Distrowatch gives some pretty decent stats on the main Distros but for a while I've wanted to know how Google sees their popularity; mainly by how many pages mention specific distros.
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Linux Distro Popularity According to Google
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Free Software as a Social Innovation
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"...Free Software Foundation Europe and M6-IT would like to invite you to a one day event at The Hub in London on the 2nd of November. The event will help people learn more about Free Software and provide opportunities for hands-on experience with the technology. It's organised as part of the work in the STACS project....
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The Linux Community of Interest
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The successful web sites today already have communities of interest.
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Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy
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While the news that Microsoft is developing a version of Windows for the so-called "$100 laptop" has caused some consternation, the head of the One Laptop per Child project has said the scheme could not promote openness if it blocked Windows.
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Linux: The Little Operating System That Really Can
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I began what I like to think of as my “Linux Adventure”, in February of 2006 on a short, much-frazzled shoestring.
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An interview with Artificial Intelligence
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Ubuntu is three years old this month, and some of its earliest users are still part of the community. Artificial Intelligence — forum member No. 19, as he points out — began as a beta tester for the first release, but is probably best known for his aesthetic tastes … tastes that manifest themselves as amazing, beautiful and artistic desktops.
Read more »An Introduction to Free Software
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"...Free software is software that respects its user’s freedom. With free software the user is free to use the program as they wish. They are free to study how the program works, and to distribute copies of the software. They are free to improve the software and to re-distribute copies of the improved version, to support their community..."
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Consortium Standards Journal - August – September 2007
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A wealth of commentary on the subjects of standards, OOXML, ODF, and related topics. Each article available in pdf.
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While Linux still does indeed lack drivers for some hardware, I believe that the lack of drivers is no longer the largest techno
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While Linux still does indeed lack drivers for some hardware, I believe that the lack of drivers is no longer the largest technological obstacle to Linux adoption. The thing Linux needs to focus mostly on now is completeness, not quantity, of hardware support. Read on, and allow me to explain.
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The Absent PCLinuxOS Release Cycle
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During distro comparisons, many call a lack of release cycle for PCLinuxOS one of its negative aspects. In my opinion, this is the most attractive and positive aspects of the small distribution. Not to take away from a distribution that sets a release cycle...I understand that normal release cycles are a must with companies and software engineering.
Read more »Interview with Mark Taylor, Pres. of UK Open Source Consortium, by Sean Daly
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Sean Daly's telephone interview with Mark Taylor, President of the UK Open Source Consortium, October 18, 2007
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An interview with MetalMusicAddict of UbuntuStudio
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Free software spawns more free software, so to speak, and with each new rendition of Linux, another niche is filled and another audience is satisfied. Ubuntu Studio is an Ubuntu derivative aimed at audio, video and graphic enthusiasts and professionals, and now offers a 7.10 release. MetalMusicAddict is among the Ubuntu Studio crew, and a leading contributor on the Ubuntu Forums.
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The real reasons why Linux is “behind” Windows on the desktop
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There are a number of reasons why Linux doesn’t have the desktop penetration which Windows currently enjoys. But let’s start with the main, number one reason...Microsoft.
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The Battle for the Soul of WHOIS
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"...But the intellectual property folks see whois as their enforcement database, and are working toward making that its primary purpose. Those two purposes are at odds, and that's what the debate is all about. Except so far the public comments have come mostly from just one side..."
Via GLYN MOODY: http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2007/10/battle-for-soul-of-whois.html
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Debian GNU/Minix
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"Finally someone has seen the light and started a project that I called for in a previous article. This melding of the Minix kernel with the GNU userland is called Preventa..."
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