mandriva linux

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

A world without Windows?

A world without Windows?http://news.zdnet.com/2422-13568_22-216447.htmlwhat kind of protection will that be if a email with virus comes in and there is no antivirus or os to control it?sounds good on paper but a whole new avenue for hackers!!!!!!!!!!RE: A world without Windows?How about a system that would allow a computer to...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

(Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1)

(Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1)ImpressiveThat blogs comes absolutely at its time... Just when Microsoft, by launching Office 2007 which shuffles dramatically the user interface, leads its long date users into temporarily productivity loss, we read here a proof that an alternative do exist. Striking...

Tags: Operating systems, open source, KDE, Linux, Mandriva Linux, Mandriva, GNOME, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

I guess they read my blog in Nigeria

Yahoo News is reporting that the Nigerian government has decided to accept and use Mandriva Linux on at least 11,000 of the Classmate PCs they ordered. Previously, the agency handling the transaction had decided to accept and pay for the Mandriva-installed computers, but overwrite the OS with Windows XP...

Tags: Blog, Mandriva, Nigeria, Mandriva Linux, Yahoo News, Linux, Open Source, Government, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2007-11-09

Skype to announce Mandriva Linux calling today

Skype to announce Mandriva Linux calling todaySkype is kewl!Just in case you didn't trust the hype. Let me just say that Skype is pretty darn cool. I have used it on Linux and Windows and its very simple and very good. The sound quality is better than your telephone although...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Bluetooth, Skype Technologies S.A., headset, Linux, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux

Discussion threads 2005-12-19

Skype to announce Mandriva Linux calling today

Update: New information, confirmed by several sources including Andy Abramson on his blog, indicates that the tip that some of us in the VoIP blogger community received about this announcement was erroneous. Or, as Andy puts it, "factually wrong related to a false claim." Big news. On Monday,...

Tags: Mandriva, Skype Technologies S.A., Mandriva Linux

Blog posts 2005-12-19

Latest Dell laptop runs on Mandriva Linux

Latest Dell laptop runs on Mandriva LinuxLatest Dell laptop runs on Mandriva LinuxThis is going to flop like their previous attempts. Linsux is not good for laptops. It doesn't even support ACPI properly. Why pay all that money for a crippled laptop when you can get one...

Tags: Notebooks, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linsux, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux, Linux, laptop computer, Dell Computer Corp., distro

Discussion threads 2005-09-16

Bread, milk and a Linux PC

Bread, milk and a Linux PCMandrakemakes you pay for patches now? That's bunk! SuSE, Slackware, Debian, Yellow Dog, Knoppix and many others it's a free deal. You pay for support but not patches. Glad I dumped Mandrake back on V8.0 and went with SuSE.Carrefour is the Walmart of FranceWalmart sell...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Patches, Mandriva Linux, Carrefour, Mandrake, Linux, SuSE, Linux PC, PC

Discussion threads 2004-08-03

Additional Resources

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

Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure

Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Eclipse, Linux, Mircosoft, Azure, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years

In other words...This only confirms what we have been saying for sometime now.Desktop Linux lags behinds Windows And Mac for these facts alone, but the biggest one is mainstream application software compatibility which so far, were you to look at system requirements would only support Windows and Mac... There are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Does it matter that "Linux is bloated"?

well compare to what compare too its former self ... ultra thin but lack finessecompare to win 2k compare to win xp compare to vista /win 7 will all there crapware compare to Mac and its hardware lock in Its easy to state Linux is bloated but...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, kernel, hardware, Haiku, BeOS, Linux IS

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Is lower power consumption Windows 7's killer feature?

what killer feature?I don't know about OSX but Linux is more energy efficient than windoze.FYIsold by M$ under the namne of 'Windows' something.What is this "Windoze" you speak of?Never heard about it before....Anyway, can Linux run my programs? (Office, Photoshop, the latest games, Windows Live Essentials?) No? Oh.... Thats some...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, killer feature

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Dell: Linux netbook returns a "non-issue"

Marketing?A Dell exec goes to a Linux convention and says what the community wants to hear. He says, Linux netbook returns are not an issue. What's he gonna say to a linux crowd, "We put your OS on our hardware and people hated it."He's going to throw them...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, netbook, Linux netbook, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

What Asus wants in a Linux

Linux needs a real mainstream distroLinux unfortunately is too fragmented to get the attention of consumers.Way too many distributions. We think Microsoft is bad with Windows! But just look at how many our out there of Linux! Hey Linux idiots! stop doing so many and concentrate on one well...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ASUS, Driver Problem, Linux, Nope

Discussion threads 2009-08-08

MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bits

MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bitsI'm getting the bits right now50-100KBs at a time. I'll let you know in 7-17 hours how well it went. :)RE: MSDN, TechNet subscribers start downloading final Windows 7 bitsC'mon baby. Download faster! I started mine at home through an RDP session...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Microsoft Windows 7, final Windows 7, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft TechNet, byte count, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Memory "bug" won't delay Windows 7

Memory "bug" won't delay Windows 7One time? When it comes to negative Windows stories...[i]Sorry to disappoint, but this is one time when you shouldn?t believe everything you read on the internet![/i]It's usually safer to assume they're wrong until shown otherwise. Too much FUD about Windows on the Internet.Maybe yes, maybe...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, true info

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!

Windows 7 activation ... FAIL!They sure have...Now if they'd only do so by making an actual good product rather than just locking everybody into using it....No SoI've been running Linux since giving up on Windows by having too many BSOD screens with Windows ME. And frankly, given Windows Genuine PITA...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

How many PCs are enough? 5? 10?

How many PCs are enough? 5? 10?My Count ...8 PC's, 1 Laptop, 2 servers ...But I run my business out of my house ...LudoI want in on this1 RS 60003 Macs2 Laptops2 HP Netservers LH3s4 Desktops.I have been trying to get that number down for years though. Let's See1...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, laptop computer, PC

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

While I'm away..."My kid hates Linux"

I posted this a year ago (and reposted on my last vacation, as well) and, needless to say, it sparked quite a war of words both times. It's worth a repost, though, since he no longer cares what OS he uses see the next repost above. ...

Tags: Computer, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, 64-Bit, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-15

At what stage of life is the open source industry?

At what stage of life is the open source industry?First, you must define "open source".My point is many think open source is the GPL and Linux, in my opinion that is not true and "open source" is what we passed around in the local computer clubs two or three decades...

Tags: open source, stage-of-life, open-source industry

Discussion threads 2009-06-25