Obviously, this isn’t true. Their underlying architectures are quite a bit different, Gnome looks different than the 7 UI, etc., but to an average 17-year-old, there just wasn’t any meaningful difference between the two operating systems.
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Are proprietary programs specifically reducing function for Linux?
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You could say that the software world is divided. There are 10 types of software philosophies. Those that are closed source and those that are open source. One thing I have noticed is that where there are cross platform programs there is a difference between the closed source and open source implementations.
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Firefox 3.5 Review - The Return of Mozilla
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With much faster rendering, HTML 5 support, native video handling improved standards support and more, Firefox is back
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What ChromeOS is (NOT)
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As Devin Coldewey pointed out on a recent CrunchGear post, many people seems to be getting over-exited about the new Google ChromeOS. I think that many bloggers are making more of ChromeOS than what it actually is. Maybe it is time to sum up what Google's new OS is and what it is not!
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5 Reasons Why Microsoft is Afraid of Linux
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Apple (Mac OS X) has a relatively larger number of desktop computer users compared to Linux, and Windows virtually dominated the overall market share. But have you ever wondered why people at Microsoft and even Bill Gates himself are bothered by Linux more than anything else?
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Serna Free XML Editor is Open Source Now!
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Syntext, Inc. is happy to announce the release of Serna Free Open Source XML Editor! Serna is a powerful, easy-to-use WYSIWYG XML editor based on open standards for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris/SPARC.
Read more »Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 on Linux
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Office OneNote 2007 is a digital notebook that provides one place to gather notes and information, powerful search capabilities to find what you're looking for quickly, and easy-to-use shared notebooks to help manage information overload and work with others more effectively. And it now runs on Linux and BSD...
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Google announces Chrome OS
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Google this afternoon announced the creation of the Google Chrome Operating System project, with the goal to build a Linux-based OS available for purchase on netbooks in the second half of 2010.
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IBM subpoenas unXis
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IBM may have run out of patience with all the mystery about SCO's proposed sale of assets to unXis. . So it has subpoenaed unXis:
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Open PC: A LInux PC By The Community?
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Open PC is a new project that aims to create and sell a Linux-based computer designed openly by Linux users.
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Installing VirtualBox 3.0 On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop
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This tutorial shows how you can install Sun VirtualBox 3.0 (released on June 30, 2009) on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system.
Read more »Are Microsoft's Promises For Ever?
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I have some good news to announce: Microsoft will be applying the Community Promise to the ECMA 334 and ECMA 335 specs.
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How-To: Install VLC 1.0 from Ubuntu PPA Repository
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Since most of the users found the compilation method to have either too many steps or too complicated, here's a tutorial on how to install VLC 1.0.0 using the Ubuntu VLC PPA repository. Just follow the steps below:
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Download and Install BitDefender antivirus on Ubuntu with 1 year free license
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One great advantage of using Linux (Ubuntu) is the fact that you don't really have to worry about security and hence viruses. However, this does not mean that you should not use an anti-virus on your Ubuntu machine. Especially when you can get a good anit-virus for free. BitDefender for Unices is one such anti-virus solution for Linux and you can get it for free.
Read more »Mandriva Linux One 2009 (KDE)
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Mandriva Linux Free is the version without any proprietary software or drivers. It’s for those who are truly committed to “free” software at its most…well…free.
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