Linus Torvalds — founder, creator, and general master of all things Linux — is not exactly known for being bashful or slow to share his thoughts. To quote the man himself: “I’m a bastard. I have absolutely no clue why people can ever think otherwise.” This week, though, he’s gotten an extra share of attention.
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Dell today flipped the switched and is now officially offering consumer desktop and notebook PCs with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed. Two notebooks and one desktop join two desktop systems in Dell’s open-source product portfolio.
There is no denying that Linux recently has gained traction in the consumer space and Microsoft may have to look a little more [...]
There’s no dearth of Linux distributions for desktop users or even for running high availability servers. But if you are a do-it-yourself computer user, your choice of Linux distros is fairly limited. You can build Linux from scratch with Linux from Scratch or compile your own set of packages with Gentoo. But if you want [...]
Well, the Fourth of July is just a few days away, and all good citizens of the nation we call America must naturally be thinking of the birth of this great land. Not content to be just great, our founding fathers wanted independence as well, and that value is still held dear today. Indeed, [...]
Source: Acer bets big on Linux - Linux & Open Source - iTnews Australia
Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and netbooks..
The company is already heavily promoting Linux for its low cost ultra-portable netbook range out later this year, but senior staff have said that Acer will also push [...]
See them all: The 10 Best Linus Torvalds Quotes
Torvalds: not one to mince his words…
1. “Software is like sex: it’s better when it’s free.”
2. “Microsoft isn’t evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.”
Penguinway » Puppy Linux 4.0 on a Dell Inspiron 1150 Review
I got a chance to check out the latest Puppy release this week. Puppy Linux is a small Linux distribution (roughly 87 megabytes) that runs off of CD. It is ideal for running on older hardware or for people who just want a lean system. [...]
In the last couple of years, desktop-friendly Linux distributions have taken enormous leaps — they’re easier to install, better maintained, and more powerful than ever before. There’s also that many more of them — which means that many more possibilities to sift through.
n this roundup I’ve looked at seven Linux distributions, all mainly aimed at [...]
n the beginning, we talked a bit about the holy war that wages onward between KDE and GNOME. Some of you aptly pointed out that there is a third desktop environment out there. It was never our intention to slight this desktop (we actually use it regularly). Like a mouse dodging to avoid the crashing [...]
Open source diary - ProInfo and Linux Educacional - KDE in Public Schools in Brazil
One of the highlights of fisl9.0 for me was getting to know better the work that is being done by Brazil’s Ministry of Education (MEC). They have just unveiled the numbers for the ongoing ProInfo project. What is interesting [...]