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Are Your Desktop Effects Slowing You Down?
Whenever I perform a 3D benchmark in Linux one of the first questions I get asked about the results is:
Where your desktop effects turned off?
For those who are not aware, desktop effects are the “flash” that is en
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Windows Legacy Apps vs. Linux Desktop Adopters?
In a previous article on Linux-Window desktop competition, I shared my thoughts on why desktop Linux shouldn’t focus on competing with Windows.
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Have yourself a very Linux Christmas
Whether you cut your teeth downloading Linux 0.x source code or you want to give Linux a try for the first time, we’ve got presents for you.
What do you get for the Linux lover in your life?
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Conversion Tales From the Land of Linux
“I’ve converted my wife to Linux,” asserted Eric Mesa among the 100 or so comments that soon appeared on the topic. “Installed Ubuntu on her computer. She is OK with Linux 90% of the time.
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A history of viruses on Linux
We recently gave you a brief history of viruses on the Mac and as requested by a user we wanted to give you a history of viruses on Linux.
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The hidden places where Linux dominates
While the fight for desktop dominance is still raging somewhere in the distance, Linux has quietly succeeded in the places no one thinks to look.
It’s being used in mobile phones, set-top boxes, media streamers and routers.
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How to test if a laptop is working with Linux
One interesting observation is that Ubuntu Lucid has almost twice the framerate than RHEL6 with glxgears. No idea why.
Kernel Space
Removing the big kernel lock.
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A Point That Deserves Illuminating: Linux Is Not “I-Cant-Believe-Its-Not-Windows!”
The difference between consumer needs and producer needs appear to be clearly understood everywhere else.
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Mac OS X Lion Features Are Ubuntu Rip-Off
Let’s look at Mac OS X Lion’s first “innovation” they introduced: multitouch gestures.
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