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Video: How to customize UbuntuOriginal at Veoh
• Sun, Jun 14
Ubuntu Linux is a full-featured operating system. You can configure it in so many ways including the way it looks and acts. Change the desktop ... www.veoh.com
Video: How to customize UbuntuOriginal at Dailymotion
• Thu, Jun 11
Ubuntu Linux is a full-featured operating system. You can configure it in so many ways including the way it looks and acts. Change the desktop ... www.dailymotion.com
Video: How to Customize Ubuntu
Original at Metacafe
• Thu, Jun 11
Ubuntu Linux is a full-featured operating system. You can configure it in so many ways including the way it looks and acts. Change the desktop ... www.metacafe.com
Video: FIRST TIME USING LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM!Original at YouTube
• Wed, Jun 10
By rss@youtube.com (dayuhl2u) Keywords: The first Linux operating system that am using is Ubuntu and have posted this couple days little later than actually did this. But can say it's pretty good system. only major problem about it seshormerow lol mike bettes weather channel Dell Dimension 4550 533 MHz FSB crashes way t...
Video: How To Turn Ubuntu/Linux Into Windows XP Or Vista ...
Original at AOL Video
• Wed, Apr 15
Title explains it all. You can get Ubuntu as... Secondary part of your computer by going to: http://www.wubi-installer.org Only operating system ... video.aol.com
Video: VM: Install Windows 7 and Linux EASYOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Mar 4
By rss@youtube.com (filez101) This is a very easy way to install linux or windows 7 onto a windows... Author: filez101 Keywords: windows linux virtual machine run small computer two operating systems os ubuntu Added: March 4, 2009
Video: Windows XP BootOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Feb 26
By rss@youtube.com (AZLAN210396) I was bored so i took out my phone and decided to record me booting my XP computer Author: AZLAN210396 Keywords: Windows XP WinVista Dual Boot 3gp Computer Mac Linux Operating System Added: February 26, 2009
Video: DamnSmallLinuxOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Feb 25
By rss@youtube.com (Phonaxe) Damn Small Linux (DSL) It's the smallest Linux operating system with a GUI (that I know) The iso file is about 50 MB It's made for USB-sticks. Author: Phonaxe Keywords: Linux DSL House Operation system smallest Computer USB-stick Added: February 25, 2009
Video: Dotto Tech Season 7-2 Urban Upgrade 2Original at YouTube
• Wed, Feb 4
By rss@youtube.com (dottotech) If you are a world traveler, business person or student then you need to listen up. In this episode, Steve shows you the Acer Aspire notebook. At 2.2 lbs and 10 inches in size it is the perfect notebook to carry with you on your travels. The Aspire runs on a Linux based operating system and, at a pric...
Video: Microsoft Windows Vista
Original at AOL Video
• Thu, Jan 29
Microsoft has more to do on its new operating system, but this first beta suggests that Windows Vista will be up to par with Linux and Apple Mac OS X. video.aol.com
Video: Booting from Intel X25-E SSD 32 GByte (15 sec)Original at YouTube
• Mon, Jan 26
By rss@youtube.com (wwwOCAHOLICch) Ubuntu Linux is being booted from an Intel X25-E server SSD. You'll also recognise that before the actual file accesses are initiated the operating system is scanning for other hardware. The actual boot-time is nearly under 10 seconds. So compared to the other movy where I booted the same sy...
Video: 27 News Troubleshooter: Woman blames Dell for missing online classesOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 17
By rss@youtube.com (themangodess) MCFARLAND (WKOW) -- Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop hoping to enroll in online classes at Madison Area Technical College, or MATC. But something stopped her: she bought an operating system for her computer she never heard of, Ubuntu. That's an operating system for yo...
Video: How to Record Audio on an iPhoneOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 17
By rss@youtube.com (lockergnome) http://geeks.pirillo.com - http://live.pirillo.com - What exactly is the best operating system? Is it Mac OS X? Is it Windows? Is it Linux? To answer that, I asked myself. Listen in as I argue with myself, and attempt to come to a concrete decision. http://chris.pirillo.com Distributed by Tube...
Video: Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Laptop+Linux Ubuntu Operateing System Overview Part 1Original at YouTube
• Sat, Jan 10
By rss@youtube.com (XslikymanX) Overview of The new dell mini laptop and the new operating system. Please rate and subscribe Author: XslikymanX Keywords: Linux ubuntu Added: January 10, 2009
Video: Virtualbox21OpenGLGamingDemoOriginal at YouTube
• Sun, Dec 28
By rss@youtube.com (hyraxaus) Demonstration of two OpenGL based games (Serious Sam 2 and ProQuake) running in a Windows XP Professional Virtual Machine using Virtualbox 2.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 64-bit. This showcases Virtualbox's new experimental 3D support using OpenGL. DirectX support is due in 2009.
