Windows Vista successor scheduled for a H2 2009 release?
Windows Vista successor scheduled for a H2 2009 release?
TG Daily - The Vista failure is also furthering Linux, with Ubuntu-installed PCs available through Dell, SuSE preinstalled on Lenovo ThinkPads, and even Linux machines on sale at Wal-Mart. Their marketshare may not compare to Apple’s, yet, but given time and
Betterhumans » Improve the world » Activism » Rosetta@home team
Better Humans - It would be also a shame to not be able to use this computer with Rosetta@home as it’s the most powerful one in my house. I also have a PowerMac G4 with Ubuntu installed, so I want to install Rosetta@home there too, but first I need to get another
CNR.com Beta Usage Numbers Released
Forbes - The new and free beta CNR Service is currently available for Freespire 2.0, Linspire 6.0, Ubuntu 7.04 & 7.10 and will expand to provide support for all popular Linux distributions including (alphabetically) Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and others. Since
Sun buys MySQL for $1 billion
Tectonic - Alastair Otter on InfoWorld launches Save XP petition Alastair Otter on InfoWorld launches Save XP petition Herman on InfoWorld launches Save XP petition Hywel on Is Ubuntu losing its crown to PCLinuxOS? Rene Purcell on Ubuntu releases ten lessons for the
What to do with your old gadgets
Chicago Tribune - Slax, Ubuntu and Knoppix are popular. PCLinuxOS 2007 is easy for first-time Linux users. “It’s like they’re all cake, each with different decorations,” says Jeffery Hallert, of the Northwest Chicago Linux Users Group, which meets monthly at Harper
Ubuntu Let Us Play, Now Grab Our DIY OS Pre-Giveaway!
Popular Mechanics - Published in the December 2007 issue. We’re excited about our Mini Monster PC with its ridiculously oversize data locker, but we’re sad that only one person can win it. So to give a little something to the rest of our geeky readers out there, we
Mac versus PCs - the CIO verdict
Silicon.com - What I would also expect, is that there will also be more people trying out Ubuntu Linux and the like. If fellow CIOs haven’t checked this out, they should do. Perhaps it’s obvious but the quality of open source desktop software has come on no-end
Mandriva/TurboLinux partnership raises questions
Tectonic - If you’re new here you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or our weekly email newsletter . Thanks for visiting! Mandriva More reading - Streamline browsing and save bandwidth EU goes after Microsoft, again Ubuntu releases ten lessons for the
CAD Schroer Announces Latest Release of MEDUSA4® Personal, the FREE
Presse Box - CentOS, Fedora, Mandriva, RedHat, SuSE and Ubuntu . “MEDUSA4 Personal offers almost all of the functionality available in our most advanced MEDUSA4 package, including basic 3D (sheet-based modeling), parametrics, and all of MEDUSA4’s drafting power
Gadgets Apple MacBook Air Notebook Launches, Lacks User-replaceable
DailyTech - Everyone was expecting Apple to release an ultra-portable notebook at this year’s Macworld 2008 expo, and Steve Jobs didn’t disappoint. Jobs revealed the aluminum-bodied MacBook Air is 0.16″ at its thinnest point, 0.76″ at its thickest point and
Best Ten Open Source Desktop Applications of 2007
Softpedia - Reconstructor - a Live CD creator for Ubuntu OS. In other words, Reconstructor allows you to create your own Ubuntu operating system. It can change the boot splash, splash screen, login manager, wallpaper, fonts, theme and included software. This is
Person of the Year 2007
Time - Desmond Tutu often uses the word ubuntu, meaning “I am because we are.” It’s my favorite epithet, an ode to interdependence. When I told Al that, he responded with Gandhi: Satyagraha, meaning “hold tight to the truth.” Personally, I’m trying to live
Category: Dell
ZDNet Blogs - Dell is adding Ubuntu 7.10, also known as Gutsy Gibbon, to its consumer Linux lineup in the U.S. The company has also expanded its Linux offerings abroad. First, the Ubuntu 7.10 announcement. Del l on its blog Tuesday said that Ubuntu 7.0 will be
Novell SUSE Linux 10.0
eWeek - eWEEK Labs reviewed Canonical Ltd.’s Ubuntu 5.10 and Novell Inc.’s SUSE Linux 10.0, both of which began shipping in October, and we were impressed by the maturity, polish and, yes, innovation that these Penguin banner bearers displayed. Click here to
Linux Security
Enterprise Security Today - Mozilla Releases New Firefox 3 Beta Linspire Inspired To Sign Microsoft Pact Open Source a $6B Industry by 2011 Goodbye Firefox 1.5, Hello Firefox 2 Dell Unveils Ubuntu-Powered PCs Microsoft Says Linux Infringes Patents Mozilla rolled out its second
Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PC
ZDNet Blogs - The gOS is based on the Ubuntu 7.1 Linux desktop developed by an open source startup of the same name. “The gOS is an alternative operating system that makes it apparent that Google is your entire computing experience,” said gOS founder David Liu
Dell tells customer ‘Mac is good option’
Channel Register - In the last year, it has ditched its Wintel roots to embrace Ubuntu (sort of), and reversed its direct only policy by punting its machines alongside pints of milk in Tesco. We asked the company if this is yet another symptom of its corporate identity
