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Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

RE: Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goalsSabayon Linux is a better linux and no one ever talks about it. You get up and running right after installing Sabayon Unlike Ubuntu. All of your plugin's are already in place and running from the jump. It's really good for people who...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux, Ubuntu, desktop, distro, Sabayon Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

openSUSE 11.2 M8: What a Fine Lookin' Lizard

Sorry. Ubuntu 9.10 is simply put together better. Parts is Parts.ntim looking forward to 9.10 this october ntntWe each have our favorite distro...I have tried many distros over the years and kept gravitating to Mandrake. I followed Texstar to PCLinuxOS and have been there for the past 3...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Grey, Mepis, Linux, distro, KDE, SuSE

Discussion threads 2009-10-04

First Look: Ubuntu 9.10 beta Karmic Koala

Canonical have just released the beta of the next installment of the popular Linux distro - Ubuntu 9.10 beta "Karmic Koala." by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: ubuntu, karmic, koala, beta, linux, distro, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Image galleries 2009-10-02

HP supporting Oregon State Linux portal

HP is RHEL certified alreadyso getting other distro support should be painless. It makes good business sense, support other OS = more server sales.I vaguely recall installing RH on the netserver series way back when, the only issue was the raid card support I thought we had to get...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, distro, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalries

Good article! Thanks for posting it. NTNTInternet designed for PC????It is equally to say that bananas were designed for oranges.Isn't internet working smoothly on iPhone and iPod without Intel technology???Obviously very stupid marketing move from Intel which wants to protect from really danger of cheap internet devices with ARM +...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, INTERNET, distro, netbook, Intel Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Will mobile Linux distros hang separately?

YesYes, if major linux distros aren't careful, Google Chrome will eat their lunch. They need to get together now, before Chrome has too much chance to gain steam.It's a bit of a mess . . ."I am not a programmer. The job may be trivial."It can be a bit of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Mobile applications, Linux, Tux, Mobile Linux, distro, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priority

CentOS: Getting Their S#!t Together is a Top Priorityre: CentOSSeems a tad early to state they won't get their sh*t together.There was a real problem (i.e. Davis) but the crew that's left over are working to address the problems he created. There's not enough publicized facts to determine if they...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, CentOS

Discussion threads 2009-08-02

Red Hat releases Fedora 11

Red Hat releases Fedora 11Comment translation Clive Longbottom says "It sounds really good, I'm sure it does what you want it to do and it has made improvements all round. And yet it isn't what people recognise or feel comfortable with. You can improve it all you want, but until...

Tags: Linux, Branding, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Clive Longbottom, distro, Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., brand

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Portable Ubuntu

I like finding risk-free ways to try out Linux distros because I can show them to folks who are curious about Linux but not yet ready to throw the Windows discs into the trash can. One way to try Linux while keeping your Windows installation intact is to use Portable...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, ubuntu, linux, distro, os, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Image galleries 2009-04-17

Video ad winner does Linux no favor

Video ad winner does Linux no favor....Linux adsYoue expected what?Tell the truth that the apps are very limited compared to WIndows?That users should learn to love a command line?That you'll spend more time in news groups and forums trying to do simple things than actauly getting work done?Story telling 101,...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Who-ever, video advertisement, video, Linux, advertisement, distro

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on Polish

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: Lots of Tech but Short on PolishNot often I agree with Flude, but he is right on the money with this postJason,This is a whine. Why do you complain about services that should be off by default?As for your comment about "but your typical end-user...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, .NET, Development tools, Desktops, Servers, Perlow, Novell Inc., Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, SuSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, Mono, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, SuSE Linux, distro

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Ubuntu 7.04

Ubuntu 7.04An OS for the massesUbuntu Linux is one of the most popular Linux Distros, and for a good reason. Installing software is a cinch and the distro comes loaded with tons of useful features, built on the extremely powerful, stable, and customizable operating system linux, this distro has a...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 7.04, Linux, distro

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Microsoft: Many customers running unsupported operating systems

Microsoft: Many customers running unsupported operating systemsAll of these naughty people!Do they not realise that they are supposed to throw money at Microsoft every time Microsoft say "We've just built the best thing since sliced bread yet again", and go through the upgrade hoops at Microsoft's beckon call?If you had...

Tags: Operating systems, Patches, Microsoft Corp., operating system, distro

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

No such thing as a free Linux distro

No such thing as a free Linux distroWe need a new audit.Oh, not on Linux, on Windows 7. How much Open Source code has found its way into Microsoft's programing mill?Ideology versus practical useI prefer a distro that works well on my hardware, over an ideologically pure free distro...

Tags: UNIX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Fsck, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux Distro, virus

Discussion threads 2008-12-20

IBM Linux-OpenOffice Desktop offering - history repeating

IBM Linux-OpenOffice Desktop offering - history repeatingOS/2 was the best OS...ever written at the time. It would still compete with anything MS has ever written. It was fast and you couldn't crash it. Even if you tried.You mention XP has its limitations. What are they?If anybody is planning on encroaching...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, IBM Corp., Linux, distro

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

How many distros can a healthy netbook market stand?

How many distros can a healthy netbook market stand?So what exactly is the problem?Do a little research on the device you're buying, and make sure it comes with the software you want. If you're an RPM guy, don't by the Ubuntu-based netbook.Don't you do research before you buy a...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Linux Standard Base, distro, Ubuntu, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

On the Linux laptop the distro is key

On the Linux laptop the distro is key"technical problems like installing software "Oh, thats right. You can't just click "setup.exe" can you.So, just how long did you go without Open Office functional before your expert pal bailed you out? Once again, if we were to substitute Vista for...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, eeePC, community version, Xandros, Linspire, distro, Linux, ASUS, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-24

On the Linux laptop the bundle is all

On the Linux laptop the bundle is allI don´t like teenagersI don´t like teenagers or stories about teenagers. But I will say yours seems dumber than most.The bundle is all only if the package is badA properly packaged Linux system should make installing programs child's play. Though I own an...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, distro, Linux laptop, Linux, Xandros, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboard

Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboardXandros lite is OK ...For the average user the Xandros Lite OS is fine, but it does have some shortcomings:1) Asus for some reason has a ram limit compiled into the kernel of 1GB. The machine has a max limit of 2GB, but...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, laptop computer, ASUS, real keyboard, kernel, Linux laptop, Xandros, Intel Celeron, distro, keyboard, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s Volkswagen

OpenSUSE 11 RC1: The Mercedes-Benz to Ubuntu’s VolkswagenSuSE is the best distro going.Especially if your a Windows person looking for a place to start in Open Source. YAST is the very best configuration interface in the Linux world today. No other distro has anything close.If you want to make the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, KDE 4, YaST, SuSE, Ubuntu, distro, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE 11 RC1, OpenSUSE 11, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen AG

Discussion threads 2008-06-03