The ReactOS team is proud to announce the release of ReactOS 0.3.11. This release has been delayed by quite some time due to various blocker bugs which manifested each time we tried to release. A lot of time has gone into hunting down these bugs and various steps have been taken to try to ensure we don't hit this problem again.
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Why GNU/Linux is ready for the Average User
I spend a fair amount of time on UbuntuForums.org and while poking around there this afternoon I came across this thread. To quickly sum up the thread the original poster is detailing why he believes Ubuntu is not ready for the "average user" because of a recent poor experience he had.
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Why do I use Ubuntu?
Because it works. Yes, it’s that simple. Because. It. Works. Case in point:
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Open source commemorative challenge coin minted
Need something unique for the open source Linux-loving GNU-spouting Free Software Foundation member in your life? ThinkGeek has the answer.
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Five Productivity Extensions for Google Chrome
Good news for Google Chrome users: the latest version of the browser supports extensions, so you can extend its default functionality by installing extensions from the official extension repository.
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Push-Polling Against the “G” in GNOME
Richard Stallman and what seems like “Jobs' mob”/Mono mob in a debate over GNOME's views on Free(dom) software
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Microsoft Violates the GNU GPL for Third Time in 2009
Microsoft is said to be breaking the law again, not just mimicking another Web site but also misappropriating someone else's code
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Chrome OS and the death of the Free desktop: a response
The article “Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead” is intentionally outspoken and controversial. It invites comment and criticism - one can hardly declare two of the best known and most widely used Free Software projects to be “dead” without causing uproar.
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Fine-Tune The Kernel
One of the advantages we Linux geeks like to claim over competing operating systems is the flexibility of the system. We're not talking about changing your screen saver--we're talking the guts of the operating system itself.
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A look at Linux in the recession: Linux 2009 year in review
The big story of 2009 was the economy. After the collapse of major financial institutions in the fall of 2008, people began looking for a silver lining in open source and Linux. Here are some highlights from the Linux world in 2009.
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Opposition mounts to Oracle's MySQL acquisition
You might have thought it was just open-source advocates objecting to the deal out of the fear that Oracle, the world's biggest proprietary DBMS (database management systems) company, would close down the most popular open-source DBMS. You'd be wrong. Microsoft wants to block the deal, too.
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Install MS office2007 on ubuntu using PlayOnLinux
PlayOnLinux is a piece of sofware which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and softwares designed to run with Microsoft®'s Windows®. In this tutorial i will show you how to install MS office 2007 student using Playonlinux on ubuntu jaunty jackalope, the installation has been tested also on a ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala, the install process is easy and no command lines are used.
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KDE TimeVault Progress Update
TimeVault is alive! Ok, so maybe it was never really dead. But I’ve found some time to work it and after reworking most of the internals I’ve finally gotten it to back up again.
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Lucid Alpha 1 – Fewer Games, Installer Changes, Impatient Friendly
Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 was released late last week and although very little cosmetically has changed, we’ve pointed out the obvious changes below.
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NVIDIA's Response To Recent Nouveau Work
Last week after many DRM improvements went into the Linux 2.6.33 kernel Linus Torvalds got a bit upset and wanted Nouveau merged into the mainline kernel. This essentially spells the end of the xf86-video-nv driver, which was never good and should have died off long ago.
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