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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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4 Ways to Give Desktop Linux a Test-Drive
That desktop Linux offers myriad compelling advantages for business users is no longer the subject of much debate.
I'm currently running Ubuntu 10.10 on VMware.
My computer has a NVidia 8800GT graphics card.
I'm trying to activate the Desktop Effects but keep getting the following error message: "Desktop Effects could not be enabled"
I'm very new to Linux so I'm still in the extreme learning phase.
Could someone offer suggestions on how to get this to work?
My goal is to get Compiz to work.
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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.
For some people, their choice of desktop and operating system comes down to how they look, and desktop effects make or break this category.
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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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Avaya drops Microsoft with IP Office 6.1 update
Communication platform switches to Linux
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Open Source Desktops May Not Happen for Small Biz
For all the talk of how open source software is kicking butt and taking names in the cloud space (see: Red Hat, Ubuntu, Novell)
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Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 On Linux
In this review today at Phoronix we are testing out the Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 Vapor-X 1GB graphics card to see how this popular AMD Radeon graphics processor is performing under Linux.
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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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