February 11, 2009
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Rumors just won’t die that Novell will be laying off more employees. The rumor mill has Novell laying off everything from simply more than the announced 100 staffers to a retracted story of about 1,000 employees. The reality is, drum-roll … Continue reading
February 11, 2009
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f you’re like me, you don’t like proprietary video and audio codecs. Be that as it may, some sites, like NBC’s Olympics site, use Microsoft’s proprietary Silverlight streaming technology. Until recently, if you were using Linux that meant you couldn’t … Continue reading
January 24, 2009
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In a recent story, I wrote about the best three ways to pick up desktop Linux. These are: buying a PC with pre-installed Linux; Live Linux CD/USB-sticks; and installing an easy-to-use Linux distribution like Mint or MEPIS. That’s all well … Continue reading
January 22, 2009
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Remember today’s date: January 22, 2009. It may go down in business history as the day that it became clear that proprietary software had been broken by Linux and open-source software. First, Microsoft had its biggest layoffs in the company’s … Continue reading
December 29, 2008
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When you’re talking Linux, three big names always pop up: Canonical’s Ubuntu, Novell’s openSUSE and Red Hat’s Fedora. Ubuntu has ridden a groundswell of both consumer and commercial support to its current ranking as the most popular Linux distribution. OpenSUSE, … Continue reading
December 10, 2008
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For years, HP has been slowly edging towards releasing a pre-installed Linux for general users. Today, December 10th, the company finally announced that it would be releasing Novell‘s SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10 SP 2 on its low-priced business … Continue reading