On June 10, The VAR Guy was first to report Dell considered Ubuntu Linux safer than Windows. But now, Dell has apparently updated its web site to remove/alter that statement. Of course, Linux conspiracy theorists think Microsoft pressured Dell to make the change. Is that really the case? Here's the story.
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Four console document converters
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I am cursed as a member of middle management, which means part of my responsibility in real life is to filter the resumes of potential employees. It gives me the chance to mess with document converters.
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Improving The Linux Desktop? Why, It’s Elementary
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The Linux desktop has come a long way, but are there still improvements to be made? At least one group of dedicated hackers thinks so, and is working with Ubuntu to improve it.
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A Review Of MeeGo v1.0: Is It Good Enough For Your Netbook?
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When I first set out to try MeeGo, I had hoped to boot up the live USB image on my netbook. What I soon discovered, however, is that it would not work.
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Gaming box lets Linux play the slots
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Acrosser announced a PC that can run Linux inside arcade gaming consoles or slot machines. The ACE-S8700 includes golden finger and ccTalk interfaces, a VGA output, four serial ports, plus an intrusion logger and up to 512KB of battery-backed static RAM.
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Expire User Accounts On The Ubuntu Server
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When you need to expire a Linux user account or delete a user there are some factors you need to take into account. Linux administrators should follow guidelines to protect the system integrity and not allow users to access their accounts after leaving the company.
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ntris: an idea taken a step too far
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About nine months ago, I lost a lot of free time to a little applet called Pentris. The addition of pentomino pieces made the gameplay quite different from the original falling block game, but I couldn’t help but think that Pentris didn’t go far enough.
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Redshift Keeps Your Eyes Sharp & Helps You Sleep
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If you spend a lot of time looking at your computer – and if you read this blog I’m betting you do – you might notice that after a while your eyes start to hurt, and that you have trouble going to sleep at night. There’s a good reason for this:
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Entryism Watch: OOXML Lobbyist Wipro Enters OpenOffice.org Project
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One of Microsoft's closest allies in India is entering development of the main competitor of Microsoft's cash cow
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Ubuntu 10.04 Upgrade: Best Practices Checklist
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Have you been thinking about upgrading your computer to Ubuntu 10.04? I recently made the leap, at the prompting of my Update Manager. The process went fairly smoothly, but I did have to deal with a couple of minor annoyances. Here are a few tips.
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The fragile balance between fast and reliable
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Being a Distro developer, or a packager if you prefer, is not always that simple. Many people think that our “job” is quite straight forward. All we need to do is to read the INSTALL file and then adapt the instructions into an ebuild format and we are done. Well it is definitely more than that.
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Issue three of the 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review'
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The Editorial Committee is delighted to announce issue three of the 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review' (IFOSS L. Rev.) is now available.
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Open source not immune to ERP vendor consolidation trend (Compiere)
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The enterprise software vendor consolidation trend has now reached the open source corner of the market, with Consona's announcement that it is acquiring Compiere, Inc.,
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epic moment: free and fast graphics at last
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Well, epic for a Free software geek. I’m now running openSUSE on my desktop, which has an AMD RadeonHD 4350 card. So, what’s the epic moment?
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Open Source: The capitalists' choice
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I often hear people referring to Open Source and Free Software advocates jokingly, or not so jokingly, as "communists" or "hippies". Rubbish!
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