I am sure you all know that the open source model is vastly different to the closed source model. Sure there are many similarities, especially for large projects, however there are very important differences. The main one being that the source code is open to all :)

I was surprised to read in a tech journal that some IT managers are considering an open source Linux operating system for their computers and workstations. Systems are aging, budgets are tight in this economy, and Linux is, well, free.

Because I was traveling, I didn't get around to upgrading my desktop to Ubuntu 9.04 until yesterday.  After what seemed like the fastest Ubuntu installation and quickest boot ever on my system, I was excited to log into Gnome and see what the stable release of Jaunty has to offer.  Instead, I was met with a lot of frustration and loss of faith in Ubuntu's commitment to stability, due to egregiou

Tonny Kohar has reviewed Swing Extreme Testing book by Packt. He says, " If you ever wondered on how to test Java GUI, then Swing Extreme Testing by Tim Lavers and Lindsay Peters from Packt Publishing might interest you."
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"LibrePlanet Italia is the only italian free software activist group approved by the Free Software Foundation. Libre Planet is an FSF project to gather together all the people interested about digital freedom in the world..."

I love placing all the shortcut icons and files on my Desktop. On the other hand, I also have a passion for clean desktop. Apparently, having a lot of desktop shortcuts and a clean beautiful desktop together is not quite possible. I need a solution.

I got an email from a reader a few days ago and he pointed me to a blog entry by the developer of Linux Mint, one of the most popular Linux distributions. But the blog entry in question was red-hot in terms of its political subject matter.

Novell senior cannot deny Microsoft takeover, but she thinks it is unlikely. What about Dell?