items tagged with Linux
VirtualBox 2.2.4 fixes assorted bugs
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-06-01 22:00:57
When it comes to virtualisation, VMware, Microsoft's Hyper-V, and the Citrix-backed Xen get the lion's share of attention, but the open source VirtualBox is gaining a lot of friends. The latest release - VirtualBox 2.2.4 - includes plenty of fixes.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-06-01 22:00:57
When it comes to virtualisation, VMware, Microsoft's Hyper-V, and the Citrix-backed Xen get the lion's share of attention, but the open source VirtualBox is gaining a lot of friends. The latest release - VirtualBox 2.2.4 - includes plenty of fixes.
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Linux market share growing, growing, growing
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-06-01 01:05:32
Q: What is the true market share for Linux? A: Depends who you ask! You can find desktop penetration of 1%, 2% and 4% - and a server share right up to 46%!
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-06-01 01:05:32
Q: What is the true market share for Linux? A: Depends who you ask! You can find desktop penetration of 1%, 2% and 4% - and a server share right up to 46%!
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"Windows 7 crippleware!" scream outraged netbook owners
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-05-31 20:08:43
Microsoft has once again upset many in the netbook user community with news of artificially imposed limitations on the entry level version of its upcoming new operating system Windows 7. All over the web netbook users are accusing Microsoft of crippling Windows 7 Starter edition for no other reason than to extort extra dollars from them.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-05-31 20:08:43
Microsoft has once again upset many in the netbook user community with news of artificially imposed limitations on the entry level version of its upcoming new operating system Windows 7. All over the web netbook users are accusing Microsoft of crippling Windows 7 Starter edition for no other reason than to extort extra dollars from them.
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Win 7’s 3-app limit - finally appendectomised!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-30 05:59:49
Microsoft has finally confirmed its crazy 3-app limit idea is being removed from Win 7 Starter Edition, now letting netbook owners run as many apps as they want, but Microsoft’s mentality in still offering the Starter Edition at all is still the real problem!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-30 05:59:49
Microsoft has finally confirmed its crazy 3-app limit idea is being removed from Win 7 Starter Edition, now letting netbook owners run as many apps as they want, but Microsoft’s mentality in still offering the Starter Edition at all is still the real problem!
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Linux finds a role in Australian prison cells
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-29 02:35:56
Cybersource's Linux-based PrisonPC secure desktop system has been installed at another Australian prison. Almost 60 units, plus associated servers, have been installed at the Alexander Maconochie Centre correctional facility in the Australian Capital Territory.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-29 02:35:56
Cybersource's Linux-based PrisonPC secure desktop system has been installed at another Australian prison. Almost 60 units, plus associated servers, have been installed at the Alexander Maconochie Centre correctional facility in the Australian Capital Territory.
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HP carries the Linux torch with new Mini 110
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-28 03:01:59
While Asus has come in for some stick for effectively abandoning Linux on netbooks, HP has shown Linux is far from a lost cause among big vendors.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-28 03:01:59
While Asus has come in for some stick for effectively abandoning Linux on netbooks, HP has shown Linux is far from a lost cause among big vendors.
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ASUS Linux insult will be Intel and Dell's gain
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-05-27 05:22:32
ASUS has effectively abandoned Linux and stated a power user would use Windows instead. This backflip stands against the history of their successful Eee netbook line. Nevertheless, ASUS’ loss will be the gain of more savvy players.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-05-27 05:22:32
ASUS has effectively abandoned Linux and stated a power user would use Windows instead. This backflip stands against the history of their successful Eee netbook line. Nevertheless, ASUS’ loss will be the gain of more savvy players.
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Microsoft looking for Moore's Law to save Windows 7
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-05-27 00:48:59
The jury is in about the performance of Windows 7 RC on netbook computers - it's as slow as a wet week. For Microsoft the "great white hope" is now Moore's Law. Will new entry level netbooks be powerful enough to prevent Redmond's second white elephant in a row?
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-05-27 00:48:59
The jury is in about the performance of Windows 7 RC on netbook computers - it's as slow as a wet week. For Microsoft the "great white hope" is now Moore's Law. Will new entry level netbooks be powerful enough to prevent Redmond's second white elephant in a row?
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Is Microsoft listening on Windows 7 pricing?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-25 23:25:05
A reader asks if my plea to Microsoft to offer realistic Windows pricing will ever be listened to. Of course Microsoft is listening, but will they do anything beyond announcing higher prices at the worst possible moment in history?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-25 23:25:05
A reader asks if my plea to Microsoft to offer realistic Windows pricing will ever be listened to. Of course Microsoft is listening, but will they do anything beyond announcing higher prices at the worst possible moment in history?
