I replaced Kubuntu and Ubuntu on several of my home PCs with PCLinuxOS and 64 Studio. I was intending to wait a couple of months to post a followup because long-term performance is what matters. But a few things have impressed me so much these two newcomers to my little computing empire deserve an extra mention.
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Is Fedora Linux Still Relevant?
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I've been in discussions with a group of other writers, Linux distribution watchers, Linux community leaders and developers in the past few days concerning Linux commercial vs. Linux community versions and some of us came to the conclusion that Fedora's relevance has waned.
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Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 1 and 2010 specifications
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Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 1 is now available on public mirrors. This first alpha is available only through Free version, 32 and 64 bits DVDs.This first release comes also with specifications document available on wiki.
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Why I Use Linux: Bryan’s Story
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This next story comes in from Bryan Ferguson. Bryan has went through a bit of frustration with Windows.
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Everything Will Be Virtual
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Virtualization has certainly changed a lot in the past few years. Not many years ago, virtualization was only used on servers to get maximum performance. Today, is a a fairly common consumer technology with support for advanced graphics.
Read more »How Do We Introduce FOSS and Linux to Those Who Resist It?
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There are users who are totally resistant to change. Why? Because it disrupts their workflow. It makes them less productive. Change makes them cranky. However, there are times when change is needed and we have to lobby for it. So how now?
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Canonical shut down Ubuntu SE store
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You may know that we used to have a cafepress store which sold t-shirts and stickers. Well, it seems that Canonical is enforcing their intellectual property rights over the Ubuntu name. The store is now closed.
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LINUX IS NOT FREE!!!
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Everyone has heard, and may have used, the expression that Linux is free. Actually, that’s wrong. There is a price to Linux. In fact there are two prices for Linux, which depend on the individual and his/her relationship to it.
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What is linux.com trying to achieve?
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What exactly does the Linux Foundation hope to achieve by running a parallel site, linux.com? Is it a bid to shape the debate around GNU/Linux, something which companies are increasingly trying to do for their own products?
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Lessons on Community Management from the Open Source World, Angela Byron
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From the outside (and often times from within, too), the success of healthy open source projects defies all logic. Scores of individuals from all over the world, all of whom have different skill levels, use cases, experience, native languages, and time zones, collaborate together in order to help make a project succeed.
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A FS song that doesn’t suck
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After a fair amount1 of research I found a Free Software Song that doesn’t make me puck. Instead, I find it actually nice. Download it and let me know what you think about it:
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An International Look at Women in Open Source, Cathy Malmrose
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When attending conferences, working with various open source teams, and generally interacting with people in the open source world, we see women as a small representative minority. The disparity leaves us wondering: "How do we better activate 50% of the population?".
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Canonical Investigates Abusive Ubuntu Posts
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WorksWithU on June 10, 2009 reported that some Ubuntu community email lists allegedly contained abusive and intimidating content. Some readers dismissed our coverage as overreacting. But apparently, Canonical is taking the situation seriously and is now investigating the issue.
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Why is the NY Times so Dumb About Linux and Windows?
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The New York Times seems hard-wired to rarely identify any Windows malware as Windows malware, but only "computer malware." They seem to share this illness with other people too, such as researchers and professors.
Read more »The Three Faces of Fedora 11: KDE
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The following may come as a shock to you all: I had originally written another blog, filled with kute kommentary kompletely katagorizing the klear advantages kurrently available in the new KDE 4.2. But after being up all night with this version of Fedora 11, I deleted it.
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