Based on surveys my colleagues at Gartner and I have conducted over the past several years, mainstream adopters of IT solutions across a widening array of market segments are rapidly gaining confidence in the use of open source software, with many now stressing its valuable features more than its risks.
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Open source gaming - or things I do when I should be working
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Gaming shares many roots with open source, and many games coders would see themselves in a similar light to free software coders – as creative hackers exploring the cutting edge of computing. A game may not have any useful function other than the game itself, but computers are only as good as the last game you played.
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How to dual-boot Linux Mint Debian Edition and Windows 7
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Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is the branch of Linux Mint that is based on Debian Testing. While two editions have been released so far, the installer is still a work in progress, and disk partitioning must be done manually. In this article, step-by-step instructions are presented on how to dual-boot LMDE and Windows 7 on a computer with a single hard disk.
Read more »Linux Mint Debian Edition Xfce review
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Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is the branch of Linux Mint that is based on Debian, unlike Linux Mint editions which are based on Ubuntu Desktop. LMDE Xfce is the second Debian-based edition to be released. The first, Linux Mint Debian Edition, is powered by the GNOME desktop environment.
Read more »Virtualization With KVM On An OpenSUSE 11.4 Server
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This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an OpenSUSE 11.4 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g.
Read more »How to upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal | Desktop & Server
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If you have ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat or older version of ubuntu installed and you want to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, you can do it by following these instructions.
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Linux patent protection network gets boost from Facebook, HP
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"Facebook, HP, Rackspace, Juniper, Fujitsu and dozens of other organizations have joined a group building a defensive patent portfolio to protect Linux-using members from potential lawsuits"
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Virtual globe and world atlas Marble 1.1 released
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New in this version: map creation wizard and map sharing, earthquakes online service support, Open Desktop online service support, extended plugin configuration, map editing, voice navigation
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New Codeweavers CrossOver discount dealcode coupons avaliable
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The folks over at CodeWeavers have given us two new dealcodes. :) A dealcode is coupon code that can be used in their online store. The two new dealcodes are "EmulateMe" this dealcode is good for a 15% discount on CrossOver or CrossOver Games for Mac and Linux. The second dealcode is "CxForLess" and it will get you a 10% discount on any product in their store.
Read more »Was Ubuntu really worth it?
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I was surprised that I spent nearly a year running Ubuntu on my desktop, netbook and laptops at home. Unfortunately for Ubuntu, I brought back an iPad from the US after my 7 week trip.
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Mac and Linux Users Run Power BibleCD in Minutes
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Welcome Mac and Linux users. You have probably stumbled upon this page because you want to run Power Bible CD for Christian Bible study, but Power BibleCD is widely known as an easy-to use Windows only application. And you don't have Windows. Well fear not. With CrossOver you can get the most out of your Bible study time by running your Power BibleCD on Mac and Linux.
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Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Debian Squeeze
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Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy to configure Web Server. It supports the widespread technologies nowadays: FastCGI, SCGI, PHP, CGI, TLS and SSL encrypted connections, virtual hosts, authentication, on the fly encoding, load balancing, Apache compatible log files, and much more.
Read more »How to move back from Unity to gnome2 classic in ubuntu 11.04 natty narwhal
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If you installed ubuntu 11.04 and you didn`t like the new look!!,You decided to go back to the old look but you don`t know how to do that? To make Gnome 2 your default desktop instead of unity , just follow the following step
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Wine 1.3.18 Released
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The Wine development release 1.3.18 is now available. Whats new in this release. Support for mouse pointer clipping. Raw mouse events support using XInput2. First steps of a DIB engine implementation. More properties supported in DXDiag. New security tab in the Internet control panel. Improved video playback on Mac OS X. Various bug fixes.
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Wineskin Pro 2.0 screenshot tour
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I have had a number of request asking me to publish some screenshots of WineSkin Pro. Here is some screenshots of WineSkin Pro and the options that it provides.
With WineSkin Pro you can easily play your favorite Windows Games on your Mac computer in full screen
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