In a recent article, Ryan Cartwright argued that free software isn't playing the "same game" as proprietary software is. He's right—but that begs the question: what game is GNU/Linux playing?
Read more »Why sharing matters more than marketshare to GNU/Linux
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Linux captures the 'green' flag, beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures
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Independent tests show that Red Hat Linux pulls as much as 12% less power than Windows 2008 on identical hardware
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A comparison of Linux and Windows
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This is a non-biased and incomplete comparison of Linux and Windows. It can serve as an introduction to Linux for Windows users. I created it while learning about Linux as a sort of personal cheat-sheet. The topics are in no particular order.
Read more »Ten things Linux distros get right (that MS doesn’t)
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I use Windows and Linux every day. They’re both competent operating systems, each with reasonable applications and windowing systems. I find myself more productive on a Linux system, though, because of a few very simple differences.
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Windows vs Linux: Architecture, part II
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After a boring and dry customary introduction in the previous part of the article, Windows vs Linux: Architecture, part I, I went on to describe problems with Windows system accounts, kernel architectures, system security, and both kernel and user modes. Welcome to the second part of the article. If I’m counting correctly, it is time for the fifth chapter
Read more »101 reasons why Linux is better than Windows
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Many a times Windows users talk about what Windows can do but Linux can’t. To be fair, they need to know what Linux can do but Windows can’t.
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