March 26, 2007
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Red Hat should be flattered. Less than two weeks after the company introduced RHEL 5 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5), StartCom Ltd. released the first RHEL 5 clone, StartCom Enterprise Linux AS-5.0.0. … Continue reading
March 9, 2007
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Spring forward; Fall back,” That’s the way the saying goes. Some years I get it backwards, but I eventually catch on. I’ve never had to worry about my PCs getting it wrong before, though. Now, with the recent changes in … 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 25, 2007
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Along the lines of early efforts to derail SCO’s claims that Linux infringes Unix copyrights, a gentleman going by the moniker, “digduality” has decided to fight recent claims by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that Linux infringes on Microsoft patents, by … 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 15, 2007
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CEO Darl McBride said that his company’s primary attorneys, Boies, Schiller & Flexner, are indeed trying to serve a subpoena for a deposition on Pamela Jones, the editor of, Groklaw, the legal IT news site. McBride said that the idea … Continue reading