Linux
Linux has become commonplace in the enterprise and increasingly takes market share from Unix in data centers. IBM has put a lot of energy into Linux and Red Hat has been a solid performer for years. Another Linux outfit worth watching: Canonical's Ubuntu.
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Know someone who really likes Linux? These gifts might hit the spot for this holiday season.
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The Linux Mint distribution is giving users three different flavors of GNOME to choose from for their desktop use.
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No it's not Fedora, openSUSE, or even Ubuntu. It's Linux Mint.
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It's the season for major new Linux releases, and openSUSE is following on the heels of Fedora and Ubuntu with its latest Linux distribution.
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When Attachmate finalized its $2.2 billion purchase of Novell last April, many wondered if the new owner-- known for its terminal emulation and NetIQ software -- had what it takes to grow Linux,...
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Five Gifts for Linux Lovers
Know someone who really likes Linux? These gifts might hit the spot for this holiday season.
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Linux Mint 12's Three Desktops
The Linux Mint distribution is giving users three different flavors of GNOME to choose from for their desktop use.
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The Three Faces of Linux Mint
The next release of Linux Mint -- Linux Mint 12, aka Lisa -- will feature three different takes on the GNOME desktop. GNOME 3.2, GNOME 3.2 adapted to look and work like GNOME 2.x and MATE, a GNOME...
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The most popular Linux is...
No it's not Fedora, openSUSE, or even Ubuntu. It's Linux Mint.
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OpenSUSE's new Linux distribution is for the clouds
It's the season for major new Linux releases, and openSUSE is following on the heels of Fedora and Ubuntu with its latest Linux distribution.
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openSUSE 12.1 debuts cloud, virtualization, Google Go support
When Attachmate finalized its $2.2 billion purchase of Novell last April, many wondered if the new owner-- known for its terminal emulation and NetIQ software -- had what it takes to grow Linux,...
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Where Linux crushes Windows like a bug: Supercomputers
Linux is tiny on desktops, powerful on servers, mighty on Web servers, and rules over all on supercomputers.
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Fedora 16, Red Hat's new community Linux distribution, arrives
Fedora, always a leading cutting edge Linux distribution, has a new release with major improvements in cloud-support, virtualization, and virtual desktop infrastructure.
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The 'Year of the Linux desktop' isn't coming
Holding your breath for the 'Year of the Linux desktop'? Don't. It's not coming.
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Microsoft updates Bing app for Android and iOS, not Windows Phone 7
If Microsoft doesn't invest in its own mobile operating system why should you?
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Microsoft contributes open-source code to Samba
Microsoft has contributed source code under the GPLv3 to Samba, the file server software that enables Linux servers to share files with Windows PCs. No, I'm not making this up.
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Leading PC makers confirm: no Windows 8 plot to lock out Linux
The drumbeat from Linux advocates about a key security feature in Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 8 is getting louder. They call it an anti-Linux plot. But the two leading PC makers disagree with...
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Can Ubuntu Linux win on smartphones and tablets?
Canonical wants Ubuntu Linux to compete with Android, iOS, and Windows on tablets and smartphones. Can it?
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Mea culpa: coming clean about my n00b Linux mistakes
The one where I learn what a n00b I am with Linux.
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Ubuntu Linux heads to smartphones, tablets, and smart TVs.
Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, plans to take on Android, iOS and Windows on the smartphones, tablets and smart TVs.
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20 years of Linux: Looking back, forging ahead
Linux has left quite a legacy over the past 20 years: powering the fastest supercomputers, running businesses, assisting soldiers in battle, and producing Oscar-winning movies among many other uses.
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Linux Foundation proposes to use UEFI to make PCs secure and free
The Linux Foundation and friends are working on using UEFI so that computers can be both more secure and give users freedom of operating system choice instead of using Microsoft's secure boot plan...
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Consumer Electronics Linux Initiative Starts
A new Linux kernel tree is being introduced to addresses electronics makers' need for regular updates and long-term support.
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Hackers port trojan from Linux to OS X
Security researcher report hackers have gone out of their way to port an old Linux backdoor Trojan to the Apple Mac OS X platform.
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Canonical, Ubuntu Linux's parent company, reorganizes
It's been a bumpy twelve months for Canonical, Ubuntu Linux's business side, but the company is re-organizing as it hunts for more business server and desktop customers.
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