A New Face for Icedove
Check out the new artwork for Icedove (mozilla-thunderbird under Debian) application. Rather feminine, but it's clean and unique, I like! This new look will be available in the next release, read…
Neuros OSD Review
The Neuros OSD promises a lot - it claims to be the first open source Linux-based embedded media center and it "records video and links your PC, portables and entertainment center". Bold claims,…
Dondich talks up open source management apps
A former network engineer turned author and open source software developer, Taylor Dondich says applications such as Nagios provide a viable low-cost, high-performance alternative to commercial IT…
BlinxS establishment marks shift towards open source OS
The Director of Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB) said open source software such as Linux is much needed by the sultanate as it is handicapped by the lack of skilled human resources in ICT and the…
Drupal 5 release candidate
After just two betas the Drupal project present the first Drupal 5 release candidate (RC1). You can read about the new features in the beta 1 announcement. In contrast to the beta's, most…
Is Linux Ready for Small Business?
Many small businesses have avoided Linux for a variety of reasons: not enough applications, complexity of installation or that it requires too much technical know-how to run. The technology has…
Open source: Where the action is
The pace of change in the open source software business is likely to accelerate in 2007 as developers climb up the software stack from the operating system and databases to applications.
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Redmond vs. Red Hat: Divide and conquer
As we close out the year, it is instructive to ponder last month's pro-Linux announcement by Microsoft. It tells us a lot about how the company's thinking is evolving with respect to competition.…
Linux Security: A Big Edge Over Windows
Linux is better at locking down a computer than Windows. The Linux OS uses configuration settings and user permissions to a much more efficient degree than the Windows administrator account. To do…
Open Source Investment Rose 131% in 2006
The amount of venture capital funding invested in the Linux and open source-related vendors tracked by Computer Business Review rose 131% in 2006, vastly outpacing the IT market as a whole.
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