November 15, 2007
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Ubuntu is extremely popular on the desktop, but it’s made comparatively little progress on servers. That’s about to change. Dell is expected to announce in the first quarter of 2008 that it has certified Ubuntu Linux for its server lines. … Continue reading
November 13, 2007
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When a desktop Linux distribution suddenly becomes popular before even DistroWatch starts tracking it, you know you’ve got something special. One new Ubuntu-based distribution, gOS, has managed to capture users’ attention purely by word of mouth over the Internet. gOS … Continue reading
November 7, 2007
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Quick, name some virtualization programs that run on Linux. Time’s up. If you’re like most people, you probably named VMware or Xen first. Many of you probably know of one or more of the following: Parallels, QEMU, KVM, Virtuozzo and … Continue reading
November 6, 2007
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Apple’s latest operating system release may be the most troublesome since Apple switched from its System operating system to the BSD Unix and Mach-based Mac OS X. I have never heard so many complaints about a Mac OS upgrade. Back … Continue reading
November 1, 2007
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The Xandros Linux-powered “ultra-mobile PC” (UMPC) has finally arrived. One of the most eagerly awaited laptops in some time, the tiny Asus Eee PC 4G, is now available from online retailers that include Newegg and Directon. When the news first … Continue reading
November 1, 2007
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Users of the popular Linux distribution MEPIS were getting worried about the distribution’s leader, who had been rather quiet lately. Some Linux distributions — Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Novell, for example — have thousands of people working on them over … Continue reading