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A Guest Essay In Favor of Mono (#1)
Here we go, the first response to my invitation to anyone who wanted to have their say on the value and benefits of Mono, why it does not represent a threat to Linux, and anything else they might want to say about it.
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FireFox 3.5, Plugins and The Meaning of Life
FireFox 3.5 is due out by the end of June and includes some pretty interesting new features--and not a moment too soon. I hate plugins. Hate them. They are the bane of my online existence. Why do I need plugins?
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Review: Ubuntu 9.04 on my ASUS Eee PC 901
I first reviewed the ASUS Eee PC 901 when I was getting frustrated with the Xandros Linux customized installation that it came with. While Canonical was pushing their Ubuntu Netbook Remix, I recently decided to install the desktop release and have my netbook run the standard 9.04 release of the Ubuntu distribution.
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New Intel Graphics Drivers for Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)
There is hope for Ubuntu users with Intel graphics. As it appears, the current 2D drivers solve most of the recent graphics problems with Intel chips, according to Ubuntu developer Bryce Harrington in a developer mailing list. Jaunty users should profit it from them as well.
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Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Alpha 2 Released
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), due for release in late October this year,The Karmic Koala Alpha 2 is the second alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.
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Microsoft Pays Company Which Recommends Bing Over Google
A company called User Centric goes against Google, but Microsoft is its major client
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Novell and Microsoft Make It Clear: They Want to Replace GNU/Linux with Patent Royalties
It's time for Novell and Microsoft to kiss in public again, but who would cover this non-event?
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Best Ubuntu & Kubuntu Software to Add After Installation
Canonical’s Ubuntu & Kubuntu distros are loaded with great software an utilities. There are, however, a bunch of great tools that are not included in their standard installations.
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Tesco Recommends Vista “Due to Endorsement Money Paid to Tesco from Microsoft”
Tesco is very frank about the reasons for its (paid-for) "advice"
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Real-time Linux Hacker Bill Huey Called the Mono Plan “Misguided”
Better to use closed-source Java than to be a prisoner of Redmond; ongoing dialogues about Mono
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In Fedora, Tomboy and Banshee Depend on Winforms
Banshee brings Winforms with it after all (not part of ECMA reference)
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Microsoft and ODF: “Not Just Beer”
Guess what conference is attended by pro-Microsoft folks who have been publicly attacking ODF along with friends at Microsoft?
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Android Scripting Environment Adds More Power to Google Phone
If you are a programmer, then you will surely love this newly introduced Android application. It’s appropriately called Android Scripting Environment (ASE) since this program makes it possible for you to edit and execute scripts directly on your Android device.
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ATI Brought Me Solutions As Well As Problems
I’ve been wanting to get a new, or at least different graphics card for a little while now. My past experience has been with NVIDIA cards and not with ATI so I figured I would be learning a thing or two with this card, especially with how it works with Linux.
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