While it was great fun trying to convert my mother to Ubuntu, this experiment ended up in a complete failure. Linux is not ready for the desktop, and never will be, too.
Read more »It’s time to face it: Linux is not coming to the desktop. Ever.
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Seamlessly Run Linux Apps on Your Windows Desktop
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There's no doubt that Linux—particularly Ubuntu—is a killer operating system full of excellent apps, but for about a million reasons, you're stuck running Windows as your main operating system. We understand, these things happen. But what about all those killer Linux apps you've left behind when you decided to live the Windows life?
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Europeans ‘better’ contributors to open source community?
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I had an interesting chat yesterday with Javier Soltero, the CEO of open source web infrastructure management firm, Hyperic. We got to talking about the different attitudes to open source in the US and in Europe; you’ll recall a recent blog entry I did found slightly higher Linux desktop penetration in some European countries than in the US.
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The paradox of FOSS projects supporting Windows
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As we near in on the Inkscape 0.46 release, I've been increasingly focusing on the few remaining "critical" bugs. A lot of these are specific to the Windows port, which is a bit frustrating for those of us whose big hope in life is to *replace* Windows, not to support it.
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Red Hat Sends C&D to DataPortability.org...Over Its Logo
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Open source giant Red Hat sent a Cease and Desist letter to the DataPortability.org group today, the group says, demanding the removal of the DP logo from the group's website.
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Logo War: Red Hat Takes On DataPortability
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After months of positive news, DataPortabilyt Workgroup has had its first hiccup, a cease and desist letter from RedHat over their use of the Fedora logo.
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Samba author: GPLv3 has further to go
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While he sees the GPLv3 as "extremely good", Andrew "Tridge" Tridgell believes that the free software licence still needs strengthening.
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Adding System Services with Upstart
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We took a look at upstart more than half a year ago, and at that point it was only beginning to emerge. In Ubuntu 7.10 and beyond, we are beginning to see the result of what eventually will be a complete replacement for System V. Since we’ll be seeing more of upstart in future Ubuntu versions, in Fedora 9, and other distributions, let’s take a look at how to make and manage Upstart jobs.
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Five a day
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“Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, I am pleased to announce a brand new initiative in the Ubuntu community that we have been working on for a little while, and one that has been alluded to by some members of our incredible community. It is of course…5-A-Day!!
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Get rid of stowaway packages with GNU Stow
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The installation instructions in most free software reviews aren't enough. If you decide a package sucks, how do you get rid of it? If a package rocks, how do you upgrade it? GNU Stow, a package manager for packages you compile and install yourself, provides an easy answer to both questions.
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SourceForge.net: 2008 Community Choice Awards
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SourceForge.net is proud to present our 2008 Community Choice Awards. This is the third year of our awards program, and we think it's going to be the best yet. Here's why:
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Parrot 0.5.3 "Way of the Parrot" released!
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"On behalf of the Parrot team, I'm proud to announce Parrot 0.5.3 "Way of the Parrot." Parrot (http://parrotcode.org/) is a virtual machine aimed at running all dynamic languages. Parrot 0.5.3 can be obtained via CPAN (soon), or follow the download instructions at http://parrotcode.org/source.html ..."
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Flipping the Linux switch: Quick and easy photo management with F-Spot
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Photo management software for Windows makes us weep. For most people, photo management consists of loading the software (and drivers) that came from the camera manufacturer. So you've got a Nikon camera, and the photo management software is really different from your significant other's Kodak software... With GNU/Linux it's different.
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On the Extraction of Curve Skeletons using Gradient Vector Flow
Linux Desktops: Real Relief for Windows Users
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What an odd thing it is to find so many people still questioning the merits of moving to a Linux Desktop. It’s almost as though those of us who have been extensively using Windows for years now have some sort of problematic memory issue.
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