Video: NEW!!! LightTech Operating System 2010Original at YouTube
• Tue, Dec 23
By rss@youtube.com (miniarma) A new operating system coming out in 2010. The creators of this software is FastTech Co a small company based in Portsmouth, uk. The idea was random and now they hope to get it global. This video is a prototype of what it will look like and please note that it is not the finished product. Please shar...
November 2009's Most Popular Posts [[this Is Good]]
Original at Lifehacker
• Tue, Dec 1
By Adam Pash Whether your important data lives in the cloud, on your laptop, or on a different operating system, you shouldn't have to use sub-par tools to get at it. These downloads work with every major operating system, along with some not-so-major (mobile) ones.How to Fix Your Relatives' Terrible...
The War For the Web
Original at oreilly/radar/atom (Feedburner)
• Sun, Nov 15
By Tim O'Reilly The second is an operating system that works like the Internet itself, like the web, and like open source operating systems like Linux: a world that is admittedly less polished, less controlled, but one that is profoundly generative of new innovations because anyone can bring new ideas...
Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code [Programming]Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Nov 11
By Gina Trapani Web Development Instead of being bound to specific programming languages and the look and feel of a particular operating system, you can put your killer application in the browser and run it in the cloud, as a webapp. Welcome to the wonderful world of web development.
And the Most Popular Operating System Among Lifehacker Readers Is... [What You Said]
Original at Lifehacker
• Thu, Nov 5
By Adam Pash I realize we're not distinguishing between releases of OS X or distributions of Linux but we are with Windows; if we were just doing the raw Windows/Mac/Linux split, the numbers look like 63/23/13. That said, it's really interesting to see that both XP and Linux are more popular than Vista...
Allmyapps Bulk-Installs Your Favorite Apps to Make System Rebuilding Less Painful [Installation]Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Nov 4
By Jason Fitzpatrick Windows/Linux: One of the most irritating things about reinstalling your operating system is installing all the non-OS applications you love. Allmyapps lets you select all your favorite apps and roll them into a bulk installer to make rebuilding easy.
How Do You Like Ubuntu 9.10 So Far? [Reader Poll]
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Nov 4
By Kevin Purdy If you answered "Other," or you've got a few key gripes about the free operating system, tell us what's imperfect about it, and what's greatly improved, in the comments. If you're feeling up for the comparison, here's what our readers thought of Windows 7 after a few days of use.
What's Your Main Operating System? [Reader Poll]
Original at Lifehacker
• Tue, Nov 3
By Adam Pash Windows 7 has only been out for about two weeks now, but statistics web site StatCounter reports that Windows 7's OS market share reached roughly three percent by the end of October. So what operating system are you using? Top 5 Operating Systems from W42 to W44 [StatCounter via Mashable]
Boot OS X, XP, and Ubuntu from a Mac [Operating Systems]
Original at Lifehacker
• Tue, Nov 3
By Kevin Purdy If you're particularly indecisive about your regular operating system, or just want access to all three for testing purposes, Wired's How-To Wiki has the details on getting a triple-boot system (or beyond) working with free software tools.
Five Best Application Docks [Hive Five]Original at Lifehacker
• Sun, Nov 1
By Jason Fitzpatrick Note: Docks that are included with an operating system, like the OS X dock, are flagged as "Free" for the purposes of our review. Windows 7 Taskbar (Windows, Free) RocketDock (Windows, Free) Mac OS X Dock (Mac OS X, Free) Gnome-Do with Docky (Linux, Free)
October 2009's Most Popular Posts [[this Is Good]]
Original at Lifehacker
• Sat, Oct 31
By Adam Pash Top 10 Windows 7 Booster Apps The beta release of Karmic Koala, the next version of Ubuntu Linux, just arrived on the net. Wondering what's new inside the open-source operating system?Build a Silent, Standalone XBMC Media Center On the Cheap
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Out Now [Downloads]
Original at Lifehacker
• Thu, Oct 29
By Kevin Purdy The final version of Ubuntu 9.10 has hit Ubuntu's servers a little bit ahead of its front page. Grab a torrent or ISO of the free Linux operating system while the servers aren't slammed. Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) [Ubuntu Releases via Gizmodo]
Five Best Portable Apps Suites [Hive Five]
Original at Lifehacker
• Sun, Oct 25
By Jason Fitzpatrick Many of you took the stance that running portable apps in Windows was great but way too restrictive. Booting a computer into a distinct operating system gives power users the ability to run the machine as their own without any risk to the native operating system on the machine. You can find do...
