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How to choose the best Linux distro for you
With so many distros out there, how do you choose the right one? Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mint, Mandriva, Puppy, Arch and more are covered in this mega-test of Linux distros that aims to help everyone find the perfect distro for them no matter what kind of user they are. Don't miss it!
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Fedora 11 Preview
Red Hat is expecting to deliver the final release of Fedora 11 in just less than one month, but today they have offered up a preview build of this next open-source Linux distribution update that is known as Leonidas. This afternoon we have screenshots.
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Panda introduces cloud-based free antivirus
With threats like Conficker fresh in the public's mind, security remains a top concern for Windows users. Panda Security, publishers of Panda Internet Security and Panda Antivirus, is set to take antivirus where it hasn't been yet: into the clouds. Panda Cloud Antivirus beta bets that nearly three years of development can pay off into a better protection system for users.
Read more »Preview of the Fedora 11 Linux distribution with new update function
Following the one week delay in releasing the one and only beta in late March, today's 'Preview Release' of Fedora 11 sees the Fedora Project back on schedule. The development team plan to produce release candidates in two weeks time, before finally releasing the eleventh version of the Linux distribution on 26th May
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UnixWare Copyrights - When Did Novell Get Them and For How Long?
In SCO's reply to Novell's appellate brief, it tells the court: Contrary to Novell's allegations, Santa Cruz "did not add any Novell copyright notices to," or "remove any copyright notices" from, the source code it acquired from Novell. In fact, it was Novell that changed the notices to add the Santa Cruz notice. (Id.)
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Make Your Linux Desktop More Productive
Apple has convinced millions that they can make the switch from Windows to OS X, but those curious about Linux have to see for themselves if they can work or play on a free desktop. The short answer is that, for most halfway tech-savvy people who aren't hardcore gamers, yes, you can.
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Linux for real people
IT seemed like a perfectly geeky thing to do, so I braved rain and the Saturday night traffic to get to the Ubuntu Release Party at the Ortigas Center.
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Brilliant Brainstorms #57 - Don’t Confuse The Newbies!
Brilliant Brainstorms is a (usually) weekly summary of some of the best/most interesting brainstorms from the Ubuntu Brainstorm site as well as various other Brainstorm-style sites: warning users of poor performance of Live CDs; making Ubuntu Brainstorm work in IE; take advantage of the new notification system for notes; and assigning priorities to WiFi networks.
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Debunked: Linux OSs and Viruses
There’s seems to be a lot of confusion regarding viruses, the security of Unix based OSs, even in more tech savvy groups. So, what’s the deal with viruses and Linux?
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ReactOS 0.3.9 boasts insanely huge speedups
For the last few years we've been intrigued by the progress of ReactOS, a free software Windows implementation that could one day give Microsoft the chills. Well, ReactOS 0.3.9 is now here, with major performance improvements.
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Ubuntu Debates Usability Changes (Passionately)
Ever since last summer, when Mark Shuttleworth called on Ubuntu to surpass Mac OS X in desktop design within two years, Ubuntu mailing lists and blogs have become one of the main places to go for detailed discussions about GNU/Linux usability.
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KVM vs. VMware: A Case Study
After a month of debate and experimentation, my employer has made the decision to use the open-source KVM virtualization infrastructure for migrating IT resources to a virtualized environment. Below, I discuss why we chose KVM over its (mostly proprietary) alternatives.
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System76 Launches Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook
Less than one week after Canonical debuted Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix edition, System76 is playing an encure by launching an Ubuntu 9.04 netbook. The move had been rumored for several weeks. And it's certainly the first of many Ubuntu netbooks that will hit the market. Here's a bit more about System76's new device.
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How many billions is open-source software worth?
Open-source software is big business. For example, most of what Oracle is getting for it $7.4-billion purchase of Sun is open-source software. So, given all that, what do you think OSS (open-source software) as a whole is worth? How's about $387-billion?
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