What is winning? It's not "world domination". Winning is changing the rules of the game so that a dirty convicted monopolist does not control the industry, and Linux/FOSS can thrive without constantly having to fight just for the right to exist.
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Welcome to the Beginning of the New Linux.com
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The relaunching of Linux.com has been, without a doubt, one of the most challenging professional tasks I have ever been a part of. And I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
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How many desktop Linux users?
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So how many desktop Linux users are there? If you believe in Net Applications' numbers it's just over 1%. If you want to buy W3Counter's numbers, 2.16% of users use Linux. Or, if you want to go by my own Web site, Practical Technology's AWStats statistics, 29.9% of desktop users prefer Linux.
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10 must-have Linux web-based tools
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Linux is an outstanding operating system for serving up applications. And there are a ton of possibilities.
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PHP Speeds to the Cloud With Zend Framework 1.8
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PHP developers will have new ways to easily connect their PHP applications to the cloud, thanks to the latest version of the open source Zend Framework.
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Ubuntu distributor says Linux future doesn't lie in Windows compatibility
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Canonical's leader Mark Shuttleworth has recently chimed in on an important aspect of desktop computing when it comes to Linux. Going over the role that Linux plays on the desktop and where its future lies, Shuttleworth specifically commented on a question issued about Wine – which as many of you may know, is the most popular way of running Windows-based programs on Linux.
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Are there too few people who understand desktop Linux ?
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I just read the ComputerWorld article "Are there too many desktop Linuxes?" and once again I think the author is missing something very obvious and important.
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Linux at 1 percent?! Ha! It's more like 45 percent
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There has been a lot of noise this week about new numbers from NetApplications showing Linux at 1 percent. That's 1 percent on the desktop as measured by one firm's sampling of a very large market.
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NoScript Developer Apologizes For Meddling With AdBlock
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His methods caused a furor in the Mozilla community over the weekend because he did not provide clear notification about what his software was doing.
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It’s This Time of the Year Again: Time for BSA and IDC to Compare Us to Murderers
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It's another round of insults and propaganda ("piracy" sob story) from Microsoft-commissioned sources
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MySQL Forks
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Sun may have the MySQL name, but every one has its open-source code and MySQL co-founder Monty Widenius is taking the popular open-source DBMS (database management system) and forking it in a new directions.
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Open Source 2009: It’s the Economy, Stupid. Or is it?
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“I had not yet finished my first cup of coffee and I was convinced that the world was ending, but for the saving grace of open source.”
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Intel buys open source firm
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IT SEEMS INTEL CEO, Paul Otellini, was being understated when he told analysts last night chip sales were "a little better than we expected" thus far in the second quarter, because the firm has just splashed out on a new acquisition: OpenedHand Ltd.
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The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2009.1 Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2]
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This tutorial shows how to set up a Mandriva 2009.1 Free (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc
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Speak UNIX fluently with the best tools available
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The universe of UNIX tools changes constantly. Here are 10 tools—some you may have overlooked and some new—to tinker with.
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