Microsoft Office SharePoint gets a little lift from Novell's Access Manager 3.1
Read more »Novell Cozies Up to Microsoft SharePoint
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New Software Patents for Novell
Another case of Novell's software patents and more debate about their need (or lack thereof)
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The Advantages/Disadvantages of Leaving the Mainstream
A recent Free Software Magazine article points out that using Linux protects you from potential governmental spying or hacking in two ways. First, Linux is open-source, so it would be extremely hard to inject a backdoor in to its code. Second, since Linux is far less commonly used than, say, Windows, a governmental organization is far less likely to target it.
Read more »Hacking Windows Administrator Password (with good intentions) Using Linux
In case you or a friend of yours has forgotten his/her Windows administrator password, there’s no need to panic as you can easily hack it by resetting your password provided you have the right tools. One way to do this is to use Linux as your knight in shining armor.I’m going to show you how you can smoothly hack a Windows Administrator password using Linux.
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How to tweak Nautilus to display size of files under their name
This tutorial will explain howto tweak Nautilus to display size of files under their name
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Has Microsoft Just ‘Pulled an EDGI’ on 72,000 Schools?
Microsoft is dumping software on many schools in over 100 countries to battle competition
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UNIX/Linux Offer More Security Than Windows: Evidence
Several reports about severe security issues in Windows and why UNIX/Linux are immune to these
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All That Matters for Now is Out-of-the-Box Experience
I find Dell's half-hearted commitment to Linux as frustrating as everyone else. It took me forever to find the actual link on Dell's site to their Ubuntu offerings (hint: they look exactly like Google AdSense sponsored links and it just says "open-source PCs"). Once you find it (or even if you use the direct link), you are greeted with a warning page about Ubuntu.
Read more »OpenSolaris distros
A few months ago we looked at OpenSolaris, Sun's effort to get the community involved in its Unix flavour. Now Susan Linton explores some of the spin-off projects that have popped up, including MilaX, Belenix and Nexenta...
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"BeagleBot" cruises on Linux
A Linux-powered robot project has won the first monthly design contest sponsored by "BeagleBoard.org," a group promoting a low-cost, Linux-friendly single board computer (SBC) with an ARM Cortex-A8-based processor. Antti Seppanen's "BeagleBot" is a partially autonomous, WiFi-enabled robot with servos, sensor, and webcam.
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Open Archaeology
If you'd like to read some background into our use of Ubuntu you can click for the case study that's also included with every Ubuntu desktop CD image that's downloaded:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/products/casestudies/oxford-archaeology
The main thing I'd like to write about, however, is our Open Archaeology project; our commitment to Open Source, Open Standards and Open Data.
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Linux Bailout? Try Linux Investment...
This was cheery news: Channel Insider just announced the results of their 2009 Market Pulse Survey, where solution providers were asked "which vendors they thought would go out of business or be acquired in 2009."
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Fact Vs. Friction: Picking The Right Open-Source Office Suite
Open-source politics can be a nasty and pointless business. That's why it's usually a good idea for users to avoid it like the plague.
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Get Organized with Wiki in a Jar
While TiddlyWiki is probably the most popular desktop wiki out there, it’s not the only fish in the sea. And if you don’t fancy TiddlyWiki’s approach to managing content, or you are looking for a desktop wiki that can help you to manage not only your notes but also appointments and contacts, then you might want to try Wiki in a Jar.
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Woman blames Dell for missing online classes
Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop hoping to enroll in online classes at Madison Area Technical College, or MATC. But something stopped her: she bought an operating system for her computer she never heard of, Ubuntu.
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