August 6, 2007
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Dell and Ubuntu broke the barrier for major vendors to preload consumer desktop Linux, and now Lenovo and Novell have shattered the wall for Linux-powered business desktops. On Aug. 6 at LinuxWorld in San Francisco, the companies announced an agreement … Continue reading
August 3, 2007
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Red Hat confirmed on Aug. 3 that it would be delaying the release of the newest member of its desktop Linux family, Red Hat Global Desktop, because the company is seeking to provide certain multimedia codecs. Sources close to Red … Continue reading
July 30, 2007
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SimplyMEPIS, a very popular desktop Linux, is going to change back to using Debian Linux for its core from Ubuntu. In March of 2006, MEPIS founder Warren Woodford, decided to switch to Ubuntu from Debian for the next version of … Continue reading
July 24, 2007
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People used to think the very idea that a major PC vendor would offer desktop Linux was beyond a joke. It was, as Vizzini from The Princess Bride would have said, “Inconceivable!” But, as events turned out, to quote Inigo … Continue reading
July 16, 2007
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On July 16, Open-Xchange announced the immediate availability of Open-Xchange Express Edition. This is a full-featured collaboration designed to make it easy for small and midsize businesses to take advantage of the cost benefits of open source without requiring prior … Continue reading
July 12, 2007
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Chances are if you print anything from your Mac, Linux desktop or server or Unix system you’re using CUPS (Common Unix Printing System). Now, in a surprising development, Michael R Sweet, CUPS’ creator, revealed on CUPS’ Web site that Apple … Continue reading