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Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11: Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11I do not like KDE at all, but, that is what is great about Linux -there is choice. With Windows, it is take it or leave it.RE: Gnome 2.2 now available, planned for Ubuntu 8.04, RHEL 6, SLES 11GNOME...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GNOME, KDE, Gnome 2.2, SLES 11, RHEL 6, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Discussion threads 2008-03-12

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We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!: We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...; Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?: Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....; Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Tough love: Linux needs more haters: [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...; Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Another Linux hidden gem: Another Linux hidden gemI use apt-get on Ubuntu but there are others.But another system I know that uses RPMs is urpmi on the Mandriva Linux distro. It does a pretty good job or getting dependencies for you and installing them. Might not be identical to apt-get but it certainly does...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Synaptic Package Manager, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Get Up To Speed: Alternative Linux Desktops: If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, XFCE, Compiz, etc. One of the best aspects of Linux is its versatility and variety. And with the desktop, there...; Tags: Linux Desktop, Linux, Open Source, Desktops, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Download resources 2008-07-11
News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista: Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-09
GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky: GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky: The adoption of desktop Linux is just beginning. Just look at things like mobile devices and laptops like the Eee PC, which are used by average consumers. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME, Stormy Peters, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Linux's dirty little secret: Linux's dirty little secretNice commercial! How much did it cost you?Strange, you publish it under the heading of "Dirty Little Secret"."Upload, design and build dynamic multimedia training courses. We charge a small fee to deliver the courses to the students online. For a few dollars per student, you...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu, package manager; Discussion threads 2008-06-30
(Fun with openSUSE 11.0): (Fun with openSUSE 11.0)But it's not Blue Like Windows ...Let's see who runs with that.I'm running OpenSuSE 11 on 2 machines and love both the KDE and GNOME desktop implementations. And, as an added surprise, all the server bits are there as well.If you've looked at Ubuntu or other...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Novell OpenSuse, openSUSE 11.0, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE 11, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-06-27
Fun with openSUSE 11.0: Fun with openSUSE 11.0Virtualized OpenSUSE 11.0I too am a devoted Ubuntu user, and decided to check out OpenSUSE 11.0. I downloaded the 32bit GNOME LiveCD and loaded in with Virtualbox in Windows XP. I got through the whole setup fairly quickly but when the "system" rebooted it crashed and said...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, openSUSE 11.0, KDE, KDE 4, Novell OpenSuse, Novell Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
Get Up To Speed: GNOME: If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, XFCE, Compiz, etc. Of those desktops, two have reached mass distribution and popularity: GNOME and KDE. Each desktop is incredibly...; Tags: GNOME, Open Source, Desktops, Hardware; Download resources 2008-06-20
Get Up To Speed: KDE: If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, XFCE, Compiz, etc. Of those desktops, two have reached mass distribution and popularity: GNOME and KDE. Each desktop is incredibly...; Tags: KDE, Open Source, Desktops, Hardware; Download resources 2008-06-20
Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discovered: Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5 discoveredSurprise surpriseSo many of these, they are dime a dozen for all the operating system out there. Just do a little digging on the IRC channels if you want to see for yourself.RE: Local root escalation vulnerability in Mac...; Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, System 9, Apple Macintosh, X-WINDOWS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X 10.4; Discussion threads 2008-06-19
Tonight is Linux Night!: Tonight is Linux Night!Kudo's!Great initiative! I've attended a couple of those install parties myself, and it was great fun. A lot of enthusiastic people.Maybe it can help the beginners if you give them this link to a support website that I've made, which is especially meant for beginners with Ubuntu...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Games, Kudo, Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Night!, game; Discussion threads 2008-06-13
Browser memory usage - the good, the bad, and the down right ugly!: Browser memory usage - the good, the bad, and the down right ugly!Just for fun: could you add Epiphany, Konqueror and Dillo?It would be fun to have the lightweight browsers Epiphany, Konqueror and Dillo into this comparison. Just for the heck of it.... :-)Greeting, Pjotr.are these raw figuresOr is...; Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Opera Software, memory usage, Mozilla Firefox, memory; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
Ubuntu netbook remix gets me closer to that netbook I've been wanting: Ubuntu netbook remix gets me closer to that netbook I've been wantingAwful default wallpaper, but otherwise....Good news for me too, because I plan to buy a cheap netbook as well. And Ubuntu suits me fine.A pity though, that this fine piece of software is apparently "adorned" by what's surely the...; Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix; Discussion threads 2008-06-04
Firefox 3.0 a memory hog?: Firefox 3.0 a memory hog?Surely, like all programs, the answer is...."Only what it needs, and no more.".To anyone who might feel like crying "RAM is cheap!", then I would say speaking as a programmer that that would be no excuse for sloppy work.Not a definitive answer just yetIf you want...; Tags: Web browsers, Flash memory, memory, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox 3.0; Discussion threads 2008-06-04
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