August 5, 2008
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IBM, in partnership with Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu; Red Hat; and Novell are hoping that the answer is yes. For me, that’s a no-brainer. Windows has long been more trouble than its worth. Since Microsoft seems to be seriously … Continue reading
August 5, 2008
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Fedora 9 now lets you create a bootable Linux distribution on a flash drive with persistence. In other words, you can not only boot any PC that will accept USB drive booting into Linux, you can even boot into your … Continue reading
August 5, 2008
by sjvn01
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Debian took a giant step forward recently towards releasing the next version of Debian, Lenny, by freezing the codebase. Now, the only major things standing between the next release of the popular Linux distribution are “fixes for release critical bugs” … Continue reading
August 5, 2008
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Linus Torvalds needs no introduction in operating systems or open-source circles. He’s the creator, muse and chief developer of the Linux operating system. Torvalds started Linux while he was in college in 1991. Today, Linux is the foundation of multibillion-dollar … Continue reading
August 1, 2008
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The Linux Foundation has had several public meetings before, but they were really only for Linux developers and their best friends. Now, the Foundation is holding one for end-users: the Linux Foundation End User Collaboration Summit. The meeting will be … Continue reading
July 30, 2008
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Color me surprised. Dana Blankenhorn, a well-known writer about Linux and open source recently asked for someone—anyone–to send him a loaner Linux laptop to replace his now dead Windows laptop. What, he didn’t already have one? Now, you can write … Continue reading