Now that the major OSs all run on Intel chips, the playing field is pretty leveled out. We compared the heavy hitters in an eight-point test to find who wins the OS battle.
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Threats (Subversive and Otherwise) to GNU/Linux Growth
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From a purely technical perspective, there is little or no reason why GNU/Linux-powered devices should cease to thrive. They could even become a de facto choice in consumer appliances for years to come.
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Losing My Religion: Firefox 3
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Forgive me, Linux Community, for I have sinned. It has been forever since my last confession and I am prepared for my penance. The truth is that I have never particularly cared for the Firefox browser--not because there is anything wrong with it but just because I already have a favorite browser.
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Damn liers. Microsoft is always best than this!
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Unfortunately CATS is another “free software” that is no longer.
There are too many companies developing Free Software just as a marketing strategy until the project is well know and, afterwards, turn it a cripled version and/or hosted only version.
It is sad that this persons do not understand what is Free and Open Source Software.
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Command line automation with Expect-lite
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Expect is a venerable tool for scripting interactive command-line tools. One normally sees expect coupled with the TCL programming language -- for example, in the DejaGNU test environment.
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Linux Communications Suite Enters Beta
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Unison is offering a unified communications suite of e-mail, messaging and VoIP as an alternative to Exchange and Outlook.
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OLPC: Negroponte wants "zero dollar laptop" for children
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$100 for a laptop for a child in the poorest countries is still too much for Nicholas Negroponte. The founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, and founder and current chairman of the One Laptop per Child project (OLPC) wants to give portable computers to all the children in developing countries.
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++ New petition calls for open standards in the European Parliament
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At a time when the EU Commission investigates the anti-competitive behaviour of a market-dominant player, the European Parliament (EP) still imposes that same specific software choice on both the European Union's citizens and its own MEPs.
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TuxTraining shaping up to be a great Learning Center for Linux enthusiasts
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The site is still in it's infancy and doesn't have much of a community yet, but it's shaping up to be a great addition to the linux community with HowTo's geared towards beginners, desktop users, and those seeking certification. In the future, video tutorials will live side by side with text HowTo's. Enjoy
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Firefox 3 beta 4 now available for download
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"Firefox 3 Beta 4 is now available for download. This is the twelfth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3..." -- ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/3.0b4/linux-i686/
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The unholy quad: Miguel, Mono, Moonlight and Microsoft
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Does GNOME co-founder Miguel de Icaza's backflip over the Novell-Microsoft deal a few days ago mean that he has finally been convinced that he is on a one-way path to nowhere?
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Linux growth tied to personnel issues
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Linux has outpaced Windows and Unix in corporate adoption rates, according to research firm IDC’s 2007 server market numbers. The pace of Linux’s future adoption could partly depend upon whether certain people choose early retirement, another researcher says.
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We don't discriminate baby
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The awn-core team released Awn & Awn-Extras 0.2.6 couple of weeks ago! These releases bring with them more stability, a lots of bugfixes, and some interesting new features which include Vala bindings, an updated UI for Awn Manager, new applets, more documentation and support for non-gnome desktop environments.
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Wine on Solaris
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If you use Solaris or Solaris Express, you may want to also use Wine to install Windows programs. There are few ways, but I will write about my favorite - one that uses SFE repository, which enables you to use other fantastic open source programs not packaged for Solaris yet.
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Microsoft-Sun Embrace on Interoperability, Again
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Do Microsoft and Sun executives run to shower after hugging like this?
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