Written by Richard Stallman in 1985. Genuine Free Software history. Courtesy of Free Library specialists: Manybooks.
Read more »The GNU Manifesto by Richard M. Stallman - Free eBook
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FreeFox: Internet Connection in GNU/Linux through Mobile devices
A step by step guide which can help you to configure Internet connection in Linux desktop using GPRS Mobile phone as modem.
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At Arm's Length
As Microsoft moves to open source it is still holding Linux at arms length.
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Is GNU/Linux a trademark violation?
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds and is administered by the Linux Mark Institute (www.linuxmark.org). The LMI will grant sub-licenses of the Linux trademark to businesses and groups that want to use the word Linux in their product.
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Mainframes, Linux, and cost advantages
Many people have argued over the past year that the mainframe is dying out (again), but Saugatuck Technology analyst Charlie Burns and some very telling market trends go against that grain with a 180 degree turn: the mainframe is surging, and it’s all thanks to Linux.
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Plan of Action for Building Communities
"...Remember that Ubuntu is built on Community and Community is the number one reason why it is successful. People like me and you building upon the shoulders of giants. Lets continue to improve the communities around us, celebrating what makes us all unique. Without Ubuntu and without community we are nothing."
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Why I’m staying with Debian
"Setting up a new workstation is the easiest time to choose a new GNU/Linux distribution. Having just installed Fedora 7 on my laptop so I’d have an RPM-based system available for my work, I seriously considered ending my five-year endorsement of Debian on my workstation. Perhaps I should follow the crowd and go to Ubuntu? Some other DEB-based distribution?
Read more »Awesome Timeline of Unix, Linux and Mac OSX
A beautifully constructed timeline of Unix which includes modern day Unix descendants such as Solaris and Mac OSX as well as Linux. This timeline is not very much unlike the mind map of Linux I had created a long time back. But this timeline also provides the year when the Unix/Linux flavor was born.
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More Linux users than Windows 98 users worldwide
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Asustek to launch low-cost laptop
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Linux vs. BSD, What's the Difference?
Ubuntu is known as Linux for Human Beings...PC-BSD, on the other hand, "has been designed with the casual computer user in mind.
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Laptops designed for Linux: Matt Domsch
Podcast. Now that Dell offers Linux as an option on desktops and notebooks, how does that affect the company's hardware selections? LinuxWorld Conference and Expo speaker Matt Domsch explains how Dell uses vendors' free drivers at kernel.org to help pick the hardware that goes into the next generation of Dell products
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For GNU/Linux Matters Freedom is Key
Blue GNU interviewed Gustavo Narea and Olivier Cleynen of GNU/Linux Matters, the organization behind GetGNU/Linux.org.
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History: Unix, GNU, Gnome
"A brief review of the history of Unix will place in context much of the terminology and philosophy of this operating system. Terms like Linux, GNU, Unix, Gnome, Free Software, and Free and Open Source Software get bandied around, often with little understanding and usually with much misunderstanding..."
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Acer clarifies position on Linux PCs
Acer is planning to sell Linux-based PCs to the UK market, the company told ZDNet.co.uk.
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