WattOS Beta 3 is a lightweight Linux Distro geared towards running on less energy and for recycled or low power computers without compromising on features or performance that you’d expect from a full power system. Their motto “Light, Fast, Now” seeks to provide a low-energy full featured Linux distro.
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Howto: Share mobile broadband in Ubuntu using only the GUI
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Like many people who aren't able to get DSL, I use mobile broadband. Typically, at least in Ireland and the UK, you are forced to purchase a modem with your contract.
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The First Church of Linux
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If I hadn't already known--or at least had some idea of the religious zeal I was about to face, I would have been more shocked at the response to my 2009's 10 Worst Linux Distributions post from the other day.
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Mandriva Releases Flash 2009 Spring
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Mandriva, Europe's leading Linux editor, today announced the launch of Mandriva Flash 2009 Spring which takes the highly popular family of Mandriva Flash yet another step further.
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More IBM Subpoenas in the SCO Bankruptcy
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IBM has subpoenaed the following: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Norfolk, Chad Kemp, Rene Beltran, and DTR Business Systems. This should be rich.
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Linux Vendor Settles With Microsoft
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A manufacturer of Linux-based networking devices has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to Microsoft in order to settle a patent claim, Microsoft disclosed Wednesday.
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Can Linux manage updates more easily than Windows?
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Our continuing Linux-vs.-Windows series turns now to the absolute basics -- sooner or later you're going to install, update or upgrade something.
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Take Open Source Software For a Test Drive With Click2Try
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It's easy for people who are skeptical of open source software to come up with a dozen reasons -- some perfectly valid -- to not give it a chance. Click2Try is a great way to try open source software in a virtual environment without the hassle of downloads and installation.
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Kontact
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I've been using Kontact for a few months now. The excitement of resizing the icons has worn off and now I'm back to feeling slightly underwhelmed by my ability to organize things digitally.
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GNOME-Do Adds Docklets to App Launching Bar
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If you're using GNOME-Do and not using the up-to-date repository for the app launcher, you really should be. That's where you'll find goodies like the newest "Docklets," helpful widgets that respond to both clicks and text commands.
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Microsoft’s Brad Silverberg: “Please Make Sure This Request Doesn’t Get Filled.”
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WE HAVE BEGUN working on some older Comes vs Microsoft exhibits and today we properly document Exhibit PX00891 (1991) [PDF]. It starts with Brad Silverberg, one of Microsoft's crudest people. At Microsoft, they were speaking about Digital Research, which they committed abuses against (see our DRI reference page). Here is part of the correspondence...
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Tesseract-ocr is now at google
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Tesseract-ocr was an OCR Engine that was developed at HP Labs between 1985 and 1995... and is now at Google.
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It’s Official: Microsoft Windows Servers to Blame for Attacks on Korea and the United States
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Windows victimises nations as it is used as a weapon on the Web
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Update on Novell and Microsoft’s Virtualisation Pact
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Bits from the press about Novell and virtualisation for the most part. MANY people may not remember this, but Ron Hovsepian admitted giving power to Microsoft in the datacentres. It was part of the deal that Novell should permit Windows to run as a host and SUSE usually be a guest.
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