We have at last Novell's appeal brief [PDF] in the private antitrust case Novell brought against Microsoft regarding WordPerfect. The brief was filed with the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. It begins: "This case has been here before." Indeed. Here's the decision from the US District Court in Maryland that Novell is appealing, as text. But there's more.
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Want to know what the Canonical Design Team is doing?
If you use or follow Ubuntu, a great way to see what's happening somewhat behind the scenes is the Canonical Design Team site/blog.
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Games resurrected using DOSBox - Part 3
It's been a long while since I wrote parts one and two, so I decided to freshen up the collection a bit and add several more titles to the list of successfully tested and played games using DOSBox.
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Make use of the KDE 4.5 Clipboard
In this article I am going to introduce you to the Klipper tool contained within the KDE 4.5 desktop.
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Lightweight Distro Roundup: Day 5 – Dreamlinux
Just getting Dreamlinux Installed or running in anything but a VM has been a nightmare. It kernel panicked when booting from a flashdrive, and installation failed repeatedly.
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Remote Access in Linux
If you want to give remote support to a friend who uses a Linux computer then you can use SSH and VNC together for secure remote access. This recipe was developed on Linux Mint 7 but should also apply to other Debian-based Linux distributions, including Ubuntu and, of course, Debian itself.
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User friendly showdown: Ubuntu 10.04 versus Windows 7
So recently I have written a lot about how user-friendly Linux has become. Naturally the nay-sayers have spoken loudly and insisted that Linux is far, far behind Windows in the user-friendliness category. So, I decided I wanted to figure out a way to test this argument to see which operating system was, in fact, more user friendly.
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Remotely Accessible Virtual Desktops
Virtual desktops in Linux are great for remote working and for administering and supporting remote computers. A single server can host virtual desktops for several remote workers. This recipe is for Debian-based Linux distributions, including Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
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Apple Looks To Take Over X Server 1.9 Release Management
Like the past few X.Org Server releases, Keith Packard will go on to continue being the release manager for this new series. Keith Packard put a call out for anyone interested in serving as Peter's replacement to cut the xorg-server 1.9.x releases and it looks like it will be Jeremy Huddleston, Apple's main X.Org contributor.
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A Win-Lin situation: moving a small office over to Linux
Michael Pope is a pragmatic person by nature - a developer who, before he sets out on a task, takes sufficient care to create a soft-landing in case it is needed. Hence, when he was asked by his employer to convert a small accounting firm from Windows to Linux, it is not surprising that his methods embodied his whole approach to things.
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Free Software, Real Profits
Socially responsible investing begs the question: Is it financially viable? The same question arises with regard to free, or open source, software. Free software is clearly beneficial to society, but is it good for business?
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Valve rubbishes Linux Steam rumours
Valve has taken a Left 4 Dead-style shotgun to rumours that it is working on a Linux compatible version of its Steam platform.
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Oracle Hires SCO’s (and Novell’s) Lawyers
Of all the solicitors in the world Oracle has chosen MoFo and Boies Schiller, which one might recognise from SCO's (non)case against Linux
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6 of the Best Free Linux Customer Service Trouble Ticketing Software
A customer service trouble ticketing (or help desk) is an information and assistance resource that helps the resolution of computer related problems.
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