We are still working on the first part of our Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS benchmarks that are set to be published early next week, but so far there is one easy conclusion to draw from the completed tests:
Read more »The Loser In Our Windows vs. Linux Tests: Intel Graphics
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Ubuntu's Linux OS -- Mac OS X's Doppelganger?
Apple is fading from relevance in the computing space as it turns its attention toward phones, Web tablets and other consumer gadgets.
Read more »Ubuntu 10.04 Screenshot Tour - Installation and Desktop
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support). This release incorporates the Desktop edition and the Server edition. The Server edition can be used on physical servers, on Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC), and on Amazon's EC2 public cloud.
Read more »Simple script to install programs on ubuntu 10.04 (lucid)/9.10 (Karmic)
B-ubuntu is a simple to use script used to install the programs and basic repository on a computer which has been newly installed ubuntu. Is a project that takes 1 year of development and is part of the project apticons, trying to help facilitate the transition from Windows to Ubuntu users.
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Mozilla releases Jetpack SDK 0.3
The Mozilla Labs developers have released version version 0.3 of the Jetpack SDK, adding two high-level APIs
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Amahi Home Server implements Storage Pooling and Replication in latest, 5.3 release
Disk pooling is the hottest new function to Amahi. Disk Pooling uses Samba to create a storage pool of all your available hard drives. It also allows you to create redundant copies (from 2 to whatever the max-number of disks you have in the pool) of the files you store. This can help prevent data loss if part of your hardware fails. Click on the external link to view a video on Storage Pooling.
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Adobe Trash Player and Novell/Microsoft Mono
Rant about Adobe Trash [sic] and what it teaches us about Mono/Moonlight
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Microsoft ‘Embraces’ Joomla! to Spread Proprietary Software (Windows and IIS)
Microsoft's assault on GNU/Linux takes new routes as additional deals get signed to undercut it or to make it more expensive
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Update: Symantec buys encryption specialist PGP for $300 million
Symantec will acquire encryption specialist PGP and endpoint security vendor GuardianEdge Technologies for $300 million and $70 million respectively, the company said on Thursday.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) [ISPConfig 2]
This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
Read more »Open-Source Software: Bad, Evil and Un-American
That's the view of the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), a group of trade bodies that includes such notables as the Business Software Alliance, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
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Microsoft Insiders Speak About the Case Against Android
What Mary-Jo Foley and Rob Enderle have to say about Microsoft's extortion of the Linux-based Android platform
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Steve Jobs's Touch Is What Ubuntu's Missing: Rich Jaroslovsky
If you're put off by Steve Jobs's control-freakdom and Microsoft's long history of buggy bloatware, you might want to spend some time with Dell's line of laptops running Ubuntu, the free, consumer-oriented version of the open-source Linux operating system.
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Ubuntu Server: The Linux OS Dark Horse
Everyone has heard of Ubuntu Linux and how great it is on the desktop, but have you heard that there's a server version of that same uber-cool operating system? There is, and you should know about it.
Read more »Symantec Acquires PGP, GuardianEdge
Symantec is ramping up its encryption software portfolio with the acquisitions of PGP and GuardianEdge for $300 million and $70 million, respectively.
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