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Clubbing baby Linux penguins

Some things can't be spun.

If you're clubbing baby seals into a bloody pulp, for example, I can't hear your justifications. You can talk about needing to make a living and how this is how…

Is the Linux development model flawed?

Back in the early 1990s, when Linux initiator Linus Torwalds and open source software started to make headlines, the idea of giving software away seemed crazy. Looking at the headway the movement…

Can Linux close its technical gaps?

Legal threats may be the high-profile risk for Linux, but the popular open source kernel project is coming face-to-face with key technical shortcomings, too. As the Linux Foundation plans its…

Mainsoft boosts .Net development for Linux

Mainsoft today announced the release of Mainsoft for Java™ EE, version 2.0, (formerly called Visual MainWin for J2EE), a suite of products that enables .NET developers to produce .NET Web and…

DreamWorks Animation "Shrek the Third": Linux Feeds an Ogre

All the big film studios primarily use Linux for animation and visual effects. Perhaps no commercial Linux installation is larger than DreamWorks Animation, with more than 1,000 Linux desktops and…

Lina runs Linux Apps on Windows and Mac OS X

Lina, an Alameda software company, unveils LINA. LINA enables a Linux application, developed and compiled once, to run with native look and feel on three different platforms. The company will…

Nicholar Carr has got it wrong. Open Source follows Bazaar model and it is democratic

"Recently, Nicholas Carr, an acclaimed writer and ex-editor of Harvard Business Review, wrote an article titled The Ignorance of the Crowds in the Strategy+Business Magazine (free registration…

XBMC recruiting developers for Linux port

"A few developers on Team-XBMC have begun the porting of XBMC to Linux and OpenGL using the SDL toolkit. The goal is for this to become a full port of XBMC containing all the features and…

Linux Distribution Guide

This is a brief 4 page guide to the world of Linux distributions, primarily aimed at individuals who are new to the Linux scene, and who are thinking about taking the plunge and trying Linux for…

A challenge to all Linux Users in the World

A recent posting by George Ou about Windows Home Server brought out a lot of responses from the Linux community. I think that Microsoft deserves to get some competition.

Here's the…