items tagged with GNU/Linux
Linux speaks your instant messaging dialect
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-30 08:55:56
No matter your flavour of instant messenger (IM) client, Linux has you covered. With the open source program Pidgin you can talk freely.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-30 08:55:56
No matter your flavour of instant messenger (IM) client, Linux has you covered. With the open source program Pidgin you can talk freely.
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Top 5 Linux references in pop-culture
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-28 04:19:03
That ubiquitous Linux! It's on your computer, your mobile phone, your handheld GPS. What's more, it's also in movies, cartoons, comics and books around you too! Here are my top 5 Linux references as found in popular culture.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-28 04:19:03
That ubiquitous Linux! It's on your computer, your mobile phone, your handheld GPS. What's more, it's also in movies, cartoons, comics and books around you too! Here are my top 5 Linux references as found in popular culture.
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100 reasons Linux beats Windows
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-27 23:30:15
That's right; you heard me. Here are – count 'em – one hundred reasons why Linux beats Windows.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-27 23:30:15
That's right; you heard me. Here are – count 'em – one hundred reasons why Linux beats Windows.
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Linux alternatives to Windows SBS part two
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-24 20:10:17
Windows Small Business Server is a cut-down version of the Windows Server range of products. Yet, it's not just cut down on price but cut down on features too. It has deliberate built-in limitations. You don't have to put up with this. Here are a range of Linux-based options that give you greater functionality and at a lower price. Give SBS the flick with these products.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-24 20:10:17
Windows Small Business Server is a cut-down version of the Windows Server range of products. Yet, it's not just cut down on price but cut down on features too. It has deliberate built-in limitations. You don't have to put up with this. Here are a range of Linux-based options that give you greater functionality and at a lower price. Give SBS the flick with these products.
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Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" (Alpha 6): first impressions
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-09-23 18:16:30
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're putting the newest release of the popular Ubuntu distribution through its paces.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2008-09-23 18:16:30
In a continuing series of articles highlighting that GNU/Linux is a viable replacement operating system, today we're putting the newest release of the popular Ubuntu distribution through its paces.
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Ubuntu loses its virginity, turns commercial
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-22 18:53:04
From the time the Ubuntu distribution was first released nearly four years ago, the people behind it have tried to never put a foot wrong. Every single decision about the distribution has been geared to try and satisfy both their own brand of users and the general FOSS community.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-22 18:53:04
From the time the Ubuntu distribution was first released nearly four years ago, the people behind it have tried to never put a foot wrong. Every single decision about the distribution has been geared to try and satisfy both their own brand of users and the general FOSS community.
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Why GNU/Linux needs slick marketing
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-18 11:08:02
In the wake of the Firefox EULA issue, the well-known GNU/Linux news accumulation website, Linux Today, ran a very short editorial which came to the rather hurried conclusion that the free operating system does not need what it characterised as "slick marketing."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-18 11:08:02
In the wake of the Firefox EULA issue, the well-known GNU/Linux news accumulation website, Linux Today, ran a very short editorial which came to the rather hurried conclusion that the free operating system does not need what it characterised as "slick marketing."
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Ubuntu faces an EULA problem
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-15 18:14:27
Ubuntu lovers are all worked up - and this time it's due to the appearance of an end user licence agreement in the next version of their beloved distribution which is scheduled to be released in October.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-15 18:14:27
Ubuntu lovers are all worked up - and this time it's due to the appearance of an end user licence agreement in the next version of their beloved distribution which is scheduled to be released in October.
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The real reason consultants use Microsoft SBS over Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-12 22:03:25
Woah Nelly! I said "SBS sucks" and raised the ire of SBS consultants worldwide. However, their responses are very telling and blow the lid on the real reason anyone would recommend SBS to a company (and it's nothing to do with technology.)
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-12 22:03:25
Woah Nelly! I said "SBS sucks" and raised the ire of SBS consultants worldwide. However, their responses are very telling and blow the lid on the real reason anyone would recommend SBS to a company (and it's nothing to do with technology.)
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GNU: the revolution turns 25
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-11 11:39:20
It's probably a sign of the times we live in that the release of a browser by a commercial organisation like Google merits significantly more coverage than the approaching 25th anniversary of the organisation that gave rise to the free and open source software movement.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-11 11:39:20
It's probably a sign of the times we live in that the release of a browser by a commercial organisation like Google merits significantly more coverage than the approaching 25th anniversary of the organisation that gave rise to the free and open source software movement.
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How Linux is keeping Microsoft honest (and why SBS sucks)
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-10 09:40:43
Imagine a world without Linux. There'd be no cute Tux penguin or any notion of software freedom day. Netbooks would not have come about. But more strikingly, there wouldn't be the modern powerful tools that Windows systems administrators have come to love. That's right; Linux is keeping Microsoft honest and I'm going to expose the new Windows Small Business Server for what it is, along with those who resell it.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-10 09:40:43
Imagine a world without Linux. There'd be no cute Tux penguin or any notion of software freedom day. Netbooks would not have come about. But more strikingly, there wouldn't be the modern powerful tools that Windows systems administrators have come to love. That's right; Linux is keeping Microsoft honest and I'm going to expose the new Windows Small Business Server for what it is, along with those who resell it.