Google's Hosting a Chrome OS Event Tomorrow [Chrome Os]
Original at Lifehacker
• Thu, Oct 15
By Adam Pash If you've been keeping a close eye on Chrome OS developments, you may be excited to hear that Google is hosting a Chrome OS event tomorrow, and PC World is expecting that we'll hear concrete details about Google's heretofore elusive operating system. Earlier this week we got our first peek...
Microsoft reboots
Original at brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com
• Mon, Oct 12
By Penelope Patsuris After the VISTA debacle, Microsoft changed the way it makes software. The result – Windows 8 – is winning raves. Can a new operating system (and a new attitude) help the company take on Google? After the VISTA debacle, Microsoft changed the way it makes software. The result – Windows 8 – is w
arnaud: A Dashboard Like No Other: The OpenDS Weather Station
Original at Sun Directory
• Sat, Oct 3
By arnaud In the screenshot below, the first ls command output shows that nothing in /dev/term is an actual link, however, the second -which I issued after plugging the UBW on the usb port- shows a new '0' link has been created by the operating system.
Best Virtual-Desktop Manager: Compiz [Hive Five Followup]
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Sep 16
By Jason Fitzpatrick The top five contenders covered Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems—there is something for nearly everyone in the Hive. Because of the diverse nature of the poll we asked you to vote on which virtual-desktop manager you could use if you weren't constrained by your operating system....
Opinion: Five Features We Want to See in Ubuntu [Lifehacker Wishlist]
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Sep 9
By Kevin Purdy Ubuntu isn't the only Linux operating system, but it's where the dream of a usable, completely free desktop is closest to reality. If every Ubuntu developer were assembled at one place, here are five things we'd ask them to accomplish.
Happy Birthday: A Look Back at One Year of Google Chrome [Google Chrome]Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Sep 2
By Kevin Purdy Sept. 22: Chrome as Operating System? Preposterous! We pointed to a Doc Searls thought piece on how Chrome, Gears, and the Android system "delivers on Netscape's promise of the browser as operating system, with online-and-off webapps replacing desktop workhorses."
Opinion: Nine Must-Have Features We Want to See in a Google OS [Google Chrome OS]
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Jul 8
By Kevin Purdy We asked on Twitter what features users wanted to see in Google's Linux-based, web-focused operating system, due to be released in code later this year, then on sponsored netbooks in the second half of 2010. We've compiled ten must-have features that we'd like to see from Google's upcomi...
Google Releasing Chrome Operating System [Google]
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, Jul 8
By Kevin Purdy In a sudden, if not unexpected, announcement this morning, Google said it would release an open-source operating system based on its Chrome browser. The OS will be free, geared (at first) toward netbooks, and focused on "speed, simplicity, and security."
Seneca an open source leader - Metro Canada
Original at Metro Toronto
• Mon, Jun 15
Seneca an open source leader Popular examples of this type of software are Mozilla's Firefox Internet browser and the Linux operating system. According to Weaver, the concept and popularity of open source programming is reaching critical mass and is set to blow. ...
Microsoft's Windows 7 price gamble opens door to Linux
Original at Register
• Mon, Jun 15
Shuttleworth once told The Reg he can't wait for Windows 7 on this sub-laptop class of machines because it'll finally give Ubuntu the opportunity to compete fairly against Microsoft's operating system in this emerging market. OEMs have been able to buy ...
Get a new eMachines laptop for $349.99
Original at CNET News.com
• Mon, Jun 15
CA The Dell also had less RAM, a smaller hard drive, and Linux as its operating system. eMachines bundles Vista Home Basic--blech, right? My recommendation: Install the free Windows 7 Release Candidate and enjoy that until next March. ...
Boot device selection options in Mac OS X - MacFixIt
Original at MacFixIt
• Mon, Jun 15
Boot device selection options in Mac OS X Additionally, while both OS X and the Boot Camp utilities and drivers in Windows will let you select which operating system to restart into, this is not the case with unsupported operating systems such as Linux and Unix. Other times boot devices may ...
Smartbooks, an alterantive to netbooks, are on the horizon
Original at GCN.com
• Mon, Jun 15
The biggest difference between smartbooks and netbooks might not be in size, however, but in the choice of processor and operating system. Smartbooks, expected to appear in the fall, will use an ARM processor, which works with Linux. ... Review: Netbooks go mainstream WA today
Kingston Technology First to Market with 128GB USB Flash Drive
Original at MarketWatch
• Mon, Jun 15
Operating System File Transfer Password Traveler Windows Vista(R) (SP1) Yes Yes Windows ReadyBoost(TM) ** Yes No Windows XP (SP1, SP2, SP3) Yes Yes Windows 2000 (SP4) Yes Yes Mac OS X v.10.3.x + Yes No Linux v.2.6.x + Yes No Kingston DataTraveler 200 ...
