An open letter to Dell regarding Ubuntu, or “go big or go home”
March 3, 2010
The Linux Critic: “Dear Dell, I know that in the past you have offered a handful of paltry Ubuntu options, though I confess I don’t understand why you bothered at all.”
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Build a Netbook NAS With Linux
March 3, 2010
PCPlus: “Is your netbook nearing the end of its usefulness as a portable? Are you desperate for some network storage? Kill two birds with one stone.”
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Linux is doing just fine on servers
March 3, 2010
Cyber Cynic: “My good buddy Preston Gralla would have it that “Windows doesn’t just dominate the desktop, but the server market as well.” Eh… I don’t think so.”
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Novell Soars on Takeover Offer
March 3, 2010
InternetNews: “Novell shares soared 28 percent in after-hours trading today after institutional stockholder Elliott Associates offered to purchase the entire company for $5.75 a share in cash, or $1 billion.”
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Microsoft Hoist by its Own Anti-Anti-Competitive Petard
March 2, 2010
Open Enterprise: “…it created what was in effect a huge ticking time-bomb, just waiting to blow up in Microsoft’s face. It has now exploded, as a recent posting on Microsoft’s legal and policy site makes clear:”
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Desktop Linux vs. Windows 7
March 2, 2010
fewt@blog:~$ _: “While I have exposure to Windows and Linux distributions on many disparate devices, this review will focus on a single model computer; the Asus Eee PC 1000HE. I have selected this model because I have extended knowledge of the components that make up this system, and I have used both Desktop Linux and Windows 7 extensively on this hardware.”
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Linux 2.6.24 Through Linux 2.6.33 Benchmarks
March 2, 2010
Phoronix: “At Phoronix we have been benchmarking the Linux kernel on a daily basis using Phoromatic Tracker, a sub-component of Phoromatic and the Phoronix Test Suite.”
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Junior High School students in Monza build their own Ubuntu computers
March 2, 2010
Stop: “A great way to promote Free Software and the active spirit behind it: teach kids how to build their computers, and let them put Ubuntu inside.”
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Rubenstein Admits Newest Palm Handhelds Not Paying Off
March 2, 2010
Enterprise Mobile Today: “Despite being well-reviewed and reviving excitement in the company, the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi are just not selling as expected — a tough break for the pioneering device maker, which has been counting on the phones to reinvigorate its business.”
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NDAs and FOSS
March 1, 2010
Linux Pro Magazine: “I recently had to sign a “Non-Disclosure Agreement” (NDA) for the first time in a long while, and I thought I would write about how an NDA might or might not fit in with Free and Open Source Software.”
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