Expect plays a crucial role in network management
Expect is an indispensable tool for efficient system and network management, and it's also widely misunderstood. In this article, find out the benefits Expect provides in common use cases.
KDE 4.0 Beta 1 Released
The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the first Beta release for KDE 4.0. This release marks the beginning of the integration process which will bring the powerful…
openSUSE 10.3 Alpha7 Released
Alpha7 is ready after 5 rebuilds. Important changes since Alpha6 include Linux 2.6.22.1, gcc 4.2.1, libzypp 3.12.1 and the package set of the CDs are heavily reshuffled and with it the patterns…
Seven Financial Reasons Not to Use Windows
"It's not that you shouldn't use Windows, it just that it's not always the most economical choice for your company. Here are seven surefire reasons to consider Linux, Unix or Mac alternatives."…
Microsoft's overtures towards open source show just how scared it is
The vote is submitting its Shared Source licences to the Open Souce Initiative for certification, as announced in a keynote speech by Bill Hilf, Microsoft General Manager of Platform Strategy, on…
Vancouver law firm trades in MS for desktop Linux
Downtime and virus issues prompt Whitelaw Twining to install SUSE. The switch was simple but not entirely trouble-free.
Whitelaw's rollout took one weekend and users were able to adapt to…
Linux Vs. Mac: Which Is The Better Alternative To Microsoft Windows?
If you're a Vista-wary Windows user who would rather switch than fight, should you move to a Linux distro or Apple's OS X?
Linux Vs. Mac: Which Is The Better Alternative To Microsoft…
MS Open XML Now in Equal Standing with ODF
Late today, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced that it has formally ratified the 4.0 version of its Enterprise Technical Reference Policy. As a result, Microsoft's Office Open XML format…
GNOME 2.19.6 Released
This is our sixth development release on our road towards GNOME 2.20.0, which will be released in September 2007. New features are still arriving, so your mission is simple : Go download it. Go…
Acer installing Linux on some notebooks, but not Ubuntu
Acer Inc. did not install the Ubuntu Linux distribution on a batch of Aspire notebooks for sale in Singapore, but the company is installing a different version of the open-source operating system…