Relax: Vista is guarding the homeland.
Original at Examiner.com
• Mon, Jun 15
Recently the US military has decided it is "migrating all of its Windows-based computers to Microsoft's Vista operating system to bolster internet security and standardize its information systems, " according to Linux Insider. Unfortunately, one of the ...
Quintiles, SAS, Red Hat among '100 Best Places to Work in IT”
Original at Bizjournals.com
• Mon, Jun 15
NC The Raleigh company sells software and services for the open-source Linux operating system. Computerworld's list considers companies' average salary and bonus increases, the percentage of IT employees receiving promotions, IT staff turnover rates, ...
Product Spotlight: System 76 Meerkat NetTop PC
Original at Tech Republic
• Mon, Jun 15
KY First and foremost, as stated earlier, the Meerkat (and all of the System 76 hardware) offers a Linux solution without having the hassle of piecing together hardware that is supported by the Linux operating system. The Meerkat NetTop also consumes very ...
Install OpenVZ to create virtual containers
Original at ZDNet Asia
• Sun, Jun 14
Singapore Most will allow you to virtualize any operating system on a Linux host. One virtualization product that is different from the others is OpenVZ. It will only do Linux-on-Linux virtualization as it is an OS-level virtualization product, where others are ...
PowerVM Hypervisor Gets Active Memory Sharing
Original at IT Jungle
• Sun, Jun 14
NY Active memory sharing is supported on logical partitions that run IBM's i 6.1 and AIX 6.1 operating systems, as well as Novell's new SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 operating system, which debuted two months ago. The active shared memory feature ...
IBM to Help Clients Fight Cost and Complexity
Original at New York Times
• Sun, Jun 14
By STEVE LOHR In 2000, the Linux operating system was a hot technology, but it had not spread much beyond scientists, researchers and computer programmers. Then IBM declared that it would back Linux with investment, research and marketing, ...
Novell to ship Linux-monitoring tool for Microsoft
Original at ZDNet Asia
• Sun, Jun 14
By Matthew Broersma, zdnet UK Suse Linux and Windows will become more closely integrated next week, when Novell releases a product allowing Microsoft management tools to monitor the open source operating system. Novell said in a statement on Wednesday ...
Kevin Hunt | The Electronic Jungle
Original at Baltimore Sun
• Sun, Jun 14
United States Earlier this year, I bought an old-issue netbook, a refurbished Asus EEE PC 900A with a 9-inch screen, built-in wireless, no CD-ROM drive and 4-gigabyte drive that barely has enough room to hold the Linux operating system and generic bare-essentials ...
Thinking Mobile, Summer Style
Original at Hartford Courant
• Fri, Jun 12
Earlier this year, I bought an old-issue netbook, a refurbished Asus EEE PC 900A with a 9-inch screen, built-in wireless, no CD-ROM drive and 4-gigabyte drive that barely has enough room to hold the Linux operating system and generic bare-essentials ...
Is Android the key to the GNU/Linux desktop? Really?
Original at Free Software Magazine
• Fri, Jun 12
The short answer could be “A framework made up of the Linux kernel, a rich set of libraries and tools and a Dalvik virtual machine”. The Dalvik virtual machine can be seen as an highly optimised Java Virtual Machine (this definition is not formally ...
Five things I want in Windows 8
Original at Computerworld
• Fri, Jun 12
Forget finger pointing at which operating system is at fault. Microsoft should make sure that Windows 8 immediately recognizes and works with both Linux and Mac OS X. The TV as we know it will soon be dead. With sites like Hulu.com, and with Windows ...
Symantec Executive: Co Will 'Evaluate' Working With Google Android
Original at CNNMoney.com
• Thu, Jun 11
Windows is the dominant operating system on personal computers, with over 90% market share globally, but netbook manufacturers have recently experimented with alternative systems such as the open source Linux and, more recently, Android. ...
How to use Linux in windows
Original at Özel Web Tasarım
• Thu, Jun 11
Turkey The best Linux teaching is done by actually getting the Linux OS (operating system) managing on a mainframe method, so you can get judicious experience erudition how to use Linux. You can get Linux managing by: installing Linux from a Linux CD / DVD, ...
Product Spotlight: System 76 Pangolin Performance laptop PC
Original at Tech Republic
• Tue, Jun 9
• 1 related articles
KY The Pangolin Performance (as well as any other System 76 machine) solves a problem that has left many Linux wanna-be users from migrating to the Linux operating system. System 76 ships PCs with a perfect marriage between hardware and operating system. ...
