A lot has been written so far about what to expect next year — some valid, some not. But has that ever stopped me from joining the year-end pile-on? Perish the thought. So here are 10 things to expect in 2009. Or not.
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The six-figure Linux job
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Since Linux is free, you’d think that the developers working with it are working for free too, right? Not so according to a piece on itcareerplanet.com.
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Review: GoblinX 2.7
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GoblinX is a LiveCD distribution built around Slackware Linux, and designed for ease of use. The flexibility of GoblinX is worthy of mention, as even its boot options show this ability. But is GoblinX an angel in disguise, or a troll under the bridge? Let's find out.
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Review: Linux Mint 6
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Linux Mint is one of those distributions you just can't help but love. Easy to use, stable, flexible, and so much more. Built from Ubuntu, it's been my mantra for a while that Linux Mint is “Ubuntu done right”, as I've had issue with Ubuntu and it's quality for a long time. But the better Mint gets, the bigger the shoes it has to fill each time.
Read more »Big Blue urged to open Notes and Domino
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Ian Tree, the chief architect at IT consultancy Hadleigh Marshall Netherlands b.v. of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, has some free advice for IBM's Software Group: Take the Notes/Domino groupware stack open source with a community-developed programming model. The idea is to keep the Notes client and the Domino server relevant in a world becoming more accustomed to open source products.
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Preloaded Linux. Simply Excellence
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Well, since then I've been approached by a combination of friends and family members, looking for computer help or advice. ... It's also fairly obvious, at least to me, that a modern Linux desktop is absolutely perfect in these scenarios. So, that's exactly what I suggested and in each case they took my advice.
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Fluxbox - Ultra-Fast/Simple Linux GUI
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One of the big perks of using a Linux distribution is having a choice of what window manager you want to use. You can check out what’s available for Linux window managers and desktops here. The one I’ll be concentrating on is fluxbox, a window manager.
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Look Back at 2008
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I wrote last year at this time that "probably this time next year we will have a version that we can recommend to our grandmothers". My perfect skills at prognosticating have again been validated. The coming 4.2 release will be ready for grandmothers everywhere.
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Linux And Unix Gallows Humor - The Great Save
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Yes, you're not the only one who's ever completely destroyed an important server at work ;)
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Hands-on Linux: New versions of Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE push the envelope
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When you're talking Linux, three big names always pop up: Canonical's Ubuntu, Novell's openSUSE and Red Hat's Fedora. Ubuntu has ridden a groundswell of both consumer and commercial support to its current ranking as the most popular Linux distribution. OpenSUSE, with its business underpinnings, has always been popular in Europe and has been making inroads in the U.S.
Read more »Recording the Linux desktop -- the hard way
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I can do many things with the greatest of ease on the Linux desktop. But, as I discovered while doing my community Linux overview, recording a Linux desktop video isn't one of them. Oh, boy, is it ever not one of them.
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Free Software browsers: Firefox Becomes Greatest Threat To Internet Explorer
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"According to a recent comprehensive Web browser report, Microsoft's Internet Explorer is losing market share to Mozilla Firefox. The overall report shows that IE has dropped below 70 percent. [...] Each month since October, IE has dropped a point while Firefox gained a point..."
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Rails and Merb to merge for Rails 3
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«With the words "It’s Christmas, baby, and do we have a present for you.", David Heinemeier Hansson announced that the Merb and Rails developers were merging their efforts for Rails 3.
Read more »The Most Popular Linux Dreams
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Forty-some responses (they got split up) and nearly a month after initially asking for your Linux dreams, it is time to look at the most popular dreams made in 2008 for 2009.
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Ubuntu Privacy Remix - Modified Live-CD based on Ubuntu Linux
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Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a modified Live-CD based on Ubuntu Linux. UPR is not intended for permanent installation on hard disk. The goal of Ubuntu Privacy Remix is to provide an isolated, working environment where private data can be dealt with safely. The system installed on the computer running UPR remains untouched.
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