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By Kevin Purdy As the Kabatology blog points out, however, you'll want to back up your existing Firefox profile, disable compatibility checks for rare extensions you don't want to lose access to, and create a new launching point for Firefox 3.5, as Firefox 3.0.11 will remain on your system until Ubuntu's...

By Kevin Purdy Linux: If you're running a server, always-on media box, or other system that's powered by Ubuntu, you probably don't love having to reboot just to install security updates. Ksplice, a semi-free service, eliminates the need for downtime.

By Adam Pash Boxee just landed on Windows (in addition to it's already exisiting support for Mac OS X, Linux, and the Apple TV), but it's still in early alpha development. TechCrunch has some grainy shots of the upcoming Boxee beta (the next step after alpha). [TechCrunch]Outlook's broken—Let's fix i...

By Kevin Purdy TweetDeck is a free download for iPhones and iPod touch models through the App Store, and via the Adobe AIR platform on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. Click through the screenshots below for a bigger look at TweetDeck's iPhone client and multi-account desktop integration.

Open source hardware is designed to be reprogrammed or physically modified to make it easy to install custom firmware and software to create entirely new products. The big idea: crowdsourcing hardware development will encourage innovation in unforeseen ...

 CA It's also consistent in that Microsoft chooses targets for comparison with some care. For example, Microsoft isn't so much emphasizing low cost in the context of general scale-out infrastructure (where Linux and other open-source software is most ...

 MA Everything from mobile phones to netbooks to even picture frames are being built around the Linux variant. Sony has been outed this week as building the next round of their venerable Walkman products around Google's Open Source OS. ...

IBM has combined its “church” and “state” Linux functions under Bob Sutor, whose title now reads vice president of open source and Linux. (Picture from the resume page of Sutor's Web site.) In the latest installment of his podcast interviews, ...

 South Africa Just your avarage typical home user. ? I had enough of wiping Windows and I installed Pardus 2008 on the PC, setup her WiFi ? imported her music and photo collection and sorted out the DVD codecs... " More: LXer Linux News.

Another popular Linux distribution, Debian, gets its moniker from its developer's wife and his own name: Debra + Ian = Debian. At least one blogger has compiled a list of Linux-name origins and sites like DistroWatch and Linux.org have information on ... Ubuntu Server review PC Advisor

I will explain how to use Moka5 to run Linux alongside Windows or Mac! www.ustream.tv

When the Asus Eee PC was first released two years ago, its operating system was GNU/Linux. Now, if the local stores are any indication of global trends, it's hard to find an Asus notebook that doesn't run Windows. Technically, you can still get them ...

 South Africa In this guide we use Fedora 10 Linux and Qemu to run Windows XP sp3 inside a virtual machine, step by step with screenshots to show you how easy it is to run Windows inside of Linux. More: lxer Linux News.

The version 6.0 zip archive also contains the download scripts in for a Linux version contributed by the developer Stefan Jöhnke. Under Linux there's less risk of a bug causing trouble with freshly downloaded updates. If you run a Linux file server, ...

By Kevin Purdy Ubuntu One, an online file storage service from Ubuntu's backers, could be a unique, innovative way to seamlessly integrate cloud-style computing into the most popular Linux desktop. Right now, though, it just looks like Dropbox. Ubuntu One [via David Thomas]

So I finally got around to installing the Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate that I downloaded last week. I did have the beta version running in a dual-boot configuration with Ubuntu 9.04 on my MSI Wind netbook, but I've wiped the drive. ... Week in review: Microsoft releases CNET News

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 TN ITS is pleased to offer a Red Hat Enterprise Linux download and patch management service to the Vanderbilt community. The offer provides employees and students with free access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3 Desktop for use on personally owned ...

By Kevin Purdy 6. UNetbootin Trying out new Linux distributions is fun, even if you're a long-term relationship with an Ubuntu desktop. Because, hey, maybe CrunchBang would make a good quick-boot alternative, right? And isn't the Fedora 11 beta looking mighty nice? UNetbootin makes it dead simple to t...

Linux will release a new version of its Ubuntu Server software April 30. The new software will include a clustering program that will enable Ubuntu servers to function like an Amazon-compatible cloud, automatically migrating kernel-based virtual ...

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The GNOME Project today achieved a new release of its popular desktop computing environment for Linux. Highlighting the GNOME 2.26 release is a version of the Evolution mail client that could finally open the door to Linux replacing Windows in the ... GNOME 2.26.0 released Heise Online

By Jason Fitzpatrick There are many, many Linux distributions, and a lot of unique reasons to like them. Read on to see which open-source operating systems inspired our readers to provide our biggest Hive Five response to date. Now that you've seen the options for the open-source operating system crown, it's t...

By Kevin Purdy Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Amarok 2, the open source media center we'd previously toured while it was in beta, is now available in a release version for Linux systems, and in beta for Windows and OS X. There aren't a ton of new features between the later beta release and this "final...

By Kevin Purdy There's probably a few Windows-only apps that make living in Linux pretty hard for even those intrigued at the idea—but there's also some Linux apps that would be great to have on your Windows system. Adam detailed how you can put what's basically a full Ubuntu installation onto your deskt...

By Brad Linder A tabbed interface for mailIntegration with Windows Vista SearchIntegration with the Mac OS X Address BookIMAP improvements for faster message viewing You can also use the Add-ons Manager to search for, download, and install plugins and themes much the same way you can with the Firefo...

