Miguel de Icaza shows excitement over proprietary Silverlight, proceeds to promotion of closed-source software paradigms for developers; Microsoft's strategy with F/OSS is explained
Read more »Novell’s Vice President Could be Tweeting for Microsoft Dollars
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Will Windows 7 Promote Linux Adoption?
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It could happen. For the curious at heart, Linux is just around the corner for Windows 7 users.
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Does Linus Torvalds deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for Linux?
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When you think of world peace, besides the obvious response by Miss Universe contestants, worthy Laureates come to mind such as Kofi Annan, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Desmond Tutu, Mother Teresa and Martin Luther King Jr. Some sectors of the Internet would like to see Linus Torvalds added to the list.
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Chrome's mission: Making Windows obsolete
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What is revolutionary is that Google isn't trying to fight with Microsoft in a mano-a-mano battle for the desktop. ... Instead, Google is saying that, for most users, most of the time, Windows is obsolete. And it's not just Windows: Google is telling us that we don't need Office, Outlook, and all the other day-in, day-out Windows applications, either.
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Insurer slashes $1m from costs with move to Linux
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INSURANCE giant Allianz Australia expects to save more than $1 million by switching from Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Linux for key applications.
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Google Chrome OS: a threat to Windows 7?
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It's interesting, for sure, but Google Chrome OS as a game changer? No way! Everything from assuming people will want another Apple-alike 'buy the hardware to get the OS' model to thinking the average user is ready to surrender a PC paradigm for a cloud-based existence is wide of the mark. Google would appear to have got this one about as wrong as it got Google Answers or Google Lively.
Read more »GE and EC both concerned about open source risks
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It seems that a lot of large organisations still have a fear of open source - even organisations that are already big users.
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Digium Seeks Even More Partners
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Digium is expanding its partner program -- potentially engaging more consulting firms and resellers that want to embrace Asterisk, the open source IP PBX. Digium has been particularly active with a range of partners in recent months.
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Configuring Strong Wi-fi (802.1x) Authentication in Linux
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Setting up proper wireless encryption is easier than ever on Linux. WEP is broken and has been for a long time, but WPA and WPA2 are still going strong. Eric Geier shows how to configure your Linux client to connect to a proper wireless encryption and authentication server to set up a secure wireless connection.
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Purchase music from Amazon on your Linux machine
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For most lovers of music on the go, the default seems to be the combination of iTunes and iP* (where * is either hone or od). This is great for Apple and Windows users. But where do Linux users get their new music?
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Microsoft Azure to capture open source revenue streams
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When Amazon decided to offer MySQL via Amazon RDS, they did so without purchasing MySQL support from Sun. I've confirmed that Microsoft Azure is supporting MySQL on Azure without paying Sun for a MySQL Enterprise subscription
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The market has rejected Linux desktops. Get over it.
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Linux has failed to win either mind share or market share on the desktop. Google’s Chrome OS will do little to change that. Learn why
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Review: Kahel OS
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To start off, Kahel OS is based on Arch Linux. Therefore, Kahel OS embodies most of the ideals that Arch Linux has. On top of that, Kahel OS does simplify the installation process that may stumble new Linux users.
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Chromium OS, Moblin, Ubuntu Netbook Remix Benchmarks
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Intel released Moblin 2.1 earlier this month, Canonical released Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 late last month, and various other vendors have offered up their fall distribution refreshes too. Oh yeah, and Google just released the Chromium OS source code a few days ago!
Read more »Alien Arena 2009 - Dark, morbid and a whole lot of fun
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Alien Arena is a retro-futuristic, high-tech First Person Shooter, based on the CRX engine, a modification of the extremely successful Quake engine. It's a free, standalone deathmatch game, available for Windows, Linux and FreeBSD.
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