Key to any operating system buying decision is its lifespan for support and maintenance updates. As it turns out, most of the major operating system vendors offer support lengths that, on the surface, don't differ radically from each other --
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Red Hat Board Gets Military Leadership
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The managing board of enterprise open-source software company Red Hat has elected a retired U.S. Army officer, General Henry Hugh Shelton, to serve as chairman, the company announced Monday. Shelton takes the place of Matthew Szulik, who was the former CEO of Red Hat.
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Meet Apertus - A Project Aimed at Building an Open Source Cinema Camera
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"Your mother was right, it's better to share", that's the tagline of one of those awesome RedHat commercials that we featured some time ago. The idea of sharing is infectious and is fast spreading. Take Apertus for example, a project aimed at building an Cinema Camera based on the idea of sharing and mutual respect(read Open Source).
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Why Microsoft is Being Nicer to Open Source
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If there was any take-away I got from LinuxCon a couple of weeks ago, it was this: open source has finally become mainstream.
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Five Reasons Linux Beats Windows for Servers
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Rapid growth in the market for x86 servers over the past year brought good news for both Linux and Windows, as research firm IDC reported last week. That's no accident. Linux is eminently better suited to server use than Windows. Why? Let's count the ways.
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VLC in Ubuntu Gets a New PPA and It's Working Great!
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Think you all knew this already, the c-korn/vlc ppa has been removed by the author himself. You can't live without PPAs in Ubuntu especially for most downloaded apps like VLC. Guys at LFFL have made a dedicated PPA for VLC. I just gave it a try and it worked awesome.
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Xubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Beta Screenshot Tour
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Xubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, the XFCE Ubuntu flavor got a lot of changes since 10.04, starting with a new default wallpaper and theme:
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Customizable Linux tablet features 10.1-inch multitouch display
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Japanese reseller Redstar has begun taking pre-orders for an ARM11-based 10.1-inch tablet computer from RealEase that runs the new Shogo Linux distro. The Shogo Tablet runs on a 533MHz Freescale i.MX37 system-on-chip (SoC) with 256MB RAM and 4GB flash.
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Open Mind, OpenSuse
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It is advertised as a system for beginners, experienced users and ultra-geeks and on the basis that nearly everyone can fit into one of those categories, this should be a pleasant experience.
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Microsoft is Still Attacking “Open Source” and Standards, But Has No Other Choice
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Microsoft is being crushed by software freedom, so in order to survive it can only invent bogus standards and a bogus definition of the very same paradigm it's competing against and trying to coopt
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27 good reasons to love Linux
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Operating system not pay $ 400 The operating system is the set of programs responsible for the management and control of basic computer operations. A computer to function, it needs an operating system (there are several: Windows, Linux, Mac, etc.
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How to install GUI in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Server
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We have already discussed how to install ubuntu 10.04 LAMP server .If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using one of the 2 options
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Review: The Official Ubuntu Book
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If you haven't used Linux before, are new to Ubuntu, or would like a quick update on the latest in open source advancements for the desktop, then The Official Ubuntu Book is a great place to start.
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...you can use our Linux box to create a monitoring device, it can be used to monitor your child while you are at another PC, or your pet while you are at work, or have a home-made video surveillance system for your properties. To accomplish this we will use the software Motion, the software is present in many distributions, I will give commands using my Ubuntu 10.04.
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ViewSonic ViewPad 7 Android Tablet announced
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The ViewPad 7 is an all-new capacitive multi-touch 7? tablet featuring 3G, Wi-Fi, Blutooth and front and rear facing cameras. From what we’ve seen so far ViewSonic’s latest device takes Dell’s lead with the Streak, but increases product size to bring it closer in line with the Apple iPad.
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