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By openbytes Its been reported that Ubuntu One will be available on the Windows platform as of this year.  The Ubuntu One blog had this to say on the matter: and/ Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu.  Probably a word that for many is synonymous with Linux.   Forgetting that U

Firefox 3.6 Officially Available, Brings Speed Increases, One-Click Themes, and More (Windows/Mac/Linux) Mac OS X only: If you own Mac hardware, still like to get your Windows on from time to time, and virtual machines just won't do, here's some good news: Apple just released Boot Camp 3....

Windows: Keeping all your data backed up is a smart move, but what about the device drivers that are sometimes hard to pin down after a re-install? Driver Magician, a free download today, backs up and restores your Windows drivers.Boxee Beta Officially Available for All Platforms (Windo...

p2pnet.net 2009 has been a good year for netbooks, so much so that Google is developing an Ubuntu-like Linux operating system called Chrome OS for these devices. ... Chinese pirates create Ubuntu clone of Windows XPTECH.BLORGE.com KELLNER: Best and worst of '09 is same itemWashington Times

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By Adam Pash Get to know Windows 7: Chances are pretty good that this is the first time a lot of people will be using Windows 7—and even if it's not, take this opportunity to get to know Microsoft's solid new offering with our Complete Guide to Windows 7. While you're schooling yourself on Win7, you'll at t...

By Adam Pash Windows/Mac/Linux/and more: XBMC is a killer open-source, cross-platform media center, and today they've released XBMC 9.11, introducing a whole new default look and feel, and it's very friendly on the eyes. See all the images on one page here.)

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Arguably the biggest prediction for 2010 around open source and Linux is that most end-users won't talk about it or even ... Linux Fund to support Africa Open Source initiativesIDG all 3 news articles »

By Kevin Purdy Portable Ubuntu Runs Ubuntu Inside Windows And it really does, too, after a bit of command line tweaking. It's a close relative of the andLinux system that lets you seamlessly run Linux apps on your Windows desktop. This one doesn't require any installation, however, and you can even take i...

I use it on the desktop and on the server. It... Jim Curtin says: Virtual Bridges and IBM have been offering Windows and Linux virtual desktops for some ... Parallels Workstation 4 Extreme lowers virtualization overheadInfoWorld all 5 news articles »

vmware Workstation, Parallels Desktop, and virtualbox all support 32- and 64-bit Windows and Linux hosts and guests, and all have added compelling new VM ... Parallels Workstation 4 Extreme lowers virtualization overheadInfoWorld all 2 news articles »

Underneath the hood, each of the three uses the 2.6.31 Linux kernel, but above that, their differences begin to surface. Fedora and Ubuntu, for example, ... Image gallery: 3 top Linux distros go for different usersComputerworld all 2 news articles »

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By Adam Pash Windows/Mac/Linux: Less than two weeks after they released the first beta, Mozilla is back with Firefox 3.6 beta 2. This release includes over 190 bug fixes from beta 1, in addition to the already existing performance boosts and support for one-click themes. Firefox 3.6 Beta 2 [Mozilla]

By Kevin Purdy Ubuntu One We still think it looks like a less feature-rich Dropbox, but having it installed by default and integrated into the file system might make regular Ubuntu users a little more familiar and trusting of the 2 GB of free space given to every Ubuntu user.

By Kevin Purdy Once you're signed in, head to your "Home" screen and click the "Create new appliance" link in the upper-right. SUSE Studio calls each bootable system you create an "appliance" throughout the process. You'll be asked to choose your "base template," which includes the GNOME and KDE deskto...

By Adam Pash Windows/Mac/Linux: VLC—the most popular video player among Lifehacker readers—just released an update to version 1.0.2. The update addresses a serious security issue, adds 64-bit support for OS X, and fixes several bugs. The full changelog mentions a completely reworked interface for...

By Adam Pash PPC (PowerPC) support for Mac OS X, VDPAU (NVIDIA GPU Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding for Linux), updated Codecs, new Karaoke features, more Media Info Scrapers, improved FanArt support, and of course enhancements to the XBMC Skinning Framework making it even more flexible and p...

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...

By Adam Pash New-to-this-release features include support for more filetypes, some crazy Karaoke features, improvements to the skinning framework, better music and movie scraping tools for artwork, and support for PowerPC Macs. The release is available on Windows, Mac, Linux (shortly), Apple...

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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 rss@youtube.com (gnu2tux) Part 1/5. Showing the complete novice how to put Ubuntu Linux (8.10) onto your PC. This tutorial assumes no prior computer knowledge and assumes that the viewer wants to install Linux alongside Microsoft Windows so that both can be used.

By Kevin Purdy Along with Windows and Mac downloads, this year was chock-full of free software for Linux users. Read on to see what our readers were eager to grab and install on their free desktops. Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 What's your favorite Linux download of 2008? surveys)

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 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...

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 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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