"I've come across a lot of things being spread around recently about both linux and windows, and why one is better than the other. You're always going to have people on both sides, but regardless, there are things I've heard in particular for both sides of the argument that aren't true."
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Ubuntu has a lot going for it. A rich benefactor cum space tourist, a huge and rapidly growing user base, a sleek look and an easy install. So why is it the best in Linux operating systems? Simply put, it?s not. That?s right, Ubuntu is not the best Linux distro.
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Scalix recently announced that its enterprise email platform will be going open source. Right now preparations are being made, the bugtracking system and code repository are being set into place, and code is being cleaned.
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Here?s a guide to making the most of your NTFS partition while in Ubuntu. When you?re done you should be able to have your NTFS partition mounted at boot, be able to write to it and read from it and be able to lift three times your body weight without breaking a sweat.
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In a landmark victory for the GPL license, a civil court in Germany has ruled against D-Link Germany GmbH for violating the terms of the most popular free software license. The lawsuit was filed by Harald Welte, a respected Linux hacker who tracks and eliminates illegal use of software protected by the GPL through his gpl-violations.org project.
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"Saw this at the local wine store...I wonder if the vineyard would allow an indenpendant observer to obtain a copy of their process?"
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Many of the top Linux developers have announced their objections to the proposed GPLv3.In a position paper released Sept. 22, leading Linux developers like Andrew Morton, James E.J. Bottomley, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Christoph Hellwig, and six others explained in detail why they "reject the current license proposal."
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If you've got a bunch of old computers lying around, consider using openMosix - a Kernel extension for linux - to turn a network of ordinary computers into a supercomputer!
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At last, the ultimate guide to get women using the only true skill we all love and are proud of.
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Even Linux gurus are susceptible to the perils of exploding batteries - last night famed kernel hacker Alan Cox's IBM Thinkpad battery burst into flames and exploded. Follow the link for an in-depth story in Telsa's inimitable style and photos of the laptop's remains.
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With 4,000 students and just 21 computers, the Cotton Hill Girls High School in the south Indian city of Trivandrum wouldn't appear to be at the vanguard of anything related to information technology. Yet the 71-year-old school is abandoning Microsoft Windows software in favor of its free, open-source rival, Linux.
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D-Link Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of D-Link Corporation, Taiwan R.O.C., distributed DSM-G600, a network attached storage device which uses a Linux-based Operating System. However, this distribution was incompliant with the GNU General Public License (GPL) which covers the Linux Kernel and many other software programs used in the product.
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This article shows you how to improve the boot speed of your Linux system without compromising usability. Essentially, the technique involves understanding system services and their dependencies, and having them start up in parallel, rather than sequentially, when possible.
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Munich has begun its migration to Linux on the desktop, a year later than planned and nearly three years since the city announced its move to open source software. Since Tuesday, the first 100 of the city?s 14,000 PCs have been switched from Microsoft?s Windows operating system and Office applications to Linux and OpenOffice.
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Imagine somebody has always used a free Unix clone and is now forced to use Windows XP. This is article shows how he would feel about common practices of Microsoft's Operating System.
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A final draft of the second edition of IBM's "Linux Client Migration Cookbook" is now available online for free downloading. It targets "IT environments that need to begin an evaluation of desktop Linux, or in a broader sense any organization whose strategy is to move toward greater adoption of open source software and open standards."
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Hey, my friend managed to describe in a quite fun and interesting way how many Debian Linux users feel now that they're used to the comfort and slickness of Ubuntu. Check this out.
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A compilation of some of the funiest IRC conversations from Bash.org
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A great site with lots of Linux/Unix tutorials
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While companies may be drawn to the stability, savings, flexibility and other advantages of Linux in a Web hosting setting, they are still committing to a platform and road map that is far less defined when they choose Linux, according to Rackspace Vice President of Research and Development Paul Frouton.
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Its a free book about ubuntu linux management and all the issues. You can know more about that book there and can easily download you free copy now.
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Where do all of these Linux machines come from? It's installed base that truly counts.
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This article by a relatively new user of Linux takes a look at the typical expectations and challenges of transitioning from Windows to Linux, and makes some sensible recommendations.
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All derivatives have new artwork, both for usplash as well as for login managers and default backgrounds. In Ubuntu, GNOME has been updated to 2.16.0. In Kubuntu, Konversation 1.0 has been included. For Xubuntu
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This guide is going to show you how to get X.org 6.8 up and running on Linux (the emphasis will be on using Gentoo, but it should work on any other Linux distro as well).
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A list of 209 free and awesome games to kill time on your Linux-driven machine with links to download them. Downloads include Armagetron, glTron, glChess, gnomeBoyAdvance, GooSNES, Racer, SuperTux, and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.
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After a slight delay, the latest beta of Ubuntu Dapper 6.1. Get 'em, test 'em, provide feedback for the best possible final release.
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SHSU is in the process of moving its 6,000 students, faculty and staff off of Cisco CallManager IP PBXs and a legacy Nortel Meridian PBX over to Linux servers running Asterisk, which includes call processing, voicemail and PSTN gateway functionality. The driver for this project was cost.
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As we all know, Xgl gets far too many stories about it along with generic videos. Before you gripe, this does not involve moving wobbly windows around or spinning the cube (intentionally), but rather demoing a bleeding edge build with motion blur and a few other minor patches with a run time 1m. Youtube (Low Quality) & 1080p versions listed.
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The K-10 is controlled wirelessly, via a PCMCIA-based 802.11g interface connected to an 8db 2.4GHz antenna via an RF cable. The control application runs on the control laptop as a single, multi-threaded userspace application.
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It is simply awesome. I've never seen something like that: extremely high resolution monitor showing SabayonLinux and XGL in all their power. A must !
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The Sydney Morning Herald recently featured an article espousing the virtues of desktop Linux. 'Linux is shedding its hard-core techie image in a bid to woo ordinary human beings seeking an easy-to-use operating system that can be downloaded for free.'
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For example, "If you uninstall Ubuntu Christian Edition, it will automatically re-install after three days." and "In Ubuntu Christian Edition you cannot login as root: nobody can play God's role."
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Linux.org is not the official Linux website, but millions of people believe it is. Is it a nice, modern, exciting page fostering Linux adoption? Hardly so. Even worse, far too many energies seem to be dedicated to raising money in a way that may even hurt the Linux image... I guess you have to turn adblock off for this one.
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