When it comes to Linux, there is no one size fits all answer. But, unlike other desktop operating systems, Linux doesn't try to squeeze you into a system's that's too large or too small. Instead, Linux offers a wide variety of distributions and one of them is likely be the right one for you.
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Firefox surges
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Firefox downloads boosted by new release and Internet Explorer security scare. Mozilla's open source browser experienced a healthy boost in popularity last week on the back of a new release and security concerns about Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Red Hat Exchange: Dead or Alive?
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Launched in 2007, Red Hat Exchange sounded promising. But over time, Red Hat gradually rethought the online marketplace. Visit the original site now (http://rhx.redhat.com) and Red Hat Exchange seems non-responsive. Does it still exist? Here are thoughts from The VAR Guy.
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How to Find and Clean up Duplicate Files in Ubuntu Linux
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There's a good utility that can help you in searching and cleaning duplicate files and more.The program that you will have to install is called FsLint (Filesystem Lint).
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Linux in the Mainstream, Who’s Really to Blame?
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Today while browsing I found this article where someone wrote about his frustrations trying to install Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu and felt that the difficulty he had was a prime reason for the failure of Linux on the desktop. I was so completely annoyed after reading his piece that I thought I would post an “answer” of my own.
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Mini-Review: Zenwalk 6.2
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I looked at Zenwalk 6.0 back in June and Zenwalk 6.2 is now out. I’m going to do a mini-review just comparing 6.0 to 6.2 to see what has changed.
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What's new in Banshee 1.5.3?
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Banshee 1.5.3 will be released this coming Wednesday and will see a number of new features introduced, some of which users have longed for!
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Google's latest Chrome: faster and with "most requested" new features
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Google has released a new Windows version of its Chrome browser with what it says are two of the most requested enhancements: extensions and bookmark sync, and a significant performance boost.
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Red Hat sponsors open source religion
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Commercial Linux distributor Red Hat started out as a catalog business peddling Linux and Unix software and started tucking a homegrown Linux created by Marc Ewing in the back of the catalogs. It didn't take long to realize that the Linux was worth more than the catalog business, and thus the poster child for the commercialized open source movement was born.
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Community Second Line Support
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Last week, I posted in the forums. In the week that has passed, I have gotten only a single response from someone who genuinely wants to help, but cannot because he or she is not an advanced user. Once you have advanced beyond the status of a new, inexperienced user you are truly on your own.
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Personal Finances on Linux with KMyMoney
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Linux has several excellent personal finance applications. Today we're going to look at KMyMoney. Though specifically developed with the KDE desktop in mind, KMyMoney works with any Linux desktop.
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Windows 7 leads the way to record quarter for Microsoft
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At the close of trading Thursday, Microsoft announced the results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2010, which ended December 31, 2009. Revenue of $19.02 billion, a 14 percent increase from the same period of the prior year, set a new a record for the company.
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The Free Software Way, by Richard Fontana, Esq.
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Red Hat has a new website, opensource.com, where they intend to explore how open source affects more than just software, and they're publishing articles on open source in education, business, law, and government. And life.
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Red Hat mulls BI strategy as Oracle overloads close in on Java
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Red Hat is looking to fill gaps in its increasingly burgeoning portfolio of software goodies by declaring it may soon get into the BI game. The company’s JBoss CTO Mark Little told journalists at a press event in London this morning that plans were afoot to develop software for that market.
Read more »Free training webinars feature Linux luminaries
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The Linux Foundation announced a free webinar series on topics ranging from Linux administration to performance tuning. The Linux Training Webinar Series will launch with a webinar on Linux contributions on Mar. 1 by Jon Corbet, while future sessions feature leading Linux kernel maintainers and developers.
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