Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report.
Read more »New commercial Linux game slated by year end
Okay guys, the GAME isn't free software. But it is news about Hothead Games releasing a new title... and going out of their way to make it available for linux users. I realise these stories can be controversial right now, but it is news about linux, so here it is...
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Kernel space: Are Linux developers ignoring bug reports?
Linux developers seem to be letting bug reports slip throught the cracks. With 1500 open kernel bugs in the tracking system, and 50 going unanswered on the mailing list, do developers need a better process or just new priorities?
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MySQL upgrades enterprise edition, nears 5.1 final release
Open-source database provider MySQL AB on Wednesday said it is injecting features into its paid subscription support service, which is aimed at simplifying management for large companies with tens or hundreds of servers running the database.
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Windows Vista Aero vs Linux Ubuntu Beryl (video)
"One of these operating systems is free. The less impressive one lines Bill Gates' pockets with gold." Great video to show your eye-candy-loving-still-using-windows mates
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High-Stakes Patent Battle Banks on New Litigation Tool
In a lawsuit currently unfolding against Intel Corp., which has been accused by Transmeta Corp. of infringing on 10 patents, Intel is making use of a relatively new government process, known as inter partes re-examination. This process is becoming an increasingly popular way for accused infringers to get patents invalidated.
Read more »Modifying PDF Files With PDFedit On Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
This article shows how you can install and use PDFedit on an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop. PDFedit is a free and open-source editor for manipulating PDF documents.
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The Linux Foundation Announces First Legal Summits
The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it will hold two legal summits over the next 12 months.
Read more »13 reasons why Linux won't make it to a desktop near you
You're a marketer who finds an exciting new product developed by some really smart people. All you have to do is tell everyone about it, and the world will beat a path to your door. But when you look more closely, you find it's not that simple. In fact, you find a set of insurmountable obstacles. Here's a short list...
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Free Speech Sometimes Trumps Copyright
On my first day of my new position as civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dealt my previous employer, the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, a fantastic victory. The court's ruling in Golan v. Gonzales is also a triumph for the First Amendment and for the overwhelming majority of creators.
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Microsoft Antitrust Cases Stand in Judgment
In the next seven days, both Microsoft's European Union and United States antitrust cases will reach critical junctures. A routine U.S. hearing tomorrow will likely be anything but routine. Elsewhere, an appeals court will issue a ruling on the validity of Microsoft's adverse antitrust case in Europe.
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A tale of three communities
After having spent the past year and a half living and working in the commercial open source software world, I still marvel at how “the community” supports and makes possible the creation of high quality software.
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Fraser-Moleketi appointed OSS patron
Public service and administration minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi has accepted an invitation to become patron of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA).
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New OpenVZ for Linux 2.6.22 includes live migration
The team behind the OpenVZ project will announce today the availability of its operating system virtualization software for the latest stable release of the Linux kernel. OpenVZ for Linux 2.6.22 now supports user ID namespaces for improved security, and has new process ID namespace code that makes live migration possible.
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Firefox Extensions That Cost Sites Money
It seems harmless enough at first, the desire to keep ads from overtaking the content you wish to view from your favorite websites. But what so many people seem to fail to understand is that many of these content providers are using ads to make a living. Otherwise, there would be no time to gather the content and post original works in the first place.
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