June 1, 2020
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Talk about timing. With the coronavirus forcing a telecommuting sea change — we went from corporate workers begging, usually unsuccessfully, to be allowed to work from home to businesses insisting that they do so — Microsoft released its latest and best desktop-as-a-service … Continue reading
May 27, 2020
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Linus Torvalds is the most famous programmer in the world, father of the Linux operating system, and maker of the near-universal Git distributed version control system. He also builds his own developer workstation and recently upgraded his PC to a … Continue reading
May 27, 2020
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In a Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), Linus Torvalds, Linux’s top developer, talked about the latest progress in the next version of Linux: Linux 5.7-rc7. Along the way, he mentioned, “for the first time in about 15 years, my desktop isn’t Intel-based.” … Continue reading
May 20, 2020
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Linux on the desktop has had more than its fair share of troubles. Sure, the Linux desktop has long been a favorite of top-flight developers, system administrators, and loyal fans. But, when it comes to the mass audience, Linux has only … Continue reading
May 6, 2020
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What’s really the most popular operating system? That depends on how you look at them and who’s doing the looking. For example, Net Applications shows Windows on top of the desktop operating system mountain with 88.14% of the market. That’s not … Continue reading
April 23, 2020
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As expected, Canonical has released the newest version of its Ubuntu Linux distribution, Ubuntu 20.04. This long-term-support (LTS) version is more than just the latest version of one of the most popular Linux distributions; it’s a major update for desktop, … Continue reading