I have been thinking about how to write this article and what I mean by the "Linux way". I can explain it this way: recently I got myself a new mobile phone. Since about the year 1452 I have been using Nokia mobile phones, but this new one is a Sony-Ericsson. It's quite nice and I really like it.
Read more »Changing operating systems requires a change in mindset
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Census Reveals the Top 20 Open Source Packages
The other day we reported findings from the Open Source Census--a global effort to track the number of installations of open source packages on computers. Among the top-level findings were that open source is seeing broad adoption in Europe and in finance.
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Copyrights & Patents - A simple view .
I had written this to clear the confusion between copyrights and patents.Hope it works.And if theres something wrong do comment.
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Become a multimedia pro with the Vector Linux Multimedia Bonus Disc
Many audio, video, and graphics professionals would like to make the switch to Linux, but don't want to deal with the hassle of figuring out multimedia on Linux or are scared off by the purported lack of such tools.
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Five outliners for Linux
The first essays of the school year are coming due, and with the essays comes the need to outline and plan. GNU/Linux users are fortunate to have a number of outlining applications from which to choose.
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NPX-9000 UMPC is inexpensive but underpowered
The wave of cheap netbooks, mini laptops, or ultra-mobile PCs has crested with the cheapest yet, the NPX-9000 from Carapelli.
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Opera 9.6 launched today - download
In mid-2008, Opera 9.5 became available for download just ahead of Firefox 3.0. Now, Opera has moved one step further, and as of October 8, it is offering version 9.6 of its browser. Opera 9.6 brings enhancements across the table, although at its heart it is labeled as a security and stability update.
Read more »Linux News Sites Web Traffic Slowdown: Is this for real?
As with the U.S. economy, it seems like the web traffic of several well-known Linux related news sites are slowing down. According to statistics from Alexa, famous sites like Slashdot, Linux.com, and Linux Journal among others have a sudden decrease in site visitors.
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PC-BSD 7 is a mixed bag
FreeBSD is a Unix-like open source operating system that can trace its ancestry back to the original Unix. It's well known and well respected in the server marketplace, but until recently FreeBSD lacked an easy-to-use desktop version.
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7 Days of M1530: Setting Up Your New Computer - Beginner User
Today, I have a tutorial for anyone new to Ubuntu who has just gotten a machine with Ubuntu, either from Dell or from any other manufacturer.
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Slackware v Ubuntu: Not What You Might Think - Part 1
Slackware and Ubuntu share a common line of thinking. They both aim to be simple. However, they have different approaches to simplicity and different target audiences.
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5 Things I Wish Linux Had
I'm a fairly prominent member of the Linux Community as a writer, contributor, and longtime evangelist for the cause and there are a few things I'd like the Community-at-Large to consider on my behalf.
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Microsoft taints open source CodePlex well
Microsoft is posting code to its much-trumpeted CodePlex open-source projects site using licenses and conditions that go against the principles of open source.
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How Open Source Biology May Rock Your World
Here at OStatic, we're always interested in efforts to apply open source principles to efforts outside the software realm
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Torvalds talks about his brand new blog
We tend to think that everybody who's anybody in the tech world has a blog, right? Well, Linus Torvalds didn't have a blog, at least not until dipping his toe into the waters with this one -- "Linus' Blog" -- which launched last Thursday.
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