On too many occasions I've found myself staring dumbfounded at my computer screen, wondering "what's going on in there?" Despite the steadily raising computer savvy in today's high tech populace, many software companies still believe it best to not burden our pretty little heads with what exactly they're doing on our machines.
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Nearly 20% of Mid- and High-end Mobile Devices Will Run a Linux Operating System by 2013
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Linux, which has been much maligned by Symbian and Microsoft as a non-starter in the handset operating system market, is set to see strong growth as issues with framework fragmentation and silicon requirements are alleviated.
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Linux Market to Triple by 2012
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Analyst firm Research and Markets has just put out a project on Linux-based server and client hardware sales, and is projecting that the market will more than triple between 2007 and 2012.
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Red Hat at the crossroads
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As the biggest open source company in the world, Red Hat stands at a significant crossroads between its open source roots and significant growth in enterprise demand for its products, as underlined by changes made to its management, discontent within its user community and a sharp rise in profits.
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Good OS launches new cloud-oriented Linux 'Rocket'
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While Linux remains popular among enthusiasts, its adoption among casual PC users lacks the power to really threaten Microsoft Windows. However a small handful of groups still create operating systems designed to make the transition over to Linux a little bit easier and less intimidating.
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Destroying the GPL from the inside
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How do you destroy the GPL? Honestly I don't think it will be done, but there is a way. Simply put the GPL is a copyright license, which is it's strength and it's achillies heel. For years publishing companies, our friends at the RIAA and MPAA among others have pushed for longer and longer copyright terms so that they can reap the rewards from other people's work for a longer period of time. So why not turn things on their heads a bit? Actually, what I'm talking about has already been proposed.
Read more »It's going to be a good year...
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I am compiling a list of "specialized software". What we need is listings or url's pointing us to places where we can gather info on apps for fields such as:
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Word of the Year: Open
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The beginning of the year is traditionally a time to look back, and, for the brave of heart, to make a few predictions looking forward. Lacking the requisite bravery, I'll just quote something that the Economist wrote recently:
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11 Predictions for Free Software in 2008
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As a journalist, if a very different kind from Trudeau, I appreciate the sentiment. Looking back at 2007, who could have predicted that, after all the posturing by open source advocates, that the new version of the GNU General Public License would have caused so little division? Or that Linspire and Xandros would have followed Novell and made their own deals with Microsoft? Or that virtualization, which was such a hot topic in 2006, would have settled down to just another technology?
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Open Source to Grow in 2008
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Open source has been predicted to be one of top IT business models to watch out for in 2008. According to Made Wiryana, Academician, Lecturer, and open source expert, disappointment in Windows Vista coupled with great responses...
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Looking back at 2007, who could have predicted that, after all the posturing by open source advocates, that the new version of the GNU General Public License would have caused so little division? Or that Linspire and Xandros would have followed Novell and made their own deals with Microsoft? Or that virtualization, which was such a hot topic in 2006, would have settled down to just another technology?
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For 2008 expect more Linux applications
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Before heading out for some Christmas cheer let’s leave a few moments to consider the future. What will 2008 bring? Many of the answers are unknown, but here’s something I’m fairly certain of.
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The Big Three of Linux: Looking ahead to 2008
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What are Red Hat, Novell and Canonical going to have to do in 2008 to in order to dominate the desktop and server Linux market?
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Desktop, schmesktop meets Android
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[The desktop] has served us well, and old-timers like me will remember it with fond affection for many years to come, but we will have our work cut out trying to explain to the next generation why anyone would bother to go to a clunky box on a desk in a particular room room whenever they needed computer power.
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A "significant portion" of development teams continue to use Linux as their primary embedded OS, a recent VDC survey finds. Additionally, the results suggest the trend will persist, "as the majority of current Linux users surveyed plan to use Linux again as their primary operating system on future [embedded] projects."
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