First Driver for USB 3.0
Original at Özel Web Tasarım
• Tue, Jun 9
Turkey After a year-and-a-half's worth of work, Intel hacker Sarah Sharp announced that Linux will be the first operating system supporting USB 3.0. Linux kernel "Geekess" Sarah Sharp announced in her blog of June 7 that the first groundbreaking driver for ...
Google I/O Foretells the Future of the Internet - Linux Magazine
Original at linux-mag.com
• Mon, Jun 8
Linux Magazine (registration), CA Google Web Elements are free Google applications that can be embedded into any Web page via cut-and-paste. The Web Elements are available for immediate use. Google Android 2.0 is a new, Linux-based operating system for Android-powered devices. ...
Windows Task Manager Replacement dtaskmanager
Original at gHacks technology
• Mon, Jun 8
Germany This is a feature known from the Linux operating system which can temporarily halt tasks. That's a handy feature in situations where all system resources are needed by a process as the user can suspend processes and resume them once the resources are ...
Get your Google Chrome on in Linux
Original at Tech Republic
• Sun, Jun 7
The Google Chrome developers have released a developer version of their browser for the Linux operating system. They warn you to NOT install this browser (for fear it might ruin your life). Of course like any good writer, I ignored their warnings and ...
How To: Re: Using Ubuntu Linux Live DiskOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Jun 4
By rss@youtube.com (helloitsmasterhulk) Author: helloitsmasterhulk Keywords: linux ubuntu live tutorial cd disk run running windows operating system boot dual triple mac ox vista xp ed edward johnson Added: June 4, 2009
Asus Eee PC 4G
Original at Özel Web Tasarım
• Sun, May 31
Turkey 4GB flash drive Built-in webcam Over 40 built-in applications for learn, work and play Linux based operating system 2 Year Limited Warranty Approximate Unit Weight - 2lbs Windows compatibility but comes with Linux OS only.
The free Xen 3.4 hypervisor and virtualisation strategy
Original at The H
• Tue, May 19
UK Plans to integrate Xen into the Linux kernel have not made much progress. While the kernel has contained code that allows it to be executed in a Xen virtual machine without further modifications (known as DomU) since version 2.6.23, the code which ...
How do I ... block access to Web sites with ProCon Latte?
Original at Tech Republic
• Mon, May 18
KY Previously, he worked at TechRepublic as the Editor in Chief of Linux content and was integral in creating the original Linux portion of TechRepublic. Jack has been using and advocating the Linux operating system for over ten years now and will ...
How To: Duel Os Windows Xp Linux - CrazyMotion
Original at crazymotion.net
• Mon, Apr 13
step by step how to install a duel operating system also a chance to see the advantages of linux no more repair programs no more virus protection ... crazymotion.net
Six Best Portable Operating Systems [Hive Five]Original at Lifehacker
• Sun, Apr 12
By Jason Fitzpatrick Which Portable Operating System is Best? online polls) Your favorite portable operating system isn't on the list? Have a portable OS trick you'd like to share? Sound off in the comments with your tips and tricks for taking your operating system with you.
How To: Custom Linux Operating SystemOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Apr 2
By rss@youtube.com (videotubers) None Author: videotubers Keywords: Linux Custom Nimblex Operating System Tutorial OS Added: April 2, 2009
How To: Linux / LPIC 1 Session 005Original at YouTube
• Fri, Mar 27
By rss@youtube.com (measoftTV) Keywords: Unix Linux LPIC Betriebssysteme WebTV eLearning e-Learning Operating System zertifizierung certificate hardware software operating systems open source tutorial seminar web-based training entwicklungsgeschichte shell kommandointerpreter befehlszeile
How To: Ubuntu 8.10 MIEOriginal at YouTube
• Wed, Mar 25
By rss@youtube.com (chull2k7) Author: chull2k7 Keywords: Ubuntu MIE HP Laptop Mods Tweaking ubuntu mie tutorial harbour launcher harbour launcher Linux linux debian Debian Operating Systems operating system operating systems os OS Added: March 25, 2009
How To: Running Windows Vista Home Premium On VMWare Fusion 2.02Original at YouTube
• Sun, Mar 22
By rss@youtube.com (TheCompuGeeks) Author: TheCompuGeeks Keywords: VMWare Fusion 2.02 Windows Vista Home Premium On Mac Virtual Machine 64 bit Tutorial Soon Ubuntu Linux No Reboot Running At The Same Time Added: March 22, 2009
Opinion: Five Best Linux Distributions [Hive Five]
Original at Lifehacker
• Sun, Mar 15
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...
