items tagged with Linux
Kogan claims cheapest 10in netbook
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-03-17 01:58:02
Consumer electronics importer Kogan Technologies is never shy of a bold claim, and it reckons it has the cheapest 10in netbook in the country.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-03-17 01:58:02
Consumer electronics importer Kogan Technologies is never shy of a bold claim, and it reckons it has the cheapest 10in netbook in the country.
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Upgrade Ubuntu Linux to Jaunty Jackalope the super-easy way
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-17 00:47:12
Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, is being released next month. What does this mean for your existing Ubuntu setup? Fear not, here is the super simple way to go forwards without reformatting, reinstalling or losing data in any way.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-17 00:47:12
Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, is being released next month. What does this mean for your existing Ubuntu setup? Fear not, here is the super simple way to go forwards without reformatting, reinstalling or losing data in any way.
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IT organisations go Linux as economy dives says survey
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-16 19:33:51
There has been a surge in Linux acquisition as a result of the global recession, according to a new market survey. According to a new whitepaper, more than half of IT executives are planning to fast track Linux adoption in 2009.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-16 19:33:51
There has been a surge in Linux acquisition as a result of the global recession, according to a new market survey. According to a new whitepaper, more than half of IT executives are planning to fast track Linux adoption in 2009.
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Linux gains social networking hub
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 20:10:29
The Linux Foundation has taken over hosting and content for the linux.com domain from SourceForge Inc with the aim of producing a dynamic web 2.0 site that is high on collaboration and utility. Potential ideas touted so far include a Linux AppStore, Digg-like news aggregation and location-based support.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 20:10:29
The Linux Foundation has taken over hosting and content for the linux.com domain from SourceForge Inc with the aim of producing a dynamic web 2.0 site that is high on collaboration and utility. Potential ideas touted so far include a Linux AppStore, Digg-like news aggregation and location-based support.
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Essential Linux tools for the PC technician
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 01:52:00
Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save your bacon including indispensable tools you must have.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-15 01:52:00
Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save your bacon including indispensable tools you must have.
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Kernel Conference Australia 2009 call for papers
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-03-11 17:31:12
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-03-11 17:31:12
Sun Microsystems and the University of Queensland have joined forces to produce the first ever Kernel Conference Australia in July this year. Speakers include luminaries from Sun, Intel, BSD and Apple.
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Linux s'il vous plaît: French Gendarmerie say oui to Ubuntu
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-11 08:30:09
The Gendarmerie Nationale – France’s national police force – has been slowly introducing open source software to its 105,000+ policemen since 2005. In 2008 the decision was made to use only Ubuntu for all new workstations. A year on shows this has been a great success with happy users, a better network and cost savings of over seven million euro per year.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-11 08:30:09
The Gendarmerie Nationale – France’s national police force – has been slowly introducing open source software to its 105,000+ policemen since 2005. In 2008 the decision was made to use only Ubuntu for all new workstations. A year on shows this has been a great success with happy users, a better network and cost savings of over seven million euro per year.
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Why Microsoft has chosen to go after Linux now
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-09 19:43:44
A couple of months back, at Australia's national Linux conference, a young Microsoft employee sat down with me and discussed ways in which Microsoft has contributed to open source.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-09 19:43:44
A couple of months back, at Australia's national Linux conference, a young Microsoft employee sat down with me and discussed ways in which Microsoft has contributed to open source.
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Ubuntu 9.10 sees the cloud above the trees
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-09 19:16:34
Next month Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, hits an FTP or torrent site near you. With its feature set pretty much frozen the masterminds at Canonical are looking to the future with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala, I kid you not – being touted as cloud-centric.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-09 19:16:34
Next month Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope, hits an FTP or torrent site near you. With its feature set pretty much frozen the masterminds at Canonical are looking to the future with Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala, I kid you not – being touted as cloud-centric.
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The Linux killer 10 inch netbook
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-08 22:09:24
The release of the very nice Asus Eee PC 1000HE signals a turning point in the sub-notebook market and it's one that Linux desktop advocates will not like. It looks like the 10 inch netbook has hit the sweet spot for consumers and that sweet spot includes Windows but not Linux.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-08 22:09:24
The release of the very nice Asus Eee PC 1000HE signals a turning point in the sub-notebook market and it's one that Linux desktop advocates will not like. It looks like the 10 inch netbook has hit the sweet spot for consumers and that sweet spot includes Windows but not Linux.
