September 28, 2010
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After Firefox, OpenOffice may be open-source software’s greatest desktop success story. For years though OpenOffice has stagnated. While under Sun’s management, OpenOffice got off to a great start, the program hasn’t been doing much of anything lately. That may be … 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 16, 2010
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Hundreds of millions of us use Facebook every day, but that doesn’t mean we like it. We like being able to connect with our friends. It’s the hoops we have to jump through to keep our privacy on Facebook that’s … 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
September 9, 2010
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Slowly, too darn slowly for the taste of Linux notebook users, Broadcom has been providing drivers for its Wi-Fi chipsets on netbooks and laptops. Now, Broadcom has released an open-source driver for its latest 802.11n chip sets. See? Miracles do … Continue reading
September 7, 2010
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YYou could argue that Google’s Android, so popular on smartphones now, is the most popular Linux of all right now. There’s only one little problem with that: Android has continued to be apart from the Linux mainstream. People became aware … Continue reading