Based on Comes vs Microsoft exhibits, we already know that the company from Redmond is most afraid of GNU/Linux. There is no point in denying it and it is always valuable to see what the company says internally. In today's exhibit, Exhibit PX08256 (2001) [PDF], a revealing memo from Gates is shown publicly, probably for the first time at least on the Web.
Read more »Bill Gates: “Our Most Potent Operating System Competitor is Linux”
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SquirrelMail open source project's web server hacked
It has just become apparent that, on June 16, attackers hacked into the web server of the SquirrelMail open source project. The operators have suspended all accounts and reset all crucial passwords.
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Former Noveller: Novell Should Sell in Parts
"Novell would be foolish to do otherwise," according to him ...
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Sabayon Core Sneak Peak
Lately I have been quite busy with many different (usually sabayon-related) things. A main focus is trying to come up with a a nice theme for 5.0. For the mean time however I have created some artwork for the CoreCD, which I have dubbed “Sabayon.Core”.
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innovate much?
It's funny: some years ago the F/OSS desktop was said to not be innovating much, if at all. Woe from above was upon us due to our tail-light chasing! Today, maybe we are innovating too much, posits Bruce Byfield. Are we? It's a good question.
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Karmic Krapola
Lets see here… Ubuntu currently has very stable IM and audio apps with sane resource utilization and are 100% patent free and copyleft protected. The question to ask is “How can i fuck this up?”
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Fedora: Stop Screwing Up So Much
The Fedora Project is screwing up. Big time. Fedora 11 recently shipped. And it has some fairly cool new features. Then you try to actually use it…
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Bill Gates Mocks Free Software by Substituting “Proprietary” With “Commercial”
Same old FUD patterns found in Microsoft's internal discussions
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Taking screenshots in Linux
So you’ve been reading about Linux on ghacks for a few months now and you’ve noticed plenty of screenshots or images of applications in action. Now it’s time you found out just how those images are taken.
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Alien Arena 2009 Brings New Gaming Improvements
Now just a mere six months later, we have Alien Arena 2009 and it brings more graphics improvements along with many other technical improvements and new game content.
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Collection of Professional and Free Drupal CMS Themes, Totally Free
Huge collection of free and professional Drupal Themes. Easy to use and Download
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Changing the Desktop Metaphor
MIDs are not the desktop. So, to say Linux is making strides on the desktop because it is making strides on netbooks, phones, and the like is inaccurate in my opinion.
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web-based & free HTML form builder application-Fully ajaxed based: pForm
pForm is a web-based & free HTML form builder application for creating good looking forms easily.
It offers various color schemes to get started & enables you to design your form with an Ajaxed interface.
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Red Hat Shows Up in the SCO Bankruptcy - Tells SCO, Not So Fast!
Red Hat has speedily responded to SCO's Objection to Red Hat's claim:
06/23/2009 - 816 - Response / Red Hat, Inc.'s Preliminary Response to Debtor SCO Group, Inc.'s Objection to Claim of Red Hat, Inc. Filed by Red Hat, Inc.. (Millar, James) (Entered: 06/23/2009)
06/23/2009 - 817 - Certificate of Service (related document(s) 816 ) Filed by Red Hat, Inc.. (Millar, James) (Entered: 06/23/2009)
Read more »Windows and Linux desktop enterprise support comparison.
I was requested to install Linux as a desktop machine for an end user the other day. While this made me very proud it also would help answer my personally unanswered question. Is it feasible for a Linux machine to be used as an end user desktop and what would the support be like.
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