July 23, 2012
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The desktop and the cloud are getting hitched. You see it in everything from Windows 8 with Office 2013 to Ubuntu with WebApps to Mac OS with iCloud. And, of course, there’s Chrome OS, which is just the Chrome Web … Continue reading
July 23, 2012
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PORTLAND, OR: Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company, is trying to make Development/Operations (DevOps) on the cloud easy with its Juju framework. The Juju project has been around for a while, but frankly it wasn’t that impressive… until now. At a … Continue reading
July 19, 2012
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Portland, OR: At OSCon, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company announced that it’s adding a new feature to its Ubuntu desktop: the ability to use popular Internet services and Websites, such as Google’s GMail and Facebook as … Continue reading
July 18, 2012
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For years, Valve, creator of the Steam game engine and network and such popular Windows games as Assassin’s Creed and The Elder Scrolls, has hinted that it was bring Steam and its games to Linux. But, then little came of … Continue reading
July 18, 2012
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Portland, OR: Sputnik started, Barton George, Dell’s project Sputnik lead and director of web vertical marketing, told me at OSCon as a six-month exploratory pilot to create an Ubuntu Linux-based developer laptop, It’s not just an idea now. Dell … Continue reading
July 12, 2012
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Here’s the problem: A Windows 8 PC must be locked down with the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) set with Microsoft’s secure boot on. In turn, that means you won’t be able to easily install Linux or any other operating … Continue reading