How To: TUTORIAL: Install Mandriva Linux Free 2009Original at YouTube
• Mon, Mar 9
By rss@youtube.com (weirderkki) Author: weirderkki Keywords: tutorial install Mandriva Linux Free 2009 distro Ubuntu Kubuntu Xubuntu Gobuntu Sabayon Gentoo OpenSUSE sun virtual machine PC computer operating system Windows XP Vista Apple Mac OS Added: March 9, 2009
How To: Fancy messing with Linux? Try Wubi! (One Minute Tech Video!)Original at YouTube
• Mon, Mar 9
By rss@youtube.com (AndiioTech) Author: AndiioTech Keywords: Operating System Windows Windows Vista Vista User Account Control Tech Computers Hardware Software Microsoft Andiio AndiioTech Help Guide Linux Ubuntu Wubi Install Linux in Windows Windows Linux Windows Wubi SourceForge Added: March 9, 2009
Five Best Live CDs [Hive Five]
Original at Lifehacker
• Sun, Feb 22
• 1 related articles
By Jason Fitzpatrick Ubuntu Ubuntu's enormous popularity as the mainstream Linux distribution certainly helps bolster its rank among live CDs. Many a new user to Ubuntu has messed around with the operating system using a live CD before using that very same live CD to install the full operating system. Even if y...
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Patch: What's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
Original at Heise Online
• Fri, Jan 23
IT Examiner Germany - Red Hat has released version 5.3, the third update of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 operating system, first introduced in March 2007. ... Red Hat revs Enterprise Linux distro Register TITLE: Red Hat update for kernel SecuObs
How To: Linux Mint 6 Main Edition - InstallationOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Jan 15
By rss@youtube.com (DanieleBuda) Installation on the virtual machine operating system Linux Mint 6 Main Edition codename Felicia. Amateur video created for dissemination. Keywords: Linux Mint Main Edition Felicia tutorial Sistema Operativo macchina virtuale Software Libero DanieleBuda Messina Daniele Buda
Opinion: Will Google March 'Android' Onto The PC Desktop?
Original at bMighty.com
• Mon, Jan 5
Android, Google's open-source mobile operating system, is based on a Linux kernel. As a result, it isn't hard to imagine Android, given the right kind of ... Startup Founders Turn Android into Desktop OS PC World Android OS running on netbooks CrunchGear
Opinion: Android on x86 devices: is this the fabled Google OS?
Original at Desktop Review
• Sat, Jan 3
It's been rumored for years that Google would one day release an eponymous Linux operating system variant, but nothing ever materialized. ... Startup Founders Turn Android into Desktop OS PC World Android OS running on netbooks CrunchGear An FAQ about those Android netbooks VentureBeat
Opinion: Everything You Need to Know How to Do in Windows [Windows]
Original at Lifehacker
• Mon, Dec 29
By Gina Trapani Dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista (Published 2006) Trim Down Windows to the Bare Essentials (Published 2008) When you're installing Windows in a virtual machine or on old, slow hardware, you want the leanest, meanest and fastest-running configuration possible."
Adobe AIR for Linux exits beta
Original at ZDNet.com.au
• Thu, Dec 18
By edit@zdnet.com.au (Josh Lowensohn) Adobe this week took the Linux version of its Adobe Integrated Runtime product out of beta, bringing it up to speed with the versions available for Windows and Mac users. The new Linux version is only compatible with three variants of the operating system, including Ubuntu 7.1 and higher, F...
Palm Will Show New Operating System in January
Original at Sci-Tech Today
• Mon, Dec 15
The maker of the original Palm PDA and the Treo smartphone has fallen behind its competitors in recent years. Observers have been waiting for Palm to unveil a new operating system based on Linux, since the existing platform hasn't been updated in years. iPhone Clone 'Doomed to Fail'
Palm Will Show New Operating System in January
Original at NewsFactor Network
• Mon, Dec 15
The maker of the original Palm PDA and the Treo smartphone has fallen behind its competitors in recent years. Observers have been waiting for Palm to unveil a new operating system based on Linux, since the existing platform hasn't been updated in years. iPhone Clone 'Doomed to Fail'
Austin teacher threatens to sic cops on Linux group because "No software is free"
Original at Boing Boing
• Wed, Dec 10
By Cory Doctorow This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer, and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping these children at all. The HeliOS organizer kind of goes off the rails in his response, implying that the teacher's been brainwashed by her union to support M...
Review: HP ProLiant DL585 G5 Server
Original at ZDNet.com.au
• Tue, Dec 9
By edit@zdnet.com.au (Michael Palamountain) After a subjective assessment of the native pre-installed operating system (if any), accompanying software and the hardware itself, MS Windows Server 2008 was installed in preparation for benchmarking. Test software used was Cinebench 9.5 and Intel Sungard 2.5. Power consumption is al...