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By John C Dvorak LinkedIn to support an app platform for no known reason. Xbox 360 to hook into the new Netflix streaming. It will be HD! Ozzie says Azure is an Operating System as a Service. HP in the news with netbook stories and perhaps an HP Linux! Windows 7, they say, will be perfect for notebooks. The [...]

By Kevin Purdy These days, it only takes an increasingly-cheap USB thumb drive and a program like UNetbootin to create a portable Linux desktop you can run on any computer that can boot from a USB port. But check out the list of distributions UNetbootin can download and install—it's huge, and the names do...

By Barry Shilliday As it is considerably more efficient than Windows Vista and generally performs better than Windows XP on equivalent hardware, Linux has found a niche area and thrives on these devices. If the computer has 128MB or more memory, the entire operating system can run from memory.

By Jon Twelve weeks after the release of 2.6.26, Linus Torvalds has released Linux 2.6.27. The new kernel release sees numerous improvements to the Linux kernel, of which the most prominent are better built-in Wi-Fi and Webcam support and better suspend/resume support, making 2.6.27 a much better f...

By Angsuman Chakraborty Most techies and developer prefer using the terminal on Linux. If you are like me a heavy command line interface (cli) user than you will find these simple tips useful. How to speed up opening Linux terminal Install roxterm. On Red Hat, Fedora, Cent OS or other yum based systems, it is as simple...

In other words, it's a book that nearly everyone using Ubuntu could benefit from. I'm hoping to grab a copy shortly. Have a listen to Keir Thomas on Ubuntu Kung Fu in this week's Pragmatic Podcast. In other words, it's a book that nearly everyone using Ubuntu could benefit from. I'm hoping to gra...

Reader Jeremy shares his gorgeous and functional workspace in our Workspace Show and Tell Flickr photo group. He's rocking three monitors and two operating systems, and instead of buying a desk he opted to build one that seats himself and his wife."Five Best Desktop Media Players

By Kevin Purdy The fsckin w/ linux blog has a handy step-by-step tutorial on how to set up an encrypted partition in Ubuntu Linux systems to secure sensitive data on your hard drive. The method detailed requires having either non-partitioned free space or the willingness to re-size an existing partiti...

By Jon A VoIP software seller was offering a handset by the Spanish manufacturer SMC Networks, which runs with Linux, says Heise Online. But, “SMC had shipped the handsets without including the source code and the GPL license text; these omissions amount to violations of the terms of the GNU Gen...

By prathapml Xandros Server is compatible with existing Windows domain and networking topologies, and provides a perfect alternative for Windows administrators looking to implement open solutions. It offers the ability to remotely manage their Linux servers, even from a Windows desktop, throu...

By Ankit Red Hat holds the largest worldwide open source eco-system, presently with more than 1,600 certified ISV Partners. About Red Hat, Inc. LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. RED HAT and JBOSS are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the US and other countries.

By webmaster@oreillynet.com (chromatic) I’ve used a free software desktop since 1998 (except for a six-month flirtation with Mac OS X). It’s much easier to avoid proprietary software in 2007 than it was in 1998, and it gets easier every year. The Rails community doesn’t realize at all just how small it is in the larger scheme of thing...

By Somanshu They would be able to download this patch and update the device by connecting it to the computer. Nokia updates its Nokia N800 Internet Tablet with new features World’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia has now upgraded the Linux-based operating system on its Nokia N800 Internet Tablet de...

By Kyle Pott Adam's guide to running Windows and Mac apps side-by-side left me craving a similar process for Windows apps in Linux. The Venture Cake weblog shows how you can get an effect similar to Coherence for Parallels in Mac using VMware Server and rdesktop in Linux. You need to install Windows as a v...

The printer turns your current document into a PDF and places it into a folder called "PDF" in your home directory. While outlined specifically for Ubuntu, the process is extensible to any flavor of Linux. — Kyle Pott 5 steps to create a PDF printer (print to PDF) in Ubuntu [Arsgeek]

By Daniel Woolstencroft Bubba's manual is astonishingly detailed. It covers pretty much every angle (including multiple operating systems), and offers both simplistic and advanced takes on many subjects. There's even a section on "hacking Bubba". For the curious, hacking Bubba involves connecting to it with...

By Trent Wolbe 13:07 - How-To: play DivX and Xvid on your Apple TV 17:14 - Apple's Leopard delayed to October, iPhone blamed 24:16 - Apple sells 100 millionth iPod, deems experiment a success 27:45 - Palm prepping its own Linux-based OS 35:46 - Dell Axim, RIP: 2002 - 2007

By donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch, after 21 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME and...

By Cory Doctorow Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called “premium content”, typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. Providing this protection incurs considerable costs in terms of system performance, system s...

By UltraMegaChicken Take a look at Netcraft and review the trends. Microsoft is on the rise for the enterprise servers while Linux is on a steep decline. We all know that in the desktop world, the only functional choice is Microsoft, Mac does not like to play, and Linux, well it has and never will be a player.

However, as a Linux newbie, I'm not quite ready to give up my Windows desktop, or even my Vista Beta installation, for that matter. So this week I'm going to show you how I set up a triple-boot system running Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Ubuntu Linux.

In today's daily news podcast, we talk about the high cost of data loss and how it keeps continuing, why some think it was a cheap shot for Visa to blame Fujitsu for the recent debit-card PIN breach, how Microsoft is delaying the consumer version of Vista until after the new year, the first lo...

Linux creator Linus Torvalds takes issue with the Free Software Foundation over digital rights management, and the Supreme Court refuses to hear Research In Motion's appeal, setting up a possible shutdown of RIM's U.S. network.

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