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2006 September

Novell to launch quick-response Linux

Now this is very interesting indeed. Novell is looking to some fascinating new areas for growth, perhaps even the financial sector?

MedPix medical image database uses healthy dose of FOSS

It’s always a great thing to see one industry or another using open source software. In this piece below, we are sent on a merry little journey into this world.

GPL, BSD, and NetBSD - why the GPL rocketed Linux to success

The piece below is an interesting perspective as to how the GPL sent Linux into orbit. Seriously, you should read this.

Google testing Sun’s OpenSolaris, sources say

Now this is interesting. There has been some speculation that Google has been looking into Sun’s OpenSolaris OS. Not sure where this would be going, but it could prove pretty wild.

HOWTO: Banshee 0.11 + Ubuntu

Nice. It seems that you can get Banshee (the latest version) up and running with a little help from this piece below…

My Gentoo odyssey

There is no question whatsoever that Gentoo is definitely not a newbie friendly distribution. Having said this, it’s fantastic if you understand what you are getting yourself into.

Embedded Linux book sample chapter available

I don’t think that there is really any question that this book described below can provide its reader with quite an education, to say the least.

Taking the Linux Plunge

This was definitely a thought provoking line of thought as there are still so many others that are just now migrating to a stronger OS. Linux does offer a nice option here

HP spying more elaborate than reported

An HP trojan foiled by Linux? Sounds a little too cloak and dagger for me. Still, it does provide for some interesting reading…

iPod Linux group seeks to document 5th gen iPod games

Hmm, I suppose my first comment would be to say that I was not even aware that there was such a thing as iPod games.

Is Ubuntu Linux a Sensible Alternative for Mac Users?

In actuality, I found this argument to a very valid argument. I mean, is Ubuntu the best fit for everyone looking to get away from their existing OS choice?

Red Hat’s first combined release with JBoss

Overall, this could spell good things for Red Hat. By offering JBoss Application Server along with other goodies, this puts Red Hat in a very strong position on the server market.

Grisoft Betas New Security Suite

Windows users remember the company for introducing the widely successful AVG antivirus. Well, it looks as if their Linux efforts are about to come to a full bloom

Sun is winning in the server market

In some ways, it’s not all that shocking to see Sun setting them up and taking them down in the server market. The article below tells the tale…

Mainsoft’s Grasshopper 2.0 jumps onto Visual Studio 2005

Wow, from the looks of things, Mainsoft has really out done themselves with their latest software release.

Google hack: Use Gmail as a Linux filesystem

Definitely some very cool stuff here. Today, you will have an opportunity to learn about a book that will show you how to hack Gmail into a file system for use on your *Nix box.

Linspire tempts white-box vendors with CNR royalties

This is an interesting approach for Linux vendor, Linspire. With any luck, they’ll have plenty of success with it.

The state of Mono support on Mac OS X

Most of us are fairly familair with Mono I suspect. But just how hip are you to how well it’s supported on other platforms?

Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz

It’s cooler than anything Microsoft has by far, but is it really part of a better computing experience?

Mandriva Powers Up a Serious Business-Server Linux

We suck on the desktop, so let’s give the server market a shot, right? Come on Mandriva, you snooze, you loose.

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