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Leave Richard Stallman alone

Free software pioneer Richard Stallman gave a talk in London yesterday, on the topic: "It's free software and it gives... Read more

4 November, 2011

Windows 7 over a third; XP less than half

...has a market share of 1.19 percent, while StatCounter credits the free operating system with 0.84 percent. If true, Windows 7 added more... Read more

1 November, 2011

Ubuntu Linux certified hardware

...to make sure that the hardware you buy actually works with your Free Operating System of choice Read more

18 February, 2011

Screencast howto screencast

...must say that yet again Free Software has come up trumps: a Free operating system within a free operating system, using a Free virtual machine... Read more

13 July, 2010

Corporates undeterred by Linux fuss

SCO's warnings on intellectual property have failed to put large companies off Linux Read more

25 July, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Cygwin smuggles Unix shell commands into Windows

Red Hat's Cygwin software lets administrators emulate Linux and Unix functions Read more

24 June, 2003 by Kurt Cagle

Cheap Linux PCs targeted at home users

A US start-up is selling PCs running the Linux operating system to consumers at bargain-basement prices Read more

24 June, 2003 by Stephen Shankland
SoftRescue Gamers Edition Trial

SoftRescue Gamers Edition Trial

...all your games, it secures a completely virus, worms, hijacker and spyware free operating system. You have surly reinstalled Windows a few times because of... Read more

18 January, 2008
Net OS 1

Net OS 1

Net OS is a free operating system which on your computer through your Internet browser. This may... Read more

30 April, 2007
HandWallet Business for Windows Mobile VGA 640X480 4.11

HandWallet Business for Windows Mobile VGA 640X480 4.11

...be able to save money every month!(*) AppForge Booster which is a free operating system extension is required for this software (included in the installation... Read more

4 February, 2007
HandWallet Pro for Windows Mobile VGA 640X480 4.11

HandWallet Pro for Windows Mobile VGA 640X480 4.11

...be able to save money every month!(*) AppForge Booster which is a free operating system extension is required for this software (included in the installation... Read more

4 February, 2007
HandWallet Business for Windows Mobile 240X240 4.11

HandWallet Business for Windows Mobile 240X240 4.11

...be able to save money every month!(*) AppForge Booster which is a free operating system extension is required for this software (included in the installation... Read more

4 February, 2007
HandWallet for Windows Mobile 240X240 4.11

HandWallet for Windows Mobile 240X240 4.11

...be able to save money every month!(*) AppForge Booster which is a free operating system extension is required for this software (included in the installation... Read more

3 February, 2007
HandWallet for Windows Mobile HiRes VGA 4.11

HandWallet for Windows Mobile HiRes VGA 4.11

...be able to save money every month!(*) AppForge Booster which is a free operating system extension is required for this software (included in the installation... Read more

3 February, 2007
HandWallet Business for Pocket PC 4.11

HandWallet Business for Pocket PC 4.11

...be able to save money every month!(*) AppForge Booster which is a free operating system extension is required for this software (included in the installation... Read more

12 May, 2004

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