Review: Virtuozzo Containers 4.0
Original at ZDNet.com.au
• Sun, Dec 7
By edit@zdnet.com.au (Alan Stevens) There's only ever the one operating system on the server, and many of the files are shared, but each container gets its own memory space together with registry, user and other settings. The end result is what, from the application perspective, appears to be a separate and self-contained i...
Six Windows netbooks rated
Original at Consumer Reports
• Wed, Nov 19
By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) Netbooks, highly portable mini-laptops that are smaller, cheaper, and weigh less than regular laptops, are on track to be one of this holiday season's hot sellers. The cheapest netbooks, priced well under $400, run the Linux operating system, which limits which application software y...
IBM To Buy Virtualization-Software Company Transitive
Original at Sci-Tech Today
• Wed, Nov 19
Transitive has sold more than 10 million copies of its cross-platform virtualization technology and has 48 patents. Its product, QuickTransit, allows software applications that have been compiled for one operating system run on systems with different processors or operating syste...
‘10 Linux-powered e-book readers’
Original at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home
• Sat, Nov 8
By David Rothman Given the Kindle’s closed nature—for example, Amazon’s eagerness to herd you into a DRMed proprietary format–it’s weird to think of the K machine as a Linux device. And yet that’s the Kindle’s operating system (2.6.10 kernel), In 10 linux-powered e-book readers, the Bohol tech source si...
Motorola, Google, join GNOME
Original at p2pnet.net
• Thu, Nov 6
By Jon GNOME is a desktop environment — the graphical user interface which runs on top of a computer operating system — composed entirely of free software, says the Wikipedia. It’s part of the GNU Project and can be used with various Unix-like operating systems, most notably Linux, and as part of...
Podcast: Will HP Do a Linux Distro?
Original at Dvorak Uncensored
• Wed, Oct 29
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 [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 - Comprehensive Review of 10 Main Features
Original at Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Technology Blog
• Mon, Oct 27
By Soumya Ubuntu, right from its release, has been a very popular open source operating system for Linux lovers around the world. It has gained wide popularity even with non-techies for its ease of use and superb user interface. With its new release (Ubuntu 8.10 codenamed Intrepid Ibex) due in just 3 d...
How To Choose the Best Network Storage for a Mac/PC Home
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Oct 22
By John Mahoney I took an old IBM ThinkPad X31 I had lying around and installed FreeNAS—an open-source operating system based on FreeBSD that is similar to the OS you'll find in most NAS boxes. It offers similar features like RAID if the machine it's installed on has multiple drives, and can do UPnP, FTP acc...
Android Code Released as Open Source
Original at TidBITS
• Tue, Oct 21
By glenn@tidbits.com (Glenn Fleishman) The Open Handset Alliance, the group that manages the Google-developed and -driven Android operating system, said today that the entire platform has been released as source code and licensed for liberal use. Open-source licensing typically requires that anyone who distributes vers...
How to run Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex from a flash drive
Original at Download Squad
• Mon, Oct 20
By Brad Linder This can come in handy if you want to try out the operating system without committing to it. But it can also be useful if you tend to wander back and forth between a number of computers, because you can carry your entire operating system with all of your preferred programs and settings in your p...
Motorola Developing an Android-Powered Smartphone
Original at CIO Today
• Mon, Oct 20
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Motorola is pleased to see the industry enthusiasm and support of the Android operating system," Motorola's Kaiser said in an e-mail. "As a pioneer in mobile Linux and a founder of OHA, Motorola believes Android promises to be one of the most powerful, flexible and customizable open plat...
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Motorola Developing an Android-Powered Smartphone
Original at NewsFactor Network
• Mon, Oct 20
• 4 related articles
Motorola is pleased to see the industry enthusiasm and support of the Android operating system," Motorola's Kaiser said in an e-mail. "As a pioneer in mobile Linux and a founder of OHA, Motorola believes Android promises to be one of the most powerful, flexible and customizable open plat...
Related articles from Sci-Tech Today, CIO Today, IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews and more.
Motorola Developing an Android-Powered Smartphone
Original at Sci-Tech Today
• Mon, Oct 20
• 4 related articles
Motorola is pleased to see the industry enthusiasm and support of the Android operating system," Motorola's Kaiser said in an e-mail. "As a pioneer in mobile Linux and a founder of OHA, Motorola believes Android promises to be one of the most powerful, flexible and customizable open plat...
Related articles from NewsFactor Network, CIO Today, IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News and Reviews and more.