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20 reasons to shed the Microsoft yoke and use Linux
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-08 18:58:56
Well, well, well! We seem to be going on a crusade here at iTWire - the old W vs L battle. The Windows is better than Linux creed - which I think is another way of proffering reasons why marketing is better than technology.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-08 18:58:56
Well, well, well! We seem to be going on a crusade here at iTWire - the old W vs L battle. The Windows is better than Linux creed - which I think is another way of proffering reasons why marketing is better than technology.
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5 reasons to upgrade from Windows Vista to Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-07 09:15:43
Windows Vista has been out for almost two years now but it still suffers from stability and compatibility issues, let alone an insatiable desire for beefier hardware. You don't have to live with it; here are five reasons why Linux makes a better choice for your computer.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-07 09:15:43
Windows Vista has been out for almost two years now but it still suffers from stability and compatibility issues, let alone an insatiable desire for beefier hardware. You don't have to live with it; here are five reasons why Linux makes a better choice for your computer.
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A Linux users' guide to Google Chrome
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-03 18:38:58
Google's Chrome web browser is upon us, with performance already hitting legendary status. Yet, it is presently available only for use on Microsoft Windows systems? What then for us, the Linux user? Here's how to begin poking around and see what the future looks like.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-09-03 18:38:58
Google's Chrome web browser is upon us, with performance already hitting legendary status. Yet, it is presently available only for use on Microsoft Windows systems? What then for us, the Linux user? Here's how to begin poking around and see what the future looks like.
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Is Windows Vista really driving people to Linux?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-01 12:22:04
Last year, curious over the hype that was flooding the internet in the wake of the release of Windows Vista, I decided to turn masochist and inflict a 14-day Vista trial on myself. I found the operating system much worse than even its worst critic.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-09-01 12:22:04
Last year, curious over the hype that was flooding the internet in the wake of the release of Windows Vista, I decided to turn masochist and inflict a 14-day Vista trial on myself. I found the operating system much worse than even its worst critic.
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It's a joke: In a Linux world without walls who needs Windows?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-31 06:26:44
Microsoft are poised to launch a new $USD 300 million advertising campaign this week, starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld among others. The marketing types responsible are intending to counter Apple’s successful "I’m a Mac" line, but the slogan picked out is simply on the wrong foot from the start and is thwarted by Linux immediately.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-31 06:26:44
Microsoft are poised to launch a new $USD 300 million advertising campaign this week, starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld among others. The marketing types responsible are intending to counter Apple’s successful "I’m a Mac" line, but the slogan picked out is simply on the wrong foot from the start and is thwarted by Linux immediately.
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Microsoft investment shows all is not well at Novell
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-08-28 18:06:13
A little more than a week ago, Microsoft announced it would invest an additional $US100 million in Novell for the purchase of certificates which customers can redeem for SUSE Linux service and support.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-08-28 18:06:13
A little more than a week ago, Microsoft announced it would invest an additional $US100 million in Novell for the purchase of certificates which customers can redeem for SUSE Linux service and support.
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Who writes Linux? (And how you can too!)
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-25 11:06:26
The very heart of the Linux operating system is the kernel, the piece of software which makes programs run and work with hardware. It's possibly the largest and most geographical spread open source project in the world. With software projects failing daily how can such a task actually work?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-25 11:06:26
The very heart of the Linux operating system is the kernel, the piece of software which makes programs run and work with hardware. It's possibly the largest and most geographical spread open source project in the world. With software projects failing daily how can such a task actually work?
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Isn't Linux just UNIX under a different name?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-21 03:12:01
What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX – the ‘70’s hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the ‘90’s? If you’ve come from a Solaris or HP/UX or AIX background isn’t a PC-based UNIX a bit, well, passé?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-21 03:12:01
What's the big deal about Linux? Isn't it at heart just a PC-based version of UNIX – the ‘70’s hit operating system which has outlived the predictions of its demise throughout the ‘90’s? If you’ve come from a Solaris or HP/UX or AIX background isn’t a PC-based UNIX a bit, well, passé?
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Why Debian is different
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-08-18 20:07:48
As the Debian GNU/Linux project marks 15 years of existence, how much has it diverged from the intentions with which it set sail? As times change and people correspondingly change, motivating factors often tend to change and this is reflected in changes in most software projects. Is this true for Debian?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-08-18 20:07:48
As the Debian GNU/Linux project marks 15 years of existence, how much has it diverged from the intentions with which it set sail? As times change and people correspondingly change, motivating factors often tend to change and this is reflected in changes in most software projects. Is this true for Debian?
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