Canonical Tells VARs: 11 Percent of U.S. Businesses Running Ubuntu Linux
August 12, 2008
The VAR Guy: “Fast forward to the present day, and Canonical’s partner program remains in its infancy. The VAR Guy recently spoke with five solutions providers listed on Canonical’s web site, and three of them conceded they had done no business with Canonical so far in 2008.”
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Linux Install 101, or How I Helped Build Refurbished Linux PCs for Disadvantaged Schoolchildren
August 12, 2008
Computerworld: “Building and using Linux-based PCs is a rewarding and fullfilling pastime for open source enthusiasts, but spreading the gospel to the masses can be even more satisfying.”
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Giving an Old Windows Hand Some Linux Advice
August 12, 2008
Computerworld: “I see my colleague Preston Gralla is looking for the best Linux for a Windows pro. That’s a good question with several good answers.”
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Linuxworld Features a Range of New Technologies Built on Embedded Linux
August 12, 2008
Computerworld: “”We are on the cusp of seeing what Linux did for software repeated on the hardware side,” says Thomas. “The difference is that the hardware itself is not free.”"
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10 Coolest Devices Running Linux
August 12, 2008
Lists: “The most popular phone in the world runs Unix. That’s right. The iPhone runs on Unix. Are there any other cool devices out there running on Linux or Unix? Of course there are:”
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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS - Whole Load of Apps Going On
August 6, 2008
Canonical Blog: “We will also be making IBM Lotus Symphony available too, packaged up for an easy install through the Ubuntu Add / Remove software tool. Symphony is IBM’s driver for acceptance of a free and open alternative to the ubiquitous Microsoft Office.”
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Fedora on a Stick
August 6, 2008
Linux.com: “Fedora 9 now lets you create a bootable Linux distribution on a flash drive with persistence. In other words, you can not only boot any PC that will accept USB drive booting into Linux, you can even boot into your own personal desktop.”
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Ask the Wi-Fi Guru, Episode VI
August 6, 2008
WiFi Planet: “Q: In your January 2007 article, DD-WRT Tutorial 5: Wireless Repeater, you say: “At the time of this writing, wireless repeater mode does not yet function in bridged mode. This means that…clients connected to your DD-WRT repeater must be inside their own subnet, preventing them from seeing clients connected to the host AP.” Do you know with the release of v24 Final, if this has changed?”
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Linux Commands I Never Knew Existed: Pipe Viewer
August 6, 2008
Slashzero: “This is where Pipe Viewer came in handy. Quite simply this app reports the bitrate that the data is sent over a unix pipe. Brilliant.”
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New 1394 Over Coax Standard Introduced
August 6, 2008
Ultrawideband Planet: “According to a Pulse~Link press release issued today, “the new 1394 Over Coax standard is designed to enable the industry’s fastest whole-home network in a multi-supplier ecosystem featuring protected high-definition and multimedia content.”"
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