"It’s funny how things work out sometimes … When IT Business Edge spoke to intellectual property attorney Lawrence Rosen last week, we just wanted his take on GPL v3."
Read more »Why you should be excited about Ubuntu 7.10
"Even if you’re not as passionate about new operating systems as I am, if you’re at all a Linux fan you should be excited about the latest Ubuntu release. Why? Because it’s going to fix one of the four major issues keeping Linux off desktops."
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India's Kerala state goes open source
"According to a statement, the Kerala government has identified free and open-source software as a major strategic component in its efforts to build an inclusive information society."
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Is Red Hat the pot calling the kettle black?
"In a fascinating article at Reuters Red Hat’s Matthew Szulik admitted that a year ago he and Microsoft were discussing some sort of patent deal."
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Seeking political advantage in open source
John Edwards may be winning nothing more than Iowa and the netroots primary, but he is notable in being the first Presidential candidate to mention open source in his political campaign.
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Is Linux right for your school?
"My colleague, Chris Dawson, has written several excellent pieces recently about Linux (mostly about the latest from the Ubuntu family of products but more recently about SuSE) and he has made some excellent points."
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Misusing open source in a good cause
The great scientist and futurist Freeman Dyson has an important essay today in the New York Times. [...] But he also misuses the term open source. Twice.
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From Windows to Ubuntu
The decision to switch to Ubuntu wasn’t a hard one. After all the problems I was having with Vista, it was a no brainer. I’m not going to re-hash all my woes with Vista in this article, you can read about them here and here oh yeah, and here. My only concern was putting my wife through another OS change.
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So long, and thanks for all the penguins
Today, it's Phil Hochmuth's last Linux & Open Source newsletter ever. He writes: "In my last Linux & Open Source newsletter, I'd like to thank the tens of thousands of subscribers who have read loyally over the last eight years."
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Ubuntu is not Linux. Linux is not Windows. Then, Ubuntu is ...
Ubuntu is all about fixing bug #1 and I feel it's incredibly successful in that game. Ubuntu gets mainstream press coverage, hardware vendor support and popularity with not-so-geeky but experienced (and potentially influential) computer users to an extend unheard of in the free software world
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aKademy 2007: The First Impression
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Picking the brain of a Linux consultant
As SearchEnterpriseLinux.com gears up to cover the heck out of the state of Linux support today (a summer support series — how’s that for some alliteration, huh?), I’ve been exchanging emails and phone calls with Linux consultant Patrick Green, of Chicago-based Silver Strand Solutions.
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PCLinuxOS Magazine July 2007 Issue 11 Released!
It is my privilege to announce on behalf of the team members of the PCLinuxOS Magazine Project sponsored by MyPCLinuxOS.com, the July 2007 issue (#11) is available for download! Our previous issues can also be downloaded.
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Linux Journal - Current Issue July 2007
You have to see the movie Shrek the Third in order to appreciate what DreamWorks has achieved with Linux on 3,000 CPUs doing 20 million CPU render hours. The hair movement, detail and lighting will knock your socks off and make them dance around the theater.
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Full Circle Magazine Issue 2
The Ubuntu focused "Full Circle Magazine" has just released issue 2.
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