items tagged with GNU/Linux
RMS comes under attack again
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 22:47:21
It appears to be open season for launching attacks on the head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Matthew Stallman, the man who is in large measure responsible for the status that free and open source software enjoys today.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 22:47:21
It appears to be open season for launching attacks on the head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Matthew Stallman, the man who is in large measure responsible for the status that free and open source software enjoys today.
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Novell wants Linux to be a mainstream O-S
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 17:43:14
The Linux Foundation's 600-strong LinuxCon conference in Portland, Oregon, is just getting over and some of the talk emanating from that direction has been interesting, to put it mildly.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 17:43:14
The Linux Foundation's 600-strong LinuxCon conference in Portland, Oregon, is just getting over and some of the talk emanating from that direction has been interesting, to put it mildly.
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Microsoft launches new pre-Windows 7 anti-Linux offensive
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-21 07:14:13
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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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-21 07:14:13
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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How one Melburnian spent Software Freedom Day
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-20 20:16:26
For most people in Melbourne, Saturday, September 19, was just another day for trying to recover from the excesses of the previous night, knocking back from work, lazing, and reading the newspapers on the web.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-20 20:16:26
For most people in Melbourne, Saturday, September 19, was just another day for trying to recover from the excesses of the previous night, knocking back from work, lazing, and reading the newspapers on the web.
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CodePlex accepted by Linux, open source community: Microsoft
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-12 22:00:41
Microsoft’s own SourceForge-like repository of open source projects, CodePlex, celebrated its third anniversary recently. According to Sara Ford, CodePlex program manager, the site is accepted and welcomed among the fans of open source and Linux software.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-12 22:00:41
Microsoft’s own SourceForge-like repository of open source projects, CodePlex, celebrated its third anniversary recently. According to Sara Ford, CodePlex program manager, the site is accepted and welcomed among the fans of open source and Linux software.
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Microsoft launches open source foundation - and it isn't April 1
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-10 21:42:27
Microsoft is continuing to try and keep the free software and open source world guessing by announcing that it has set up an open source foundation to enable "the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-10 21:42:27
Microsoft is continuing to try and keep the free software and open source world guessing by announcing that it has set up an open source foundation to enable "the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities."
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Why Microsoft is Australia's default buy
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-07 21:40:13
A veteran of Australia's open source industry says that unless government agencies make a fundamental decision to change technologies and then plan their move, the status quo will remain.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-07 21:40:13
A veteran of Australia's open source industry says that unless government agencies make a fundamental decision to change technologies and then plan their move, the status quo will remain.
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Ubuntu tweaking for everyone
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-07 04:02:48
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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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-07 04:02:48
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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Linux saves the day ... again
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-24 02:53:18
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-24 02:53:18
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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Which netbook OS is right for you?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-18 19:54:46
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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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-18 19:54:46
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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If Moonlight is so hot, why isn't Novell using it?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-18 19:28:19
When a company announces a technology release, the least one would expect is that the company itself has found said technology worthy of use.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-18 19:28:19
When a company announces a technology release, the least one would expect is that the company itself has found said technology worthy of use.
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Ubuntu removes multisearch feature after protests
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-12 18:53:04
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-12 18:53:04
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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Is use of the GPL really decreasing?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-12 02:12:15
Is it reasonable to raise the question "does X still matter?" when the X in question is in use among nearly two-thirds of the target users under discussion?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-12 02:12:15
Is it reasonable to raise the question "does X still matter?" when the X in question is in use among nearly two-thirds of the target users under discussion?
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Microsoft blames open source for revenue fall
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-05 01:54:58
Microsoft has listed companies such as Red Hat and Canonical, both sellers of GNU/Linux, among the reasons for the 17 percent fall in revenue for the fourth quarter, year on year.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-05 01:54:58
Microsoft has listed companies such as Red Hat and Canonical, both sellers of GNU/Linux, among the reasons for the 17 percent fall in revenue for the fourth quarter, year on year.
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Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence continues
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-03 20:36:46
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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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-03 20:36:46
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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CentOS head reappears, project back on track
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 21:25:44
The leader of the CentOS GNU/Linux project, Lance Davis, who had gone missing for a while and caused other developers on the team some angst, has reappeared and held a meeting with them, according to a notice on the project website.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 21:25:44
The leader of the CentOS GNU/Linux project, Lance Davis, who had gone missing for a while and caused other developers on the team some angst, has reappeared and held a meeting with them, according to a notice on the project website.
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Why can't I just play DVDs in Linux?
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 06:12:03
One deterrent to switching operating systems is the inability to perform tasks with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, for Linux, doing something as natural as playing a movie on DVD doesn’t just work out-of-the-box. The reason why not is the same reason the Nintendo Wii doesn’t play DVDs either.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-02 06:12:03
One deterrent to switching operating systems is the inability to perform tasks with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, for Linux, doing something as natural as playing a movie on DVD doesn’t just work out-of-the-box. The reason why not is the same reason the Nintendo Wii doesn’t play DVDs either.
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Tough TTYs: Alan Cox leaves Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-31 06:18:17
Hands up who loves Linus Torvalds? The count may be one down after Linux kernel hacker Alan Cox quit as TTY code base maintainer following stabbing public criticism from Torvalds.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-31 06:18:17
Hands up who loves Linus Torvalds? The count may be one down after Linux kernel hacker Alan Cox quit as TTY code base maintainer following stabbing public criticism from Torvalds.
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Head of CentOS project goes missing
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 21:20:36
The head of the CentOS GNU/Linux project has gone missing and other contributors to the project are sufficiently concerned to post an open letter to him on the project's website.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 21:20:36
The head of the CentOS GNU/Linux project has gone missing and other contributors to the project are sufficiently concerned to post an open letter to him on the project's website.
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Next Debian release will not follow time-based freeze
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 20:21:06
The Debian GNU/Linux Project has announced that it will not be following a time-based system for freezes for its next release, Squeeze.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-07-30 20:21:06
The Debian GNU/Linux Project has announced that it will not be following a time-based system for freezes for its next release, Squeeze.
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