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Linux nostalgia: What I miss from times past

Linux nostalgia: What I miss from times past

...came for the installation to run a sound check, you would hear Linus Torvalds say: "Hello. This is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Linux, Linux... Read more

8 April, 2011 by Jack Wallen

Lawyer: Android may be open to Linux copyright issues

...he said. The view that this assumption is incorrect is shared by Linus Torvalds, creator and chief architect of the Linux kernel, who stated in... Read more

18 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

Latest Linux kernel debuts with Google technology

...perform very well", according to Herbert. The release was not without incident. Linus Torvalds, main architect of the Linux kernel and its creator, pulled up... Read more

3 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

Success is in the future of open source software

...an article from Wired Magazine about the creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds. The article portrays him as a family man, yet when it... Read more

28 March, 2012

Linus says "absolutely nothing" changes in Linux 3.0

Linus Torvalds, the man behind the open source Unix-like Linux operating system... Read more

30 May, 2011
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

...should improve response to user input during high load times. According to Linus Torvalds, these changes in kernel 3.2 should be quite apparent to... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Terry Relph-Knight
Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

Intel's victims: Eight would-be giant killers

...applications to really make the silicon fly, even though Transmeta did hire Linus Torvalds. The story doesn't end there. Transmeta sued Intel for intellectual... Read more

4 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Linux 3.3 brings Android code back into the fold

...code having been brought back into the fold for the first time. Linus Torvalds announced the release on Sunday, on the Linux kernel mailing list... Read more

20 March, 2012

What "free" means with Open Source software

...efficient to develop and fix software by having the code publicly available. Linus Torvalds came along in the early 1990's and developed the Linux... Read more

3 August, 2011

Open Sauce and McSoft Fries (An Intro to Buss. Models)

Hi With the news that Microsoft (actually CPTN, owned by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and EMC) tried to run off with the... Read more

17 May, 2011

Linux turns 20, the future is bright

...Jim Zemlin, director of the Linux Foundation acknowledged the 20 years since Linus Torvalds began development of the Linux kernel. Jim also made a few... Read more

19 April, 2011

The Top 20 'Technology Elite' on Twitter

...include the web's inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds, and would-be-immortal inventor Ray Kurzweil. As a keen Twitter... Read more

11 March, 2011
Ten ways Linux and BSD differ

Ten ways Linux and BSD differ

...as a bonus, unlike the Linux kernel, which is mostly controlled by Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. BSD does not have a single person... Read more

10 October, 2010 by Jack Wallen
City Tablet Book 2.0

City Tablet Book 2.0

...Kerkko & Anni, Jasper Pkknen, Risto Siilasmaa, Jukka Keitele, Henrik Kuningas, Ville Valo, Linus Torvalds, Johanna Tukiainen, Jukka Tolonen, Pentti Linkola, Lauri Ylnen & muut kuumat ja... Read more

1 October, 2011
Linux 1.1

Linux 1.1

...a few commands. Thanks Paul!" - Brian CollamerLinux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Read more

17 September, 2011

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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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.

2 days 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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apexwm

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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songmaster

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

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

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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
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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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