Users regularly cite lack of compatibility with Microsoft Office files as a reason for not using OpenOffice.org. OpenOffice.org does include Microsoft Office export filters, as well as a number of settings for increased compatibility, but these features provide only good, not complete, compatibility.

Here we will describe the advantages and peculiarities of Unix (Linux) web hosting.

AML has announced a sealed, metal computer intended for mounting in industrial vehicles. The MT7550 clocks its AMD Geode GX533 processor at 400 MHz, includes both Bluetooth and 802.11b/g wireless capabilities, and comes standard with Debian Linux 4.0 ("Etch").

"...If you pass the path of a XUL application.ini file to Firefox with the -app parameter, the application will run just like it would with an actual XULRunner runtime. When Firefox 3 is finally shipped, developers will be able to easily deploy their third-party XUL applications far and wide..."

Managing disk space used to be a royal pain for admins and users. Running out of disk space often meant reinstalling Linux or spending a few hours with tools like Parted to resize partitions.

This is pretty funny. A comic strip about what SCO is doing now...

I will be starting with The Power Hour tomorrow by calling in and suggesting that they start talking about FOSS. If you listen to other forms of radio, such as mainstream AM/FM, XM, or Sirius, call in to their shows. I don’t care if it’s Alex Jones or Rush Limbaugh. I don’t care if it’s Fox Radio or Air America!

"More than 500 people were killed when Peru was hit with by an enormous earthquake last week. When we learned that Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and author of the GPL under which the GNU/Linux operating system is licensed, was in Peru during the quake, we asked if he would share his experiences with us. Here's his report..."