Bucking the conventional wisdom and Microsoft press releases, ABI Research says that Linux has a 32% share of the netbook market - and predicts Linux will overtake Windows by 2013. Microsoft says “. . . over 93% of worldwide small notebook PCs run Windows today.” They can’t both be right.
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GNOME Foundation seeks to hide its dirty linen
A few members of the GNOME Foundation have submitted a petition to the board, asking for a referendum to be held on making the Foundation's mailing list archives private and limited to its members only.
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GNOME: Split from GNU Project?
Richard Stallman's strong position against proprietary applications is butting heads with some members of the GNOME Foundation. A call to split with Stallman's GNU Project is being considered.
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Configuring Strong Wi-Fi (802.1X) Authentication in Linux, Part II
As the weaker forms of wireless encryption fail, migrating to stronger encryption protocols becomes more urgent. Eric Geier shows how to configure Linux clients to use strong encryption to connect to wireless networks.
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Is Linux really that hard to use?
One of the biggest arguments that windows advocates use against Linux is that it is hard to use. That is why, they state, windows is so popular and a default standard in the enterprise world. Windows advocates believe that Linux is confusing and often cryptic with hard to understand, little or no documentation.
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OpenRisc Verilog simulation of serial port communication
An explanation of how to test an OpenRisc architecture with a hardware/software co-simulation; all the used tools are open source.
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Best Buy Caught in GPL Tussle
Retail giant is among 14 vendors sued over a GPL violation. Now how did Best Buy violate the GPL?
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Freedom is Not a Religion
Attempts to dethrone Free software supporters are fueled by disinformation and slurs
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15 Minimalist Linux Wallpapers for a Distraction-free Desktop
I always keep my desktop workspace clean and without distraction.
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Linux Security Kernel Clean-Up
Two significant Linux bugs have been founded and smashed. Here's what you need to know.
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How to Hide Secret Data in image and audio files Ubuntu / Debian: Steghide
steganography is the technique used for hiding various data in different type of image and audio files with out changing the basic characteristics of file. Steghide is a utility for steganography. The color- respectivly sample-frequencies are not changed thus making the embedding resistant against first-order statistical tests.
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Does a free software community exist?
I admit that I often do refer to the community. So, since I believe in never leaving an assumption unquestioned, I started wondering: Does such a thing exist?
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Australia Edges Us Towards the Digital Dark Ages
The Australian Government today announced further details of its approach to improve safety on the internet for Australian families.
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Script for Finding Size of All Folders in Linux
Some users will eat lot of space in the system by storing unwanted files. This bash script will help you find which folder using more space.
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GPLv2 copyright suit targets 14 firms
On behalf of the developers of the BusyBox embedded utilities collection, the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) filed suit against 14 consumer electronics companies for violating GPLv2 licensing requirements. The lawsuit covers almost 20 Linux-based products, from companies including Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, and JVC, says the SFLC.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselAbout Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.