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Windows 7 netbook performance: can MS make it faster?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-25 00:31:08
Although Microsoft has reportedly dropped the ludicrous idea of limiting its Win 7 OS to running three main apps, starter version or no, my own testing of Win 7 RC on a couple of netbooks shows it to be slower than I expected. What’s going on?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-25 00:31:08
Although Microsoft has reportedly dropped the ludicrous idea of limiting its Win 7 OS to running three main apps, starter version or no, my own testing of Win 7 RC on a couple of netbooks shows it to be slower than I expected. What’s going on?
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Deploy Linux desktops for non-technical users, says study
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-21 17:54:56
Implementing Linux desktops is easier than IT staff expect, a new study concludes. You just need to pick the right users.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-05-21 17:54:56
Implementing Linux desktops is easier than IT staff expect, a new study concludes. You just need to pick the right users.
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No Java fix in Mac OS X 10.5.7
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-05-19 22:24:32
Mac OS X 10.5.7 failed to deliver a fix for a long-standing and relatively easily exploitable vulnerability in Java.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-05-19 22:24:32
Mac OS X 10.5.7 failed to deliver a fix for a long-standing and relatively easily exploitable vulnerability in Java.
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Desktop Linux: it ain't a better Windows
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-19 19:33:09
One debate which the FOSS community will never give up on is the one about GNU/Linux on the desktop. No matter that the two big companies which were once interested in putting GNU/Linux on the desktop have now officially given up.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-19 19:33:09
One debate which the FOSS community will never give up on is the one about GNU/Linux on the desktop. No matter that the two big companies which were once interested in putting GNU/Linux on the desktop have now officially given up.
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Dell brings touch-screen netbook for education to life
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-18 23:25:32
Although Asus originally intended its first Eee PC 701 to be used in an educational setting, rather than being the catalyst that ignited the netbook revolution, Dell is the first company to have properly designed a netbook that can withstand the rigours of teenage and classroom life – and have outfitted it with a(n optional) touch-screen, while also making Ubuntu 9.04 an Australian netbook option for the first time.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-18 23:25:32
Although Asus originally intended its first Eee PC 701 to be used in an educational setting, rather than being the catalyst that ignited the netbook revolution, Dell is the first company to have properly designed a netbook that can withstand the rigours of teenage and classroom life – and have outfitted it with a(n optional) touch-screen, while also making Ubuntu 9.04 an Australian netbook option for the first time.
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Brits to test life without Windows
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-13 02:42:35
Two British IT workers are planning to spend a month without Windows, using GNU/Linux instead in a project designed to see whether "the Linux operating system is capable of delivering the function and style of delivery that an established Windows user can adapt to easily."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-05-13 02:42:35
Two British IT workers are planning to spend a month without Windows, using GNU/Linux instead in a project designed to see whether "the Linux operating system is capable of delivering the function and style of delivery that an established Windows user can adapt to easily."
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Windows 7 launch date “sort-of” revealed
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-12 11:40:32
Although Microsoft has been officially saying that Windows 7 would launch “3 years” after the general availability of its predecessor, Windows Vista, thus signifying a January 2010 release timeframe, Microsoft has now announced it expects Windows 7 to launch before 2009’s “holiday season” in a move that has been long expected.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-05-12 11:40:32
Although Microsoft has been officially saying that Windows 7 would launch “3 years” after the general availability of its predecessor, Windows Vista, thus signifying a January 2010 release timeframe, Microsoft has now announced it expects Windows 7 to launch before 2009’s “holiday season” in a move that has been long expected.
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Kerio MailServer adds Ubuntu, Debian support
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-05-12 03:10:10
Kerio MailServer 6.7 features a global address list, support for Ubuntu and Debian Linux, and speedy migration from other IMAP servers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-05-12 03:10:10
Kerio MailServer 6.7 features a global address list, support for Ubuntu and Debian Linux, and speedy migration from other IMAP servers.
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Linux pioneer dies in tragic circumstances
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-05-11 20:51:20
The Linux community is poorer this week following the untimely death of Anthony Rumble, founder of Everything Linux and well-known member of the Sydney Linux Users Group.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-05-11 20:51:20
The Linux community is poorer this week following the untimely death of Anthony Rumble, founder of Everything Linux and well-known member of the Sydney Linux Users Group.
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AVG releases malware solution for Linux
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-10 23:36:20
AVG has released a new anti-malware solution for Linux which combines email and file server protection in a single distribution package.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-05-10 23:36:20
AVG has released a new anti-malware solution for Linux which combines email and file server protection in a single distribution package.
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Happy mother's day, Linus Torvalds
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-05-09 21:57:57
Today, May 10th 2009, is Mother's day for many countries around the world from Anguilla to Zimbabwe. How fitting, then, to offer a tribute to Linus Torvalds, the "mother" of Linux.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-05-09 21:57:57
Today, May 10th 2009, is Mother's day for many countries around the world from Anguilla to Zimbabwe. How fitting, then, to offer a tribute to Linus Torvalds, the "mother" of Linux.
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