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ReactOS 0.3.11 Released

http://www.reactos.org

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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Created by Lanadapter 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Why GNU/Linux is ready for the Average User

http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com

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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Created by brian1977 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Why do I use Ubuntu?

http://scottnesbitt.net

Because it works. Yes, it’s that simple. Because. It. Works. Case in point:

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Created by GiTS 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Open source commemorative challenge coin minted

http://www.itwire.com

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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Created by polbaan 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Five Productivity Extensions for Google Chrome

http://www.linux-magazine.com

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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Created by pravat 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Push-Polling Against the “G” in GNOME

http://boycottnovell.com

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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Created by komrad 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Microsoft Violates the GNU GPL for Third Time in 2009

http://boycottnovell.com

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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Created by komrad 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Chrome OS and the death of the Free desktop: a response

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

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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Created by rakshita 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Fine-Tune The Kernel

http://jdeeth.blogspot.com

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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Created by netturfer 16 years 5 weeks ago
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A look at Linux in the recession: Linux 2009 year in review

http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com

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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Created by keyboardninja 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Opposition mounts to Oracle's MySQL acquisition

http://blogs.computerworld.com

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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Created by sonysuxx 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Install MS office2007 on ubuntu using PlayOnLinux

http://www.wine-reviews.net

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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Created by twickline 16 years 5 weeks ago
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KDE TimeVault Progress Update

http://blog.chatonka.com

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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Created by henrychan 16 years 5 weeks ago
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Lucid Alpha 1 – Fewer Games, Installer Changes, Impatient Friendly

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk

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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Created by tisha 16 years 5 weeks ago
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NVIDIA's Response To Recent Nouveau Work

http://www.phoronix.com

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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Created by andrejzh 16 years 5 weeks ago
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