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Asus B53F notebook

...top left, button boots you into Express Gate Cloud. Asus says this alternative OS boots quickly — and it does, in about 14 seconds. Impressive, even... Read more

17 March, 2011

A Year Ago: From Linux hobbyists to hotshots

...Dickey-Chasins, a spokesman for the job site dice.com. Since the alternative OS entered the mainstream in the past year, job listings seeking Linux... Read more

11 April, 2000 by ZDNet

Jesse Berst: The LinuX-Files: Uncovering the OS Conspiracy

In many ways, Linux, the open source alternative OS, has a lot in common with The X-Files. Instead of... Read more

12 October, 1999 by Jesse Berst

Linux penguin to make Comdex splash

...During a speech in Texas on Wednesday, Gates attempted to portray the alternative OS as peripheral, saying that Linux would only have a minor impact... Read more

15 April, 1999 by ZDNet

From Linux hobbyists to hotshots

...Dickey-Chasins, a spokesman for the job site dice.com. Since the alternative OS entered the mainstream in the past year, job listings seeking Linux... Read more

12 April, 1999 by ZDNet

LinuxWorld: A chance to shine

...years of toiling underground, Linux developers -- many of whom work on the alternative OS as a hobby in addition to their day job -- are ready... Read more

1 March, 1999 by Lisa M Bowman

Linux backing is good news, bad news for Be

...splash in the coming months. On Tuesday, Red Hat, distributor of the alternative OS Linux, unveiled backing from Intel, Netscape Communications and two venture capitalists... Read more

5 October, 1998 by Lisa Bowman

US Report: Red Hat's red letter day

...executive. Netscape said the move would create even more support for the alternative OS -- and make IT professionals in large companies proud to support Linux... Read more

30 September, 1998 by Lisa M Bowman

A Year Ago: British businesses advised to avoid Linux

First published: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 16:34:35 GMT Read more

4 November, 2000 by Will Knight

A Year Ago: Linus goes turbo in Japan - number 1 OS

First published: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:21:08 GMT Read more

28 July, 2000 by Will Knight

A Year Ago: Linux: A baby with some way to go - analyst

Originally published Tue, 06 Apr 1999 16:17:34 GMT Read more

6 April, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

A Year Ago: Linux: A baby with some way to go - analyst

Originally published: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 16:17:34 GMT Read more

4 April, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

A Year Ago: LinuxWorld: Linux on desktop soon - Torvalds

Originally published Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:41:28 GMT Read more

3 March, 2000 by Lisa M Bowman

A Year Ago: Macromedia wakes up to Linux

First published: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 17:18:12 GMT Read more

25 November, 1999 by Richard Barry

Linux goes to university

Open source operating system is behind one of the UK's largest online learning projects Read more

18 November, 1999 by Will Knight

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Sungwoo

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itsajob

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

1 day ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

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Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

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SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

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Chris Wortman

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PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

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Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

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Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

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Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

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Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

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