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The unspoken truth of operating systems
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com –
All of these [articles I've been reading lately] ignore one thing which is almost never stated: for a large majority of everyday computer users, people for whom a computer is just another tool or piece of technology, like a refrigerator or a widescreen TV, Windows is just fine.
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A gutsy new Linux system - in FT - Major UK FInancial Newspaper
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This positive article is from the site of the foremost UK financial newspaper, read by most of the 'city' workers every morning.
Extract of its concluding comments:
Although it is still early days, the latest version of Ubuntu looks like being a viable alternative to proprietary operating systems including Windows and OS X for a broader group of PC users.
Ex-Linspire chief defects to Ubuntu
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk –
Former Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony has shown all the loyalty of a free agent athlete. Just a few months after resigning from Linspire, Carmony has traded in his old company's Linux operating system for Ubuntu.
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Promoting your free software project
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Bruce Byfield gives the community some advice on promoting their free software projects... don't forget fsdaily Bruce!
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Linux Foundation to begin third annual desktop Linux survey
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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, will announce its third annual desktop Linux survey on Oct. 17.
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Ubuntu Plans Eye Candy for Desktop Computers and Beyond
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com –
What would it take to get the hundreds of millions of desktop computer users to switch from Windows to Linux?
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Alert! Ubuntu is taking over the Earth. Resistance is futile - join now or be destroyed!
http://nixedblog.thenixedreport.com –
It use to be that when a Linux program came out it was geared to run on Fedora, PCLinuxOS, SUSE, and Gentoo Linux. This was good because anyone could use it on any distribution.
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GIMP UI brainstorm
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The GIMP UI team had a meeting and discussed the first 25 posts of the brainstorm, from our hello world up to filters as chains…
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GNU/Linux on its way to dominate by 2014?
http://www.nuxified.org –
You know, I've been hungering for some good old hard numbers to provide a major motivational kick in the butt and scream: "Yes, you ARE making a dent!!!" And I think I found my butt kicking leg: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6427/4/
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Wikipedia Vs Software
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So I, along with everyone else today, got forwarded this link which shows that Wikipedia has begun its journey from an edit-focused hive of activity, to read-only archive, as people stop editing the site. As one of the larger “open” projects, it can point to possibilities in the future for other projects. It also mirrors smaller projects, and the history we discovered years ago.
Read more »FSF/GNU Project Web Site Overhauls Make Navigation Easier
http://blue-gnu.biz –
Recent overhauls of the Free Software Foundation and GNU Project websites have made navigating those sites easier - to do, as well as on the eyes.
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Forget upgrading to Vista's eye candy, it's time to turn my back on the world of pain that is Windows and see what Ubuntu has to
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Over the weekend I carved up the hard drive on my IBM ThinkPad T60 so I could dual-boot XP Pro with Ubuntu. The purpose of the exercise is to see if I can satisfactorily recreate my Standard Operating Environment in Ubuntu and gradually ween myself off Windows.
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Letters: We're Quite Ready for Linux on Desktop
http://www.computerworld.com –
I am neither a Linux vendor nor a programmer. I am, however, a Linux end user. As such, I can attest to the error in some of Michael Gartenberg’s comments [“Linux Still Doesn’t Make It on Desktop,” Opinion, Oct. 1].
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Month in Vista vs Month in Ubuntu Linux
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When I started at the new job in August, they gave me a pretty powerful laptop and since the company I work for is 100% windows, I decided to give Vista a shot. I've been using it exclusively for about 1.5 months, from the beginning of August to the mid-September, every day, 40 hours a week. I also installed Ubuntu at that time.
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