items tagged with Linux
Why more people don't use GNU/Linux: it's the apps, stupid
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-17 02:14:42
If one were to pose the question why don't more people use GNU/Linux, one would probably get as many answers as people who are asked the question.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-17 02:14:42
If one were to pose the question why don't more people use GNU/Linux, one would probably get as many answers as people who are asked the question.
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Ubuntu sucks says Eeebuntu developer
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-15 23:16:28
The popular Ubuntu Linux distribution has received criticism from an unexpected corner and its ASUS Eee netbook users are likely to be left with an unworkable system when Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala hits the Internet later this month.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-15 23:16:28
The popular Ubuntu Linux distribution has received criticism from an unexpected corner and its ASUS Eee netbook users are likely to be left with an unworkable system when Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala hits the Internet later this month.
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Linux, led by Android, tipped to dominate smartphones
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-10-14 20:35:45
Market research firm Telecom Trends International is forecasting that Linux based smartphones will account for 60 percent of the smartphone market in seven years with Android becoming the dominant mobile OS at 25 percent market share.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: ExchangeDaily
2009-10-14 20:35:45
Market research firm Telecom Trends International is forecasting that Linux based smartphones will account for 60 percent of the smartphone market in seven years with Android becoming the dominant mobile OS at 25 percent market share.
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Convert any computer to a virtual machine with Linux and Clonezilla
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-13 06:15:30
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image. While handy, Microsoft is treading ground Linux already covered in the form of open source program Clonezilla, which handles a far richer variety of disk formats and platforms.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-13 06:15:30
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image. While handy, Microsoft is treading ground Linux already covered in the form of open source program Clonezilla, which handles a far richer variety of disk formats and platforms.
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HP goes berserk: new desktops, notebooks and touch systems
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-10-13 00:32:23
HP has released a raft of systems aimed at the commercial and consumer markets, including touchscreen models. Also new is the company's first 42in HD digital signage touch display.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-10-13 00:32:23
HP has released a raft of systems aimed at the commercial and consumer markets, including touchscreen models. Also new is the company's first 42in HD digital signage touch display.
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Parallels goes Bare Metal for servers
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-10-08 23:26:58
Parallels has extended its hypervisor technology to the virtual server market. Along with the introduction of Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal, the company has updated Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.5 for Windows.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-10-08 23:26:58
Parallels has extended its hypervisor technology to the virtual server market. Along with the introduction of Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal, the company has updated Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.5 for Windows.
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London Stock Exchange gets the facts and dumps Windows for Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-08 08:16:06
Microsoft’s marketing arm excitedly churned out a case study in 2005 when the London Stock Exchange (LSE) rolled out a C# stock exchange ticker system on Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000. Four years later the LSE has scrapped the whole system in favour of a Linux-based solution instead.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-08 08:16:06
Microsoft’s marketing arm excitedly churned out a case study in 2005 when the London Stock Exchange (LSE) rolled out a C# stock exchange ticker system on Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000. Four years later the LSE has scrapped the whole system in favour of a Linux-based solution instead.
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Foxtel's OS apartheid
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-10-01 00:32:12
Much has been made of Foxtel's new TV show and movie download service, but some subscribers are effectively locked out. And the terms and conditions might not be what you expect.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Services
2009-10-01 00:32:12
Much has been made of Foxtel's new TV show and movie download service, but some subscribers are effectively locked out. And the terms and conditions might not be what you expect.
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Dropbox hits two million Windows, Mac and Linux users
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-29 07:54:56
Earlier this month cloud storage startup Dropbox celebrated its first anniversary, and has now hit another milestone with its two millionth user. Dropbox is a solid example of how the cloud can bring efficiencies in this modern ultra-connected world. It’s also a service that has genuinely changed my life for the better.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-29 07:54:56
Earlier this month cloud storage startup Dropbox celebrated its first anniversary, and has now hit another milestone with its two millionth user. Dropbox is a solid example of how the cloud can bring efficiencies in this modern ultra-connected world. It’s also a service that has genuinely changed my life for the better.
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IBM promotes Linux adoption in Kazakhstan
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-09-27 17:53:09
IBM has opened a Linux innovation centre in Kazakhstan to help promote the adoption of open source and open standards.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-09-27 17:53:09
IBM has opened a Linux innovation centre in Kazakhstan to help promote the adoption of open source and open standards.
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Geek feminist jumps the gun on Shuttleworth speech
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-24 20:56:33
Open source consultant Kirrily Robert, who runs a blog called Geek Feminism, has taken Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth to task over words he allegedly used in a talk given at a conference.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-24 20:56:33
Open source consultant Kirrily Robert, who runs a blog called Geek Feminism, has taken Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth to task over words he allegedly used in a talk given at a conference.
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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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Linux is bloated, says Torvalds
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 22:24:45
One doesn't normally associate negative statements about Linux (the kernel) with its creator, the famous Finn Linus Benedict Torvalds.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 22:24:45
One doesn't normally associate negative statements about Linux (the kernel) with its creator, the famous Finn Linus Benedict Torvalds.
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CodePlex Foundation will help spread use of Mono
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 19:13:32
The appointment of Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza to the board of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation has been done for one reason - the Foundation will serve as a handy vehicle to increase the use of Mono.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-22 19:13:32
The appointment of Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza to the board of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation has been done for one reason - the Foundation will serve as a handy vehicle to increase the use of Mono.
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Stora provides a shared home for media files
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2009-09-22 00:58:53
Netgear is addressing the shared storage needs of connected homes with the Stora Internet-enabled NAS unit.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Storage
2009-09-22 00:58:53
Netgear is addressing the shared storage needs of connected homes with the Stora Internet-enabled NAS unit.
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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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Software Freedom Day 2009 taking shape around the world
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2009-09-16 06:01:14
Saturday September 19th 2009 is Software Freedom Day, a global day of celebration of Free and Open Source Software. One of the main goals of Software Freedom Day (SFD) is to educate the public about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software.
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2009-09-16 06:01:14
Saturday September 19th 2009 is Software Freedom Day, a global day of celebration of Free and Open Source Software. One of the main goals of Software Freedom Day (SFD) is to educate the public about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software.
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Google Chrome polished for new stable release
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-09-15 19:44:21
A new stable release of the Google Chrome browser delivers more speed, themes, and other user interface changes. Oh, and there's improved HTML5 support too.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-09-15 19:44:21
A new stable release of the Google Chrome browser delivers more speed, themes, and other user interface changes. Oh, and there's improved HTML5 support too.
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