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Ten lessons Linux rookies need to learn

Ten lessons Linux rookies need to learn

...every piece of shiny new hardware will actually function properly with the Linux operating system. This is far less of the issue it once was... Read more

4 December, 2011 by Jack Wallen

IBM puts secure Windows, Linux in the cloud via USB

...prototype security technology that lets people load a cloud-hosted Windows or Linux operating system onto a client PC using a USB stick. IBM has... Read more

7 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

Linux heads to Windows Azure in spring

Microsoft is preparing to let customers run the Linux operating system within a virtual machine on Windows Azure, sources have told... Read more

3 January, 2012

Linus says "absolutely nothing" changes in Linux 3.0

Linus Torvalds, the man behind the open source Unix-like Linux operating system kernel, has signed off the release candidate version as Linux... Read more

30 May, 2011
Intel flips through its MeeGo tablet UI

Intel flips through its MeeGo tablet UI

...the developer preview of the new tablet user interface for the MeeGo Linux operating system at Mobile World Congress. Intel's Chris Norman demonstrated the... Read more

14 February, 2011 by David Meyer

Intel and Nokia to develop 3D mobile UIs

...interfaces based on open-source 3D and virtual worlds, using the MeeGo Linux operating system for development Read more

24 August, 2010 by David Meyer
HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Servers in Highly Available Linux Environments

HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Servers in Highly Available Linux Environments

This white paper highlights the benefits of the Linux operating system (OS) running on the HP DL980,and the advantage of... Read more

1 March, 2011
Intel flips through its MeeGo tablet UI

Intel flips through its MeeGo tablet UI

...the developer preview of the new tablet user interface for the MeeGo Linux operating system at Mobile World Congress, demonstrating the system's functionality, such... Read more

14 February, 2011
Red Hat and AMD: A trusted industry partnership with deep technological roots

Red Hat and AMD: A trusted industry partnership with deep technological roots

...have been working together for years to optimize the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® operating system for AMD Opteron™ processors. Now, with the AMD Opteron 6000... Read more

1 June, 2010
Top 10 Linux browsers: How I rate them

Top 10 Linux browsers: How I rate them

...I thought it would be interesting to highlight 10 browsers for the Linux operating system. Some might appear similar, but they all differ to varying... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Ten tenets the Linux world needs to rethink

Ten tenets the Linux world needs to rethink

...home computing has changed since the beginnings of the GPL and the Linux operating system. The time has surely come to reassess some of the... Read more

19 August, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Ten Linux apps that need to raise their game

Ten Linux apps that need to raise their game

...In fact, simplifying these applications, services and tools would greatly benefit the Linux operating system as a whole. Do you agree that these tools belong... Read more

29 June, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Ten reasons Linux is the best choice for kids

Ten reasons Linux is the best choice for kids

...can easily sit with a small machine in their lap. And the Linux operating system is ideally suited to run on netbooks. You can install... Read more

17 October, 2010 by Jack Wallen

Open source alternative for Active Directory

...is developed as part of the Fedora Project (Red Hat's free Linux operating system). Originally, it was called the Fedora Directory Server, introduced in... Read more

7 July, 2010
Ten top Linux e-publishing tools

Ten top Linux e-publishing tools

...or will soon be the de facto standard office suite for the Linux operating system. You can use this tool to create the rich text... Read more

2 April, 2011 by Jack Wallen

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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.

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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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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...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
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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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