items tagged with Open Source
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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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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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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Microsoft ecosystem worth half a trillion dollars
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-10-06 00:59:55
Microsoft officials are fond of talking about the 'ecosystem' of products and services that surround the company, but just how big is it? Try half a trillion dollars.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-10-06 00:59:55
Microsoft officials are fond of talking about the 'ecosystem' of products and services that surround the company, but just how big is it? Try half a trillion dollars.
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Mozilla joins Microsoft in slamming Google Chrome Frame
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-01 16:50:33
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-01 16:50:33
Microsoft has found an unexpected ally in its condemnation of Chrome Frame, a plugin by Google that switches out the Internet Explorer HTML and JavaScipt engines for those used by the Chrome web browser. Now Firefox maker Mozilla has spoken out.
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No FOSS for Palm app catalog says Netscape pioneer
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-01 03:34:27
It appears Palm is seeking to follow Apple’s footsteps in gaining a reputation for inconsistent and spurious rejections and removals of iPhone and iPod Touch applications. In this case, Palm has resisted including a free application because the source code is attainable elsewhere.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-10-01 03:34:27
It appears Palm is seeking to follow Apple’s footsteps in gaining a reputation for inconsistent and spurious rejections and removals of iPhone and iPod Touch applications. In this case, Palm has resisted including a free application because the source code is attainable elsewhere.
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Open Source software growing in importance
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-01 03:23:21
The increasing ease of integration and compatibility with different platforms has seen businesses in the Asia Pacific region increasingly evaluating Open Source software as a viable alternative as they continue to look for ways to reduce operational expenses.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-01 03:23:21
The increasing ease of integration and compatibility with different platforms has seen businesses in the Asia Pacific region increasingly evaluating Open Source software as a viable alternative as they continue to look for ways to reduce operational expenses.
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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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We give up on Internet Explorer say Google Wave team
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-24 07:35:35
Google's new Chrome Frame product is touted as an unobtrusive way for web apps to use Chrome’s rendering and JavaScript engines within Internet Explorer. Yet, what was the reason for bringing it to light? The Google Wave team have spoken out damning Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-24 07:35:35
Google's new Chrome Frame product is touted as an unobtrusive way for web apps to use Chrome’s rendering and JavaScript engines within Internet Explorer. Yet, what was the reason for bringing it to light? The Google Wave team have spoken out damning Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.
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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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Open source data base for food group
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-09-16 19:27:10
Australian producer of edible oils, fats and margarines, Peerless Foods, has deployed an open source data base from Ingres for its mission-critical business enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence (BI) platforms to assist in modernisation of its production environment and to support future expansion.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-09-16 19:27:10
Australian producer of edible oils, fats and margarines, Peerless Foods, has deployed an open source data base from Ingres for its mission-critical business enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence (BI) platforms to assist in modernisation of its production environment and to support future expansion.
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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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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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The dark side of open source software is Stoned
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-06 23:41:31
When rootkits are mentioned the things which come to mind are generally hackers, Trojans, even Sony BMG. Now you can add open source software to the list with the release of the first open source rootkit framework called Stoned.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-09-06 23:41:31
When rootkits are mentioned the things which come to mind are generally hackers, Trojans, even Sony BMG. Now you can add open source software to the list with the release of the first open source rootkit framework called Stoned.
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Which licence is best: EPL, GPL or BSD?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-02 21:43:54
Debates about the pros and cons of various licences available to free and open source software developers often end up generating more heat than light.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-02 21:43:54
Debates about the pros and cons of various licences available to free and open source software developers often end up generating more heat than light.
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Linux, Windows netbook returns similar, says Dell
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-08-14 01:00:17
The return rate for Linux-based netbooks is about the same as that of similar hardware running Windows, according to a Dell executive.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-08-14 01:00:17
The return rate for Linux-based netbooks is about the same as that of similar hardware running Windows, according to a Dell executive.
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Why Governments must make voting systems open source
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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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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Apple in a BIND with Security Update 2009-004
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-12 18:14:02
Apple has released its second Mac OS X security update in just eight days.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-08-12 18:14:02
Apple has released its second Mac OS X security update in just eight days.
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Linux geeks, New Zealand beckons
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-10 21:19:45
A husband-wife team is in the driver's seat for the 11th Australian national Linux conference which kicks off in Wellington, New Zealand, on January 18 next year.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-10 21:19:45
A husband-wife team is in the driver's seat for the 11th Australian national Linux conference which kicks off in Wellington, New Zealand, on January 18 next year.
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