August 18, 2013
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Who writes Linux? Is it: 1) Linus Torvalds and a waddle of penguins. 2) Graduate students and hackers living in their parents’ basements. 3) Programmers working for major companies including Red Hat, IBM, and Microsoft. The answer is… number 3! … Continue reading
August 12, 2013
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No one doubts that Android is the number one smartphone operating system and that Apple’s iOS is number two. The real question is “Who will be number three?” Windows Phone is moving up; Blackberry is imploding; and, the Linux-based Ubuntu … Continue reading
August 12, 2013
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So, you’re finally considering giving Linux a try. It’s about time! And it’s really not as scary (or different) as you may think. The myth that you had to be some kind of computer guru to use Linux is utterly … Continue reading
August 11, 2013
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Canonical , Ubuntu‘s parent company, made a bet. It wagered that there were enough visionaries out there to crowd-source 32-million dollars for the first Linux-powered combination smartphone/PC, the Ubuntu Edge. It seems that the company will lose that wager, but … Continue reading
August 9, 2013
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WeWi Telecommunications, a Canadian telecommunications company, is better known for its disaster recovery services than it is as a Linux or PC company. But if Wewi have its way about it, the business will be the first to build a … Continue reading
August 8, 2013
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For years, Linux desktop users had it easy. Their Windows brothers and sisters had to deal with an unending stream of malware; but other than a handful of exploits aimed mostly at Linux servers, there were no real Linux Trojans … Continue reading