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Bringing Up Hardware First In Linux, Then Windows
After reading the Linux 2.6.37-rc3 release announcement on the Linux kernel mailing list, another interesting thread was found and it’s about getting hardware vendors to do their initial hardware bring-up under Linux prior
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The HeliOS Project Gets Stoned
My deep thanks to Jeff Hoogland, Steve Rosenberg and the great folks at OMG Ubuntu.
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Norway to probe Sony’s PS3 Linux ‘downgrade’
A government agency in Norway has reported Sony to the Consumer Ombudsman after floods of
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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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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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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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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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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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Linux 2.6.35.7
I’m announcing the release of the 2.6.35.7 kernel. This is only needed if you run Xen, there was a typo that caused problems. My fault, sorry.
Linux 2.6.36-rc6 Kernel Released
The Linux 2.6.36 kernel is just about here.
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Linux Audio Blog #3
Some additional comments about operating systems with some more detail including MMUs, Amigas, old computer hardware and where computing is going, 16 minutes duration.
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Google Chrome OS: unlike Android, it’s open source
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