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Gnote Would Fit Nicely in Ubuntu 10.04 (Default Install)

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One reader's thoughts about the advantages of putting Gnote in the next release of Ubuntu GNU/Linux

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Microsoft Linux: Why one free software advocate wants it

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A lot of open source advocates like to rage against the machine at Microsoft, but when a former Microsoft Research employee says that Windows 7 won't stop Linux from market domination, that's an opinion to note.

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Memo to Ubuntu Devs: Make Separate Home Default

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...life would be much simpler if the Ubuntu installer gave /home a dedicated partition automatically.  Here's why.

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The 10 dumbest Firefox add-ons ever

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Firefox is one of the towering achievements of the open-source movement, accounting for almost a quarter of all Web site visits just five years after its launch. One of the reasons for its enormous popularity is that it can be easily customised with a range of add-ons. But along with the really useful stuff, there's also plenty of total dross in there.

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Novell’s PR Director and Marketing Chief Both Send the Wrong Message

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Criticisms of Novell's marketing strategy arrive early this week, even from the press

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Created by komrad 12 years 29 weeks ago – Made popular 12 years 29 weeks ago
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Mono and Fraud

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One reader's thoughts about the spreading of Mono inside GNU/Linux

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Where the battle lines are drawn

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To where do we take the battle in support of OpenSource and Free Software? We are told to choose our battles carefully and not to fight where it is least effective.

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Choosing a Desktop Linux Distro, Part 2: Installation and Support

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Homing in on the right Linux distro for you can be tricky. In addition to hardware considerations, there are compatibility issues, support requirements and even the culture of the community to take into account.

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Created by chen2007 12 years 30 weeks ago – Made popular 12 years 30 weeks ago
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Why Adobe Does Not Like Free(dom) Software

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The real motives behind Adobe's moves and its "open source" point-of-view

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Linux hits user nerve

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For a good part of last week, your reviewer's musings about Ubuntu Linux was among the top five most-read stories on washingtontimes.com. Since the other top stories concerned health-insurance reform or the H1N1 vaccine and similar weighty topics, the presence of a geek-oriented column came as a pleasant surprise.

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Why desktop market share shouldn’t be Linux’s priority

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During the time in which I’ve followed Linux development and its various distributions, every year I come across several articles on “Why 200X will be the year of the Linux Desktop“. Every time I read those posts, I have just one reply in mind – “It’s not going to happen”.

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What Windows7 could mean for Linux

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I’ve had people using Windows 7 for about three months now, and everything about it so far seems to confirm my first impression that it’s a lot better than Vista. Once you get past the sheer shock of using a Microsoft OS that doesn’t fail daily, however, you start to fret about the things that aren’t there.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Switch to Windows 7 (And 5 More Reasons Why You Shouldn't)

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What does this have to do with Linux, you ask? Windows 7 ain't Linux, that's what. Yesterday was Microsoft's big day. Windows 7 was released. Did you go buy your copy already? Are you waiting? Whether you have or haven't doesn't really matter but I'm going to give you my five reasons why you should switch to Windows 7 and five more why you shouldn't.

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Created by mmclarkson 12 years 30 weeks ago – Made popular 12 years 30 weeks ago
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Even The Open Source Community Gets Overly Restrictive At Times

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Reader Brad sent in a fascinating post from a little while back by Steve Streeting, a software developer who created an open source 3D rendering engine called OGRE. In the post, Streeting describes his evolving view on open source licenses.

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Created by gurpsmad 12 years 30 weeks ago – Made popular 12 years 30 weeks ago
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Reasons I Believe the Community Should Support the Oracle-Sun Deal

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Monty Widenius has posted a press release, urging Oracle to sell MySQL to a third party, and there is a link to the materials that he and Florian Mueller, who is working with him, provided to the EU Commission, which appears to have influenced it to delay approval. I've been reading all I can find on this topic, and I'd like to tell you why I think the community should support the Oracle deal.

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