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Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)

Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)Pound for pound ...I think you're the best Zdnet might have. Dre` is OK, but he is still too Windows centric. Keep'em comming.^o^ ]:)Re: Surviving...;-)Great article as always, even if you have to diss me to do it.Support periodsGood article! I...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, LTS, recession, Ubuntu, LTS-version, Free Linux, stability update, Linux, Part 1

Discussion threads 2008-10-12

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Anything new from my Apple rep?

Anything new from my Apple rep?Did your rep...take you out to dinner afterwards? And then go on about how great everything Apple is :)But back to being serious. The Xserve is a great machine. And when it comes to being able to store content that has been created remotely (on...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

UNetbootin(Ubuntu) 8.04 LTS (Windows)

UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to a real partition, so it's no different from a standard install, only it has the advantage that it needs no CD. It can thus be used to either create a standard dual-boot install, or replace the existing OS entirely with...

Tags: Ubuntu, Distribution, CD, Microsoft Windows, Geza Kovacs, UNetbootin, Linux, Consumer Electronics, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-07-21

News to know: Microhoo; XP SP3 performance; Ubuntu; Google Finance

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: XP SP3 performance gains - Nothing to write home about Larry Dignan: Microsoft's quarter, outlook mixed; Client revenue misses; Xbox shines News.com: Ballmer: You want XP, we'll keep XP Yahoo rolls out the welcome mat to...

Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., TechRepublic Inc., Performance, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Finance, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-25

Ubuntu's corporate ready 8.04 is released but is three a crowd in Linux server market?

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was released on April 24 as planned and will be supported until 2011-2013. But is extended support enough to convince ISVs and businesses to support three Linux distributions? Despite the hoopla around its release Wednesday, Ubuntu’s ambitions in the corporate server space will be...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Ubuntu takes second stab at enterprise servers

Ubuntu takes second stab at enterprise serversWho comes up with the bylines?"takes second stab" sounds like they failed the first time and they're trying again. Canonical intentionally introduces their LTS versions this far apart so businesses can plan around the transition and be assured of a stable platform.I've had...

Tags: Ubuntu Takes, enterprise server, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

Is it Microsoft of Ubuntu that scared Red Hat away from the desktop?

Is it Microsoft of Ubuntu that scared Red Hat away from the desktop?Does Red Hat’s exit now leave the desktop Linux field open to Ubuntu?Red Hat was never really in the desktop field to begin with, and has stated so rather pointedly on many occasions, so I don't see how...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Operating systems, UNIX, Blizzard, Eve-Online, Red Hat Inc., Ubuntu, desktop, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-04-17

Linux or open source?

The name of this blog is "Linux and open source" but the question Microsoft wants you to ask yourself is, simply, Linux or open source? While Linux is an open source operating system, it's not always free. There is a lot of free open source for Windows....

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Vista SP1 will contain undocumented fixes

Interesting email in today mailbag: "Will SP1 contain undisclosed or undocumented security fixes?" For some people, counting the number of security flaws that one OS has compared to another is important because it offers a metric upon which to determine which OS is the most secure...

Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-02-05

"Can we use those $100 laptops?"

"Can we use those $100 laptops?"WowThat's scary... No, that's really scary. The uninformed don't even have the knowledge to become informed. It needs to be given to them and that is nearly impossible in a one hour meeting. Perhaps we forget our own ignorance all too easily.Ed...

Tags: Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, thin client, computer, $100 laptop, laptop computer, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

I just wrote a proposal for a big Mac rollout (?!?!?)

I just wrote a proposal for a big Mac rollout (?!?!?)Go west, young man!You named some valid arguments for sticking with Mac. But there's also the pioneer spirit: if the pioneers would have stayed east, which was the most reasonable thing for them to do, the USA would be a...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, Mac rollout, big Mac rollout, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-16

Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through

Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-throughIf you have a older ATI Radeon express 200on a MSI motherboard like I do this might be a non-starter for you. Even with the ATI proprietary driver and catalyst control loaded I could not get better than 800x600 resolution. I used Envy http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html thanks dbase...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 7.10

Discussion threads 2007-10-19

Windows vs. Mac vs. Linux - Which is more secure?

According to a report released by Jeff Jones, the security strategy director in Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group, if you look at the number of publicly disclosed security vulnerabilities during the first 90 days of availability, Windows Vista turned out to be more secure than Windows XP, Red Hat Enterprise Linux...

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, secure, Security

Blog posts 2007-06-22

Windows vs Linux security report card redux

Orlando, Florida -- Jeff Jones has expanded his project to count security flaws publicly reported and fixed in the major workstation operating systems and his latest numbers show Windows Vista has by far the best security profile when compared to the major Linux distributions.Jeff Jones, security strategy director in Microsoft's...

Tags: Apple, Black Hat, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Digital rights management, Exploit code, Firefox, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, Mozilla, Open source, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Piracy, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-06-06

LAMP On Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Server Edition

LAMP On Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Server EditionGUI installInstalling LAMP on your existing Ubuntu Desktop.1. Open Synaptic2. Select "Edit" -> "Mark Packages by Task"3. Select "LAMP Server"4. Click "OK"5. Click "Apply"Via the LiveCDYes, it's pretty straight forward via het live cd, but not as easy as it is via the...

Tags: Desktops, LAMP Server, Ubuntu, server, GUI, command line, desktop

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

Why does Linux hate me?

In the Talkback section of this blog, my loyal readers routinely urge me to switch to Linux. “Try it!” they say. “Once you do, you’ll never look back.” I’m perfectly willing to try, and indeed I’d love to have at least one Linux machine on hand so I can test...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, SuSE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux, DVD, disk, Microsoft Windows, CD

Blog posts 2007-03-27

90-day report card: Windows Vista fared better than competitors

Ninety days after the release of Microsofts Windows Vista to business customers, the new operating system has a much better security vulnerability profile than its predecessor and several other modern workstation operating systems including Red Hat, Ubuntu, Novell and Apple products.Thats according to Jeff Jones, security strategy director in Microsofts...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, SECURITY, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, vulnerability, first 90-day, Jeff Jones, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2007-03-22

"Free" as in "unfettered"

"Free" as in "unfettered"Stallman and Antonseem to espouse the same ideals. Let the user choose the best application and put no restrictions on how they use it to do their job.Historical viewNice to see that you remember specifics about the old minis and their restrictions. Jorwell seems to have formed...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Jorwell, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2006-08-11

Ready for open source journalism?

Ready for open source journalism?OS methodsOpen Source methods are used by the terrorists Al Qaeeda and other terrorist organisations.To fight for people's freedom, the war is fought by closed source methods.Based on how OSS guys have a way of generalizing, I'll returning their favor'Open Source destroys. It creates nothing good.'Uh...

Tags: Open Source Methods, Non-Profit, Wiki, open source, Jay

Discussion threads 2006-07-27