Your editor was recently amused to encounter this ZDNet article on "Android's dirty little secret." According to that article, the openness of Android has led to anincrease in the control held by handset manufacturers and wireless carriers and the fragmentation of the platform.
Read more »Android: the return of the Unix wars?
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How Much Does Linux Need the Desktop?
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Does the true future of Linux on computing devices lie outside of desktop computers? It’s no secret that on the desktop Linux has held steady at only about one percent market share for many years, and that has caused many pundits to proclaim that it will never be a truly meaningful player.
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Moves to ODF (Along With GNU/Linux) Obstructed by Apple and Bureaucracy
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Apple continues to ignore the international document standard, at least in i[don't]Work; migration to GNU/Linux through OpenOffice.org is hampered a little
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Fresh Rumours/Speculations About VMware Buying Novell
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The mystery company which still bids to buy Novell might actually be the Microsoft executives-dominated VMware
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Microsoft Can’t Compete in Phones, Wants to Control Linux Phones Instead
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Microsoft and de Icaza are still trying to make Android rely on .NET and it's not surprising given that Microsoft is unable to produce decent phones (or phone platform) of its own
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Puppy Arcade 9 – New release!
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Gaming not what it used to be? Bored by the plethora of 3rd person shooters which seem to dominate the games market? Well there has been no reason to say that ever since Puppy Arcade had it’s first release.
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Whither the Ubuntu Tablets?
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The iPod revolutionized the portable media player market. The iPhone shook up the smart phone market. But what about an Ubuntu tablet? The svelt, modular Linux kernel has breathed new life into many aging PCs, and Canonical has been working on a netbook-specific interface for Ubuntu for some time.
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Psensor - A Graphical Temperature Monitor
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Psensor is a graphical hardware temperature monitor for Linux.
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Fennec squeezes into Android users' pockets
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Mozilla has pushed out another alpha version of Firefox for mobile phones, Fennec, and it's inviting Android, and N900, users to have a shot with the little fox. Fennec is the working title for the mobile version of Firefox, incorporating the irritatingly-named "Awesome Bar" and synchronising in real time with its bigger brother.
Read more »LinApp - Most Comprehensive Collection of Commercial Linux Applications Ever
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After browsing through LinApp website for sometime, I was awed by the sheer number of commercial applications available for Linux. Never in my wildest of imaginations did I thought that, this many number of commercial applications ever existed for Linux. And I think thats exactly the point. Thats why LinApp is here.
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Work faster and be more productive on Linux with Compiz and Gnome-do
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Let me introduce you to the following applications which I got running at the moment to give me the perfect desktop, that solves all my frustration...This is based on Gnome, but should work on all environments!
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Ubuntu 10.10 Gets New Default Wallpaper Collection, Upgraded Light Themes
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Ubuntu 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' keeps changing. The latest updates include a brand new default wallpaper which I think looks horrible."
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Preparing for Ubuntu 10.10 with the Platform Rally
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Canonical developer, Dave Walker, shares more insight into the development of Ubunutu 10.10. This month, the Ubuntu platform sprint rally goes under the spotlight
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Apple Monogamy: How Apple Retaliated Against Partner That ‘Dared’ to Explore Linux
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SurfaceInk committed the "sin" of testing GNU/Linux, so Apple dumps it as a company to do business with
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How to install VLC 1.1.4 in ubuntu 10.04
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VLC media player is a media player, streamer, and encoder for Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, QNX, and PocketPC. It can play from many inputs like files, network streams, capture device, desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD.
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