July 15, 2012
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We all know that Windows 8 PCs will come locked up tight Microsoft’s UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) secure boot on. This will prevent <a href=”http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/microsoft-to-stop-linux-older-windows-from-running-on-windows-8-pcs/9589″>you from easily installing Linux or any other operating system, such as Windows 7 or … Continue reading
July 10, 2012
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These are not good days for Firefox. The real battle for the number one Web browser in the world these days is between Chrome and Internet Explorer. Firefox, by StatCounter’s latest numbers, is a distant third. The latest release of … Continue reading
June 27, 2012
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FuseSource is one of those companies that makes software frameworks that big businesses use every day, but chances are you’ve never heard of them. Linux giant Red Hat however, did know about them and brought them from parent company Progress … Continue reading
June 5, 2012
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When Fedora 17 released GNOME 3.4, I found I could deal with it. I still didn’t like it much, and I prefer both Ubuntu 12.04’s Unity and Linux Mint 13’s Cinnamon interfaces, but if I had to, I could live … Continue reading
May 31, 2012
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Larry Ellison bought Sun in the hopes of winning intellectual property riches from its Java programming language. Those hopes have now been smashed. After having Oracle’s Java patent claims against Google Android all but completely smashed, and a mere nine … Continue reading
May 28, 2012
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The Open Source Software Institute, a non-profit group that supports open-source adoption and the National Security Agency (NSA), the organization in charge of all out of country eavesdropping, will co-host an Open Source Software Industry Day on Wednesday, May 30, … Continue reading