support publicly available.
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Coverity Finds Fewer Defects in Open Source Software
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The code analysis specialists Coverity attest to a quality improvement in the open source software they tested. Coverity investigates code from diverse open source applications in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Read more »eyeOS: Your Own Private Linux Cloud that You Control (part 2)
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Last week Eric Geier introduced us to the open source Web OS project, eyeOS. We installed eyeOS, and today we'll continue by configuring our network and setting up the office file support. Plus we'll learn how to get our files onto eyeOS, create users, and configure other system settings.
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Can open source monopolize a market?
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Open source is used to playing underdog to incumbent proprietary vendors. What will happen when open source dominates, rather than commoditizes, markets?
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This Week: Intel, Graphics & Mobile Linux
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Intel hosted their developer conference this week in San Francisco (Intel Developer Forum) where several new announcements were made, with Linux being involved in some of these announcements. It was revealed that Dell will begin shipping Ubuntu Moblin Netbook Remix on one of their Atom-powered netbooks, Moblin 2.0 was released, and there was a snapshot of Moblin 2.1 was released.
Read more »Mozilla free-love coders caressed by Palm
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Two prolific open web standards advocates at Mozilla are leaving the non-profit foundation for Palm, vowing to spread their developer-centric gospel to the smartphone maker's webOS platform. Ajaxian.com co-founders Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith have accepted new positions helming Palm's developer relations team. The duo announced their change of venue on their blogs this Friday.
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Moblin v2.0 ships, appears on Dell netbook
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Moblin.org shipped the final version of the Moblin v2.0 netbook distribution, and released early-preview versions of a Moblin app store, Moblin installer, and Moblin v2.1. Meanwhile, Moblin v2.0 is now available on Dell's Mini 10v netbook, as part of an "Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition" option.
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Rugged laptops (finally) run Linux
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EmperorLinux has started reselling three rugged "Panasonic Toughbook" laptops (and one rugged tablet) with Linux preinstalled:
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IBM and Microsoft back Zend's cloud API plan
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IBM and Microsoft have added their backing to a plan by developer tools specialist Zend Technologies to create an open source application-programming interface that would make it easier for organizations to switch cloud providers.
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The Linux Desktop is More Than Ready
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The Linux desktop is highly-polished and functional, but still isn't making a dent in the mainstream. Matt Hartley looks at some of the roadblocks keeping desktop Linux in a small niche.
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Study Shows Open-source Code Quality Improving
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The overall number of defects in open-source projects is dropping, a new study by vendor Coverity has found.
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