A clean install or an upgrade? That’s a question that keeps tossed around every new Ubuntu release. Common wisdom would suggest that a clean install would probably be better, however the inconvenience of losing current installed apps and configuration makes most of us shy away from this path.
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Fragmentation and Linux
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To get fragmentation in Linux all you need to do is put two users in the same room.
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Microsoft denies paying contractor to abandon Linux
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Microsoft has denied paying a Nigerian contractor $400,000 in a bid to battle Linux's movement into the government sector.
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Linux boots in 2.97 seconds
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Japanese embedded Linux house Lineo has announced a quick-start technology that it claims can boot Linux in 2.97 seconds on a low-powered system. The technology appears similar to but much faster than Linux's existing "suspend-to-disk" capability.
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Bash Cable, Dish and Local TV Listings Script For Linux Or Unix
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A few more improvements, and a possible move to "project" status - your opinion will decide!
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Openbravo ERP And POS: Approaches 100 Open Source Partners
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Openbravo — maker of open source ERP (enterprise resource planning) and POS (point of sale) software — is taking a bow. The company, which is approaching 100 channel partners, says its ERP and POS software together have generated more than 1 million downloads.
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Examining the compilation process. part 3.
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I hadn't intended for this to be a three part series, but it's been pointed out that I didn't cover the make utility and I think it's almost negligent to discuss software development and not discuss make.
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KDE 4.2 is flat out going to rock
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That’s my prediction. Of course, the truth of the matter is that KDE 4.2 (trunk) flat out rocks today. Seriously. I have never been more excited about the Linux desktop than I am right now.
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The evolution of open source software
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I am now realizing that the future of open source software looks much different than I first expected. Proprietary software will be quietly built on open source software
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OpenOffice 3.0 Downloads Reach 10 Million
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At the 6th Annual OpenOffice.org Convention in Peking November 5-7, the project could celebrate a new milestone in their 3.0 release: downloads of their office package have reached 10 million.
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What the Next Theme for Ubuntu Should (and Should Not) Be
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Anytime the theme or artwork of Ubuntu is discussed, the discussion seems to turn automatically to brown vs. other colors. I don't see brown as being the problem, though, so let me explain what I would like to see in future Ubuntu themes.
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Internet Café Invaded by Linux Desktop
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A while ago, I was in an Internet café at a tiny mall here in Bohol for a quick check at my Email. The place has around 40-50 desktop computers with decent tech specs and with LCD monitors.
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Novell Does Not Like Being Criticised
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A friendly protest against Novell is being interrupted by the police, which also confiscates cameras/phones
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Safe(r) public WiFi browsing under Linux
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Public WiFi access abounds. 'Free WiFi', 'Internet Hot-Spot' and other slogans offer tempting but 'naked' internet access. This tutorial will show you how to use two freely available open source applications - Mozilla Firefox ('Firefox') and OpenSSH ('SSH') - to make your wireless more secure.....
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Intel High Definition Audio in Linux
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A great number of laptops produced after 2004, including my vaio fz 190, come with an Intel® High Definition Audio chipset. Interestingly, these chipsets has problems in both Linux and Windows.
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