Motorola Developing an Android-Powered Smartphone
Original at Top Tech News
• Mon, Oct 20
• 4 related articles
Motorola is pleased to see the industry enthusiasm and support of the Android operating system," Motorola's Kaiser said in an e-mail. "As a pioneer in mobile Linux and a founder of OHA, Motorola believes Android promises to be one of the most powerful, flexible and customizable open plat...
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Opinion: Hands on: Revive an old PC with Linux
Original at VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK
• Fri, Oct 17
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.
T-Mobile G1 Google Android Phone Review
Original at Gizmodo
• Wed, Oct 15
By Jason Chen The G1 phone and the Android operating system are not finished products. There are only three working Google Apps here—Gmail, Maps and Calendar—while Google Docs, Google News, Google Reader, Google Shopping, Google Images, Google Video, Blogger and Picasa are nowhere to be found. What...
First Windows XP OLPC Pilot Marks the Transition From the Sugar UI
Original at Gizmodo
• Mon, Sep 15
By Sean Fallon This pilot in Peru represents an important milestone in the evolution of One Laptop per Child," said Charles Kane, President of One Laptop per Child. "It demonstrates our ability to collaborate with Microsoft to provide governments a choice of operating system on the XO laptop."
Why Lifehacker Readers Switched to Linux
Original at Lifehacker
• Tue, Sep 2
By Kevin Purdy We asked the devoted Linux users, the dual-Windows-and-Linux-booters, and the newer converts to the open-source operating system last week why they made the switch to Linux, and received over 330 responses as of this posting. The answers were sometimes level-headed, often passionat...
Turn Your Old PC into a Webapp Monster with gOS [Hack Attack]
Original at Lifehacker
• Mon, Nov 5
By Adam Pash As more and more full-featured web applications look to replace traditional desktop apps, the concept of a web-based operating system has gained a lot of momentum. And since Wal-Mart began selling a $199 PC running a free Linux distribution—called gOS—with a hearty dose of webapp integ...
Patch: Nokia updates its Nokia N800 Internet Tablet with new features
Original at TechWhack
• Sun, Jul 8
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...
What's the Value of Open Source?
Original at NewsFactor Network
• Tue, Jun 26
For all the success of open-source software -- developers the world over flock to the code available freely over the Internet -- its purveyors able to thrive as public companies are few. Linux operating system seller Red Hat has generated billions in value for investors, but its shares ha...
Flash Games: Puzzles, Tower Defense Games, Escape Games, and Shooters -- A 12-Game Extravaganza!
Original at Blogcritics
• Fri, Jun 22
By Phillip Winn Every* Friday, I present three or more browser-based games, all of which depend on the Adobe Flash Player and your web browser. Sticking strictly to Flash games means that all games should work on Mac, Windows, Linux, and any other operating system that supports Flash -- but not the iPhone....
Book Review - Learning MySQL by Seyed M.M. "Saied" Tahaghoghi And Hugh E. Williams
Original at Blogcritics
• Sat, May 12
By T. Michael Testi The book has 18 chapters divided into six parts. To work with this book you will need a computer that is running Window, Linux or the Mac OS X operating system; a web server, the one introduced here is the Apache web server; and the PHP and Pearl languages for programming specific tasks to MySQ...
Opinion: How do I store my data on a separate partition in Windows Vista?
Original at Lifehacker
• Wed, May 2
By Seth Abramovitch Dear Separation,I agree with this recommendation on every operating system you might use, including Windows Vista. As a matter of aesthetics, it's nice to keep your data from mingling with system files, and as a matter of practicality, it is easier to backup, mirror and transfer data dri...
Torvalds Patches Linux Kernel, Fixes Broken Bug
Original at CIO India
• Wed, Apr 11
The hacker who created a widely reported cross-platform virus that could affect both Windows and Linux PCs may have inadvertently done some free bug testing for the Linux operating system. On Wednesday, Linux creator Linus Torvalds said he had patched his operating system kernel to fix...
Patch: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Released
Original at OS News
• Sun, Apr 8
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...
How to edit video on a Linux system
Original at Lifehacker
• Mon, Mar 19
Linux isn't exactly the go-to operating system for video editing, but free-software enthusiast Alex Roitman shows that it can definitely get the job done. Have you used Linux for a video-editing project? If so, hit the comments and tell us how it went: good, bad or otherwise. — Rick Broida B...
BC Magazine Editors' Picks: January 22 through January 28
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Feb 1
By Lisa McKay TV/FILM • On Death by Baritone POLITICS No picks this week. SPORTS No picks this week. GAMING Steve Wild, who never seems to tire of sharing his expertise when it comes to everyone's favourite open source operating system, gave us a handy guide to Simple DVD Re-Authoring in Linux.