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Brits to test life without Windows
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
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."

 
Does GNU/Linux need cult figures like Jobs?
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Does GNU/Linux need a cult figure like Steve Jobs to spread the word and convert the doubters? And does FOSS lend itself to the development of such egos, where technical merit alone does not count?
 
XP mode? You may need a new PC
Saturday, 09 May 2009
It's been my experience that when Microsoft announces something, one always has to read the fine print. That hasn't changed in the 20 years since I bought my first PC.

 
Taking Joomla! to new heights
Friday, 08 May 2009
For someone who heads a project that develops the most widely used open source content management system, Andrew Eddie tends to be somewhat low-key. One could even call him bashful.
 
Netbook gains: win or loss for Microsoft?
Thursday, 07 May 2009
Much is being made of the gains that Microsoft has apparently made in the netbook market, with manufacturers now finding that sales of the little gadgets with Linux on them are slowing to a trickle.
 
GNOME Foundation wants your money
Monday, 04 May 2009
The global economic crisis has hit the GNOME Foundation to the extent that it is now seeking public money to ensure that it can keep an executive director, who was recruited last year, on its rolls.
 
Steve McIntyre re-elected Debian leader
Monday, 13 April 2009
British developer Steve McIntyre has been re-elected leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project (DPL) for 2009-10.
 
GNOME begins to play catch up with KDE
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
The GNOME project has released what it calls a roadmap towards version 3.0. After following a policy that mandated minor changes in its six-monthly releases, GNOME has decided that it would be a mistake to release 3.0 without a "user-visible change."
 
Mono fits in neatly with the Microsoft vision
Monday, 06 April 2009
There's good news for the huge queue of developers waiting, impatiently, to write .NET applications and run them on the Linux platform. Or those who have written applications in .NET for Windows and can't wait to move them to Linux.
 
How IBM builds up its store of Linux knowledge
Monday, 06 April 2009
Ask anyone in the IT industry if they could have predicted years ago that a company like IBM would come to be known as one of the biggest users of Linux, and it's doubtful if there would be a single answer in the positive.
 
If Microsoft bought Novell, it wouldn't come as a surprise
Friday, 03 April 2009
The idea that Microsoft would buy Novell isn't exactly that far-fetched. Events on April 1 have proved this.
 
Australia introduces licences for internet users
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Internet users in Australia will have to take out licences from the next financial year else they will not be allowed to use the web, official sources told iTWire today.
 
Repeat after me: Conficker is a Windows virus
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Over the past three days, I've heard several general news broadcasts touch on the topic of the Conficker worm, no doubt because it has been widely reported that April 1 will see some real action from this payload of really creative code.
 
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