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Friday, 25 September 2009 06:56
Geek feminist jumps the gun on Shuttleworth speech
Open source consultant Kirrily Robert, who runs a blog called Geek Feminism, has taken Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth to task over words he allegedly used in a talk given at a conference.
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Open Sauce
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Monday, 21 September 2009 17:14
Microsoft launches new pre-Windows 7 anti-Linux offensive
Microsoft has been making steps to educate U.S. retailers that Linux is a limited operating system that works with only few peripherals or online services, and that what most customers want is Windows.
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The Linux Distillery
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Monday, 07 September 2009 14:02
Ubuntu tweaking for everyone
One great tool power users in the Windows world have long enjoyed is Microsoft’s unsupported TweakUI. A range of similar Tweak utilities have followed for successive versions of Windows. Ubuntu Linux users have their own little-known tool called Ubuntu Tweak to help achieve the same degree of modification.
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The Linux Distillery
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Monday, 31 August 2009 15:36
New Skype Beta Client For Linux
The Linux community has been waiting for a long time for an updated Skype client. Recently Skype released a Beta client, version 2.1.0.47, with many new features and bugfixes, bringing Skype functionality on Linux much closer to that available for Mac and Windows.
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Apexing the Linux learning curve
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Monday, 24 August 2009 12:53
Linux saves the day ... again
What do you do when Windows will not boot and cannot repair itself from the installation CD? You fire up a Linux Live CD!
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The Linux Distillery
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Thursday, 20 August 2009 05:26
Kernel contributions: Canonical, where are you?
Over the past four years, the word Linux has become almost synonymous with Ubuntu; the company behind Ubuntu, Canonical, has proportionately gained an enormous amount of mindshare within the FOSS community.
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Open Sauce
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009 05:54
Which netbook OS is right for you?
Windows 7 is here, and unlike Windows Vista, it will probably run on your diminutive netbook PC. However, there is an alternative. Here is why you ought to give Linux a shot.
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The Linux Distillery
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Thursday, 13 August 2009 05:58
Debian-Ubuntu debate: an upstream view
Ever since the release team of the Debian GNU/Linux Project announced that it would be adopting a time-based freeze for future releases, there has been much debate about it on the project's mailing lists.
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Open Sauce
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Thursday, 13 August 2009 04:53
Ubuntu removes multisearch feature after protests
The Ubuntu development team has been forced to remove a feature called multisearch from Firefox for the upcoming release, Karmic Koala, following a number of objections by users.
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Open Sauce
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Friday, 07 August 2009 07:25
Mono advocate offers Mono-free Ubuntu remix
Debian and Ubuntu Mono packager Jo Shields has come up with a Mono-free remix of the last released version of Ubuntu, version 9.04, which he has chosen to call Chicken Little Remix.
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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 06:36
Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence continues
In September 2006, an article titled "Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence" appeared in these columns, outlining why these two projects were not exactly the best of bedfellows.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009 10:06
Canonical releases Launchpad source code
Two years ago, Mark Shuttleworth, the head of Canonical, told iTWire that the company was on track to free up the source code for Launchpad, a system that serves as a single repository for revision control.
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Open Sauce
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 12:06
Virtual Linux is the prescription for hospital patients
A Californian hospital is using Linux virtual desktops to provide patients with email and web access.
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Open Source
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 05:17
Ubuntu says yes to Mono, SFLC says no
The Ubuntu technical board has announced that it sees no reason to consider a dependency on Mono as an issue when suggesting applications to be included in the default set included in the GNU/Linux distribution.
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Open Sauce
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Monday, 29 June 2009 13:42
The netbook belongs to Linux
Why do Microsoft and vendors like ASUS continue to push the line that Microsoft Windows is the ultimate operating system for the diminutive ultraportable netbook market? The Windows 7 plan for netbooks is fraught with limitation and burdens. It's time to bring back the penguin.
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Business Telecommunications
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 05:25
Ubuntu tech board plays down Mono IP concerns
The Ubuntu technical board appears to have decided that there is no significant cause for IP concern over Mono, the contentious clone of Microsoft's .NET development environment.
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Thursday, 25 June 2009 04:34
Ubuntu may increase Mono-dependent apps
The next release of the popular Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution may include a third Mono-dependent application by default, a spokesman for Canonical, the parent company for Ubuntu, told iTWire today.
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 04:40
Like the Windows 7 starter netbook wallpaper? You'd better; there's no changing it.
Microsoft seems bent on making netbook users know they’re running the cheapest version of Windows 7. After relenting on the previous restriction only three apps could run at one time the company now will lock the operating system desktop so the default wallpaper can not be changed.
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 10:19
OpenSolaris: how long will it be with us?
OpenSolaris came out with its third release last week and within a year there seems to have been some pretty good progress.
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Open Sauce
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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 06:54
Acer right, Windows 7 launching on October 22
Although no pricing has yet been revealed, Microsoft has confirmed it
will launch Windows 7 on October 22, 2009, blowing away the “2010”
launch nonsense Microsoft tried perpetuating, while also suggesting
discounts to Vista users might be in the works!
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Fuzzy Logic
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