October 4, 2010
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It’s not that Oracle wishes ill of The Document Foundation and its take on OpenOffice, LibreOffice. Oracle just isn’t going to be having anything to do with it. When The Document Foundation released the beta of LibreOffice, the group wanted … Continue reading
October 2, 2010
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The newest Ubuntu Linux, Maverick Meerkat 10.10, is so close you can almost taste it. And, if you’re willing to use the release candidate of Ubuntu 10.10, you can try it now. I have, and I like it a lot. … Continue reading
September 17, 2010
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Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company is meeting with engineers and product managers from many top device and computer manufacturers in Taipei, Taiwan on September 24, 2010. The commercial sponsor of Ubuntu will be hosting its second annual Original Design Manufacturers … Continue reading
September 14, 2010
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In recent weeks, Ubuntu has been criticized for not giving Linux enough support. Specifically, the complains have been that Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, doesn’t do enough for producing Linux source code. At first, Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu and Canonical’s founder, … Continue reading
August 16, 2010
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I spoke with Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, this morning, and he tells me that Canonical will be bringing true multi-touch to Ubuntu Linux in Ubuntu 10.10 (code name Maverick Meerkat). “Multi-touch is just as useful on a desktop as … Continue reading
August 2, 2010
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Last week, Greg DeKoenigsberg, a former Red Hat developer on the Fedora community Linux project and now CTO of The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), ignited a firestorm by showing that, when it comes to … Continue reading