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Linux saves the day: why every good toolkit should have Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-08 20:45:38
No matter if you're exclusively a Windows shop, every good IT technician needs Linux in their toolkit. A bootable Linux CD has saved my bacon more than once.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-08 20:45:38
No matter if you're exclusively a Windows shop, every good IT technician needs Linux in their toolkit. A bootable Linux CD has saved my bacon more than once.
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Windows 7 beta build 7048 32-bit leaked
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-03-07 21:45:57
Although the 64-bit version of Windows 7 build 7048 has been widely available on bittorrent sites, the 32-bit version was missing in action. But no longer, for it too has escaped Microsoft’s clutches and is available to any pirate that wants it!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-03-07 21:45:57
Although the 64-bit version of Windows 7 build 7048 has been widely available on bittorrent sites, the 32-bit version was missing in action. But no longer, for it too has escaped Microsoft’s clutches and is available to any pirate that wants it!
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Become a Linux command line black-belt
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:17
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:17
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Become a Linux command line black-belt
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:15
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-07 20:59:15
!whatever:p, sudo !!, ^foo^bar ... if they whet your appetite and set your pulse racing do I have a web site for you! It’s the Digg or Reddit of the Linux command-line world.
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Firefox fixes remotely exploitable flaws
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-03-05 15:46:33
Firefox 3.0.7, a new version of the leading open source browser, combines security and bug fixes with support for additional languages.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-03-05 15:46:33
Firefox 3.0.7, a new version of the leading open source browser, combines security and bug fixes with support for additional languages.
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UnderNetbook: A tale of two markets
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-05 01:04:53
Is there really a battle between Windows and Linux to dominate the netbook market, or is it a phoney war that will end in peaceful coexistence?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-03-05 01:04:53
Is there really a battle between Windows and Linux to dominate the netbook market, or is it a phoney war that will end in peaceful coexistence?
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OS web wars: it's still a two-horse race
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-02 19:18:25
If web browser stats are anything to go by, Windows and Mac OS X are still the only operating systems with more than one percent of the installed base. Linux is growing faster than Mac OS X, but from such a small base that it's hardly worth bothering about.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-02 19:18:25
If web browser stats are anything to go by, Windows and Mac OS X are still the only operating systems with more than one percent of the installed base. Linux is growing faster than Mac OS X, but from such a small base that it's hardly worth bothering about.
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Governments and open source: never the twain shall meet
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-02 17:46:27
It's interesting to see the reaction from various corners of the FOSS community when any government announces a policy that is seen as friendly to open source and one which could, possibly, help to spread its use.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-02 17:46:27
It's interesting to see the reaction from various corners of the FOSS community when any government announces a policy that is seen as friendly to open source and one which could, possibly, help to spread its use.
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Android the real Linux desktop threat to Windows
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-01 02:25:14
Microsoft got things seriously wrong when it released Vista and the company knows it. In the past, the absolute market dominance of Windows on the desktop has allowed Redmond to get away with such mistakes. That may no longer be the case now that Google has entered the operating system market with its Linux-based Android platform.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2009-03-01 02:25:14
Microsoft got things seriously wrong when it released Vista and the company knows it. In the past, the absolute market dominance of Windows on the desktop has allowed Redmond to get away with such mistakes. That may no longer be the case now that Google has entered the operating system market with its Linux-based Android platform.
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Linux ISVs gain tool to uncover lost license revenue
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-27 23:31:18
Software piracy is a big deal. Maybe, you can reason, Microsoft and Adobe and the like can suck it up because they still make huge profits. Yet, for small independent software vendors each unpaid, unlicensed installation could be taking food from their mouth. CodeArmor is a tool to help developers, and is now available for Linux.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-02-27 23:31:18
Software piracy is a big deal. Maybe, you can reason, Microsoft and Adobe and the like can suck it up because they still make huge profits. Yet, for small independent software vendors each unpaid, unlicensed installation could be taking food from their mouth. CodeArmor is a tool to help developers, and is now available for Linux.
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