March 28, 2007
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The Free Software Foundation released the third discussion draft on the GNU General Public License on March 28. As expected, it contains language designed to prevent patent partnerships that extend protection from patent litigation to only the companies involved in such agreements. … Continue reading
March 28, 2007
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The idea that Linux is primarily a community-based project based on the work of thousands of independent, idealist hackers died a quiet death at home on March 27. The proximate cause of death was the Linux Foundation’s naming of its … Continue reading
March 5, 2007
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Many would-be Linux users don’t make the leap because there are one or two Windows applications they just can’t live without. That doesn’t have to hold them back anymore. Thanks to Wine (Wine is not an emulator), an open-source implementation … Continue reading
February 21, 2007
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At one time, Fedora was “the” free Linux distribution. Over the last year though, Ubuntu and openSUSE have consistently outpaced Fedora on DistroWatch’s tracking charts. Well-known, open source leader Eric S. Raymond is fed-up with Fedora, and explained why in … Continue reading
February 12, 2007
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Microsoft and Novell on Feb. 12 unveiled more specifics regarding their joint technical roadmap. As expected, the two companies are collaborating on four areas of technology that address significant problems faced by enterprises: virtualization, Web services for managing physical and … Continue reading
February 7, 2007
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Several weeks ago, desktop Linux distributor Linspire Inc. announced that it was going to open up CNR (Click N Run), its Web-based software downloader/manager, to other distributions. Now, the company is revealing more about what this new Linux software distribution … Continue reading