July 27, 2008
by sjvn01
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Linux overcame most of its former driver woes years ago except for one noticeable exception: Wi-Fi drivers. While many Wi-Fi cards and chipsets were Linux friendly, two major Wi-Fi chipset vendors, Atheros and Broadcom, kept their drivers proprietary. Now, things … Continue reading
July 22, 2008
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The open-source way of creating programs is still the best way, just don’t confuse it with being the perfect way — there’s no such thing. A recent report claims that one of the fundamental benefits of open-source development, the co-called … Continue reading
July 21, 2008
by sjvn01
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You’d think the electronics vendors who keep breaking the GPL by using the BusyBox Unix utilities would finally learn that they can’t get away with it. It doesn’t look like they have though. This time the SFLC (Software Freedom Law … Continue reading
July 16, 2008
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Over the last few years, LinuxWorld has become the trade show for Linux, the business, rather than Linux, the community. This year, the show will include a blast from the past as it will include a massive install-fest. Untangle, an … Continue reading
July 9, 2008
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We know your company uses open-source applications. We also know many of you already have an open-source policy. Sort of. As CIO.com discovered when researching the adoption of open-source in enterprise IT, a quarter of respondents have a formal policy … Continue reading
July 9, 2008
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Let’s say you want to write an easy-to-install program for any Linux distribution. That’s a a problem. There is no single, easy way to install software for all versions of Linux OpenSUSE thinks it has an answer: the openSUSE Build … Continue reading