This is a story of hubris, nemesis and very bad language. Mine. We all like to have our egos flattered and I'm no exception, so when two old acquaintances told me their Windows laptops were infected with viruses I knew they were about to put the bite on me. They did. Could I fix them?
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Switched On: When netbooks suffer from 'Droid rage
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Despite powering only a handful of handsets available on the market, Android has already had a significant impact on the competitive landscape in smartphones. Looking at its primary rivals that run on a variety of hardware from multiple manufacturers, Android has provided a free and highly customizable licensed challenge to Windows Mobile...
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Seven Reasons Why Beef Is Not Ready For The Dinner Table
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Despite its many advocates, whenever I buy some beef and try it, I always end up going back to chicken. Chicken has what I want, and beef doesn't. The latest releases of beef got my hopes up, but I was again disappointed.
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Drizzle: Rethinking the MySQL Database Kernel
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Drizzle is a re-thought and re-worked version of the MySQL kernel designed specifically for high-performance, high-concurrency environments.
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SCO's Proposed Buyer and Mail Issues
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Here's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on ComputerWorld on SCO rising from the dead. We'll see. The plan hasn't been approved, y'all. As for who is the actual buyer, it's reportedly Eric LeBlan. See updates to our last article
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Empathy in Ubuntu Karmic
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There has been lots of support as well as backlash for replacing Pidgin with Empathy in Ubuntu. Discussion has been going acruss multiple mailing lists and forum threads. Although Empathy has improved so much since Jaunty, it isn't perfect.
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UK Still Lags At Open Source
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The UK is still a laggard at open source, even though the recession has increased pressure for its adoption, according to speakers at a London conference.
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Linux on a stick
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Most of us tend towards the latest and greatest, and the fattest and baddest. We are sucked into the upgrade cycle and the relative bloat that goes with it, "Two gigabytes of RAM, and is that really enough?" The nomadic tiny Linux distributions offer a different kind of experience.
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Orange icon, we love you
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As many of you already know, Jaunty brought a small but significant change in the Ubuntu user interface: the beloved updates icon doesn’t show up anymore. The pop under technique is (purposely) slightly more obstrusive. Is there any problem with the new behavior?
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Build a Java-based Enterprise CMS using New Book
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Alfresco 3 Enterprise Content Management Implementation is a new book that guides readers to customize, use, and administer websites using the Alfresco CMS platform.
Read more »The Three Faces of Fedora 11, Part 1: GNOME
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GNOME 2.26.1, the desktop version that comes essentially as the default with Fedora 11 is like an old friend; an old friend with a couple of extra benefits.
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Bordeaux 1.8 for Linux Released
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The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.8 today. Bordeaux 1.8 has had many changes on the back end. The build process has been totally rewritten, packaging has been totally rewritten, the .sh installer is terminal based now and the dependency for pygtk and pango has been removed, the .sh installer will now run on any supported platform Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac.
Read more »Canonical to Look Into the Question of Mono/Microsoft Patents in Ubuntu
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AFTER persistently ignoring those who warned about Mono, Canonical finally follows Fedora's (Red Hat's) footsteps and takes a closer look at the Mono licensing question. Here is a new statement...
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What is the best Linux distribution for beginners
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One of the questions I see the most in forums and sites like Yahoo Answers is : "What is the best Linux distribution for beginners?" or "What is the easiest Linux distribution?" Well, unlike what you may think these questions are not that easy to answer, as the easiest Linux distribution is not necessarily the best for all beginners because other factors like the availability of support and commer
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Announcing A New Linux Distro: BaitNSwitch Linux
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Today, I'm announcing my new Linux company, HookLineNSinker, Inc. which will produce a new commercial Linux distribution: Pricey Linux. HLNS products include Pricey Linux Enterprise, Pricey Linux Small Business Server and The Pricey Linux Desktop. BaitNSwitch Linux is the distribution where we test out new features, versions
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