November 13, 2009
by sjvn01
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I’m staggered. Microsoft has admitted that it violated the GPL2 with its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. That’s not too surprising, since the violation was about as clear-cut as you could get. What’s surprising, even shocking, is that Microsoft is … Continue reading
November 10, 2009
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Microsoft has long ripped off free software. The canonical case is that Microsoft’s first version of the fundamental TCP/IP network stack, which underlies the Internet and almost all business networking, was swiped from the BSD-licensed Unixes. Years later, it seems … Continue reading
November 2, 2009
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People love Skype, the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) program, but Linux users have a love/hate relationship with it. Yes, Skype will run on some versions of Linux, but it doesn’t run on all of them and the Linux versions, … Continue reading
October 29, 2009
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he U.S. government has long used open-source. Beowulf, the popular Linux-based clustering and super-computer program, for example, got its start at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Under President Obama, open-source software though is showing up in more and more places. … Continue reading
October 15, 2009
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I know lots of people who really want to see Google’s Linux-based Chrome operating system. I should. I’m one of them. But, alas, that story going around that there’s been a leak of Chrome isn’t true. The tales goes that … Continue reading
October 14, 2009
by sjvn01
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I don’t just write about the Linux desktop, I use it every day. At my desk, I tend to use MEPIS and Mint. On the road, it’s Ubuntu on my Dell netbook and openSUSE on my Lenovo ThinkPad. I do … Continue reading