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Friday, 15 November 2013 09:24
New crowd-funded Linux magazine, half of profits to FOSS
By David M Williams
Over half the Linux Format editorial team has resigned from that long-standing organ with the vision of creating a new crowd-founded publication titled Linux Voice…
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Wednesday, 30 October 2013 21:48
Ubuntu Linux continues to pass the grandma test
By David M Williams
Ubuntu Linux has been described as so simple your grandmother could use it. That continues to ring true as one user of social news site…
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Tuesday, 29 October 2013 10:32
Linus Torvalds says Steam Machine may unify Linux distributions
By David M Williams
Interviewed at a conference this week, Linus Torvalds stated he sees Valve Software's Steam Machine as a development which can unify the morass of Linux…
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Thursday, 03 January 2013 11:11
Is that all, Mark Shuttleworth? An Ubuntu Phone concept with no device? Next!
By David M Williams
For two days — egad, all this year — Canonical Inc teased the world with a message on the Ubuntu website announcing something was so close you…
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Ubuntu, possibly the most popular desktop release of Linux, is presently teasing website visitors with a countdown. Might Canonical be about to announce an Ubuntu…
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The Linux Foundation has launched its holiday member drive. Sign up for benefits such as your own linux.com e-mail address and, for some, to be…
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Friday, 07 September 2012 10:56
Participate in democracy, get Linux and MacOS Windows emulation for free
By David M Williams
If 100,000 United States of America citizens pledge to vote in the 2012 Presidential election CodeWeavers will make CrossOver available for free, allowing users of…
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Previously I’ve mooted an obstacle preventing Linux adoption is the need for more big game titles, rather than productivity apps. This week, in the wake…
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 17:42
Could Ubuntu Linux 12.04 turn Canonical into the new Apple?
By David M Williams
Xerox PARC, Apple, Microsoft: these companies and more have contributed to the ubiquitous but evolving WIMP (windows, icons, menus, pointers) user interface. According to Mark…
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For six months I longed for the Motorola Atrix Android smartphone first announced in January. That was, until I got one and reality fell short…
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