This whole "intellectual property" mania is a mental illness that deserves its own entry into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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Asus confirms Eee phone
According to a report by the New York Times, the firm’s Chairman, Johnny Shih, said that the handset will be called, unimaginatively, the Eee Phone.
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Microsoft and open source
Microsoft has long had a hate-hate relationship with open source—not only with specific open-source projects like Linux, but also with the concept of non-proprietary software.
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Some things that I’d miss on moving from Linux to Windows
The latest buzz surrounding Windows 7 has caused one observer to suggest that it’s about to blast Linux from the desktop. My experiences might be positive but there are still things that I like about Linux that make me reluctant to consider switching back. Here are a few in no particular order...
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Review: OpenSUSE 11.1
OpenSUSE (in various forms) has been around for quite some time and has been quite popular with developers and business users. It currently holds Distrowatch's number 2 spot on the page hit ranking and has a thriving community of users.
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Open Source For Business
Nothing can give better endorsement than to show where Linux succeeds.
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Linux Guy and Windows Guy Walk a Mile in Each Other's Shoes
What would happen if a Linux user switched to Windows. How about if a Windows enthusiast tried Linux? The results were surprising to both, and they illustrate just what needs to happen in order for Linux to finally break into the mainstream PC
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Top Sites That Every BitTorrent User Should Know About
The last few years have seen a tremendous growth in the number of BitTorrent users and the content that is available via BitTorrent. Nowadays it is no big deal if you can find a TV Show on BitTorrent before it has premiered on TV. The number of sites indexing and searching BitTorrent files have kept pace with this growth.
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Building the KDE UserBase
Most software developers, whether open source or proprietary, would agree that the success or failure of any endeavour depends on building a community.
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Why everyone should be using an Open Source operating system
I have thought for some time that having games on windows was what kept me from using Linux. I've been a gamer for a good part of my life and it was one of the reasons i didn't know what to do with Linux...
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Enlightenment 17 Still Moving Right Along
It has been awhile since anyone has posted any updates about e17 (myself included). The enlightenment project is still moving along at good speed. The window manager for enlightenment - simply called e - is stable. I have been using it constantly since 2004 as my X desktop on both Linux and FreeBSD without any issues.
Read more »OpenWRT Workshop (24-25 Jan 2009)
"Florian and Nico, two OpenWRT developers from Paris, come over for a two days non-stop OpenWRT workshop. The weekend is open to all. Beginners and experts are welcome! ..."
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The scsigen Log: Question to all storage admins, developers and QA engineers…
For the past couple of weeks I have been focusing my free time on continuing the development of scsigen v2.0. I am currently working on the Linux 2.6 version and it will be followed by Sun’s Solaris/OpenSolaris. Microsoft Windows and FreeBSD will come afterward.
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Ten Great “Tux” the Linux Penguin Crafts
What geek doesn’t at least respect Linux? And even if you aren’t a fan of the OS, who doesn’t love Tux the Linux Penguin? I know I do! So here are ten of the coolest Tux projects I could find on the world wide web.
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Enough is Enough. Higher Education...? Wake Up
I have received a spate of emails in the past 60 days, complaining about various universities and corporations that are disallowing most anything but Windows to access their systems.
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