IMAGINE YOU'RE HEAD OF IT at a large company. You're standing in front of the board explaining why you want to switch from Windows to Linux. You have all the technical benefits and cost savings up on the screen. Everything's going swimmingly until you let slip that you want this bunch of middle-aged fogeys in sober suits to bet the farm on something called Gutsy Gibbon.
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The Grill: Linus Torvalds in the Hot Seat
http://www.computerworld.com –
The Finnish creator of Linux says open-source software isn't really an anti-Microsoft movement; it's just a better model for getting the job done.
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Linux frag-fest: the games Linux plays
http://www.itwire.com –
You know Linux will handle all your web browsing needs, your e-mail, your office apps. But when it comes to gaming, what do you do? If you’re a hard-core gamer are you stuck in a Windows world, or the netherworld of dual-booting? Fear not: Linux can play hard and here’s how to get going.
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The biggest hindrance to OpenOffice dominance is Sun itself
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One of the things that bothers me profusely about OpenOffice is Sun’s maniacal infatuation with controlling every square inch of OpenOffice, including all the copyrights to the code within it. That in turn has left some contributors a bit on the perturbed side, if not downright screaming mad.
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Vista versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
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To sum up this comparison: "My Ubuntu boxes, I love." and on Vista: "...it's not been a good experience... it behaves like XP behaves on a 256MB computer, only it's running in 2GB. Everything is just... slow. "
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Exploring the technical details of Nokia's N810 operating system
http://arstechnica.com –
Nokia's recent announcement of the upcoming N810 Internet Tablet is very exciting news for mobile Linux enthusiasts. We have already covered the initial announcement, but this followup discusses some additional details about the N810 operating system and development platform that have been revealed by Nokia's Maemo team.
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Sabayon Linux 3.4 Review - Almost Perfect
http://cybernetnews.com –
Sabayon Linux 3.4f “just works.” I was skeptical at first with how good this might be, but I quickly became impressed. It includes the restricted/proprietary drivers out-of-the-box, and automatically enables Compiz Fusion for you if it’s supported by your graphics card!
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GIMP Alterative Interaction: User Interface Brainstorm
http://www.interfce.com –
Imagine forgetting about gimp's interface and just using it. This alternative interaction for the Gnu Image Manipulation Program would allow for custom, and dynamic gestures to be created for all aspects of it's interface, similar to the way in which a command line interface is habit forming.
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Portage-2.2 preview
http://planet.gentoo.org –
"So, while Zac has been keeping everyone distracted with new portage-2.1 releases over the last months I've been mostly working on the new features in trunk, which will become portage-2.2, and I think it's time to give a short preview about things to expect as we plan to release it before the end of the year, so the feature set probably won't change much from now on..."
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Interview with Sue Gardner of the Wikimedia Foundation
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"Wikinews reporters interviewed Sue Gardner, an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, the project that runs Wikipedia and several other projects, including Wikinews..."
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It's Official: AtomPub is now a Proposed Standard Protocol
http://googledataapis.blogspot.com –
"The Atom Publishing Protocol (aka AtomPub) is now a Proposed Standard Protocol from the IETF as RFC 5023. The Atom Working Group was formed in June of 2004 with the goals of producing a new syndication format and a new publishing protocol.
Read more »Songbird 0.3 - Release Candidate 2
http://www.songbirdnest.com –
"We're proud to announce Songbird 0.3 RC2. Thanks to your help, we've fixed many issues discovered in our first release candidate..."
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JavaScript Library Overview
http://ejohn.org –
"here’s the slides from the JavaScript Library Overview tutorial that I gave today at the Ajax Experience conference."
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The desperate need for a Freedom Grid system
http://www.kuarepoti-dju.net –
" In the old days, vendor lock-in was on the radar of free software developers. Many systems based on Linux and BSD are used to host internet applications, so many that in fact the server side was considered safe and forces gathered to conquer the desktop.
Read more »Firefox Uploader 1.1 released
http://blog.wesabe.com –
"We’re very happy to announce the 1.1 release of the Wesabe Firefox Uploader, our open source Firefox extension for Wesabe members. The Firefox Uploader makes it very easy for you to automatically get your financial information from your bank’s or credit card’s web site, and upload that data to Wesabe.
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