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The next 'business' Ubuntu is on its way —
Aug. 30, 2007 —
The next version of Ubuntu with long-term support, "Hardy Heron," Ubuntu 8.04 will be released in April 2008. Read this article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on Linux-Watch.com, here. ...
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Open XML standard war grows heated —
Aug. 30, 2007 —
The day is fast approaching when the comment and voting period for ISO/IEC DIS 29500, the draft ISO specification based upon Microsoft's Office Open XML formats, will either be approved or not. As Sept. 2 comes closer, Microsoft appears to be stuffing the ballot boxes of some countries' ISO organizations ...
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HP releases its first mass-market Linux PC —
Aug. 29, 2007 —
 Ending months of rumors, Hewlett-Packard appears to have released its first mass-market PC with pre-installed Linux. Specifically, the company will soon be selling RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) Desktop 5 on its HP dx2250 PC to Australian customers. ...
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DIY Linux live CD -- the really easy way! —
Aug. 29, 2007 —
 Thanks to a note from its creator, DesktopLinux.com learned about a new "release candidate" of Custom NimbleX 2 this week. This lesser known Slackware-derived project offers a Web-based tool that lets users concoct, and then download, their own customized live CD Linux images -- in minutes! ...
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2007 Desktop Linux Survey results revealed —
Aug. 22, 2007 —
 [Updated Aug. 23] -- Analysis -- According to DesktopLinux.com's just completed survey, the number of Desktop Linux users has more than doubled in the past year, and Ubuntu remains their Linux distribution of choice. ...
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Why XSserver 1.4 won't make it into Ubuntu Gutsy —
Aug. 21, 2007 —
If everything goes well, Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon, the next community version of the popular Linux distribution, will appear in October. It will not, however, include the latest and greatest X window server and utilities: Xserver 1.4 and X.Org 7.3. These new windowing programs would have added more features to ...
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Technalign releases new community based distribution, Pioneer Linux —
Aug. 20, 2007 —
Technalign, developers of both the community and commercial Pioneer Linux operating systems, recently announced the release of Pioneer Explorer 1.0 and the Programs folder. In the past, Technalign built its Linux distributions from Ubuntu, Debian and MEPIS codebases. While this new distribution still shows its Ubuntu/Debian roots, it's ...
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Second-rate Vista has Windows fans looking to Linux —
Aug. 20, 2007 —
The year is 1993, and I'm at the Spencer Katt party at Fall Comdex, back when Comdex was "the" technology show of technology shows. There, I, a freelance technology journalist, meet Jim Louderback, then the director of PC Weeks Labs. We end up talking about operating systems. ...
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Debian Linux 4.0 Gets an Update —
Aug. 18, 2007 —
 A new update to the latest stable version of Debian 4.0 includes security updates and other important problem fixes. ...
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Etch-based MEPIS 7.0 beta ISOs arrive —
Aug. 17, 2007 —
 MEPIS founder Warren Woodford today launched "the first official beta" of the upcoming v7.0 release of SimplyMEPIS Linux. According to Woodford, "version 6.9.60beta1" is based on a Debian Etch core combined with up-to-date user applications that are recompiled by MEPIS from upstream Debian and Ubuntu sources. ...
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How many Linux desktop users are there? —
Aug. 17, 2007 —
Desktop operating systems numbers, even when gathered by top research companies, such as IDG and Gartner, are often a bit fuzzy. When it comes to uncommon desktop operating systems, like Linux, the numbers often amount to little more than an educated guess. ...
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Linux Mint Takes on a KDE Flavor —
Aug. 16, 2007 —
Linux Mint, a community Linux distribution that includes some proprietary elements for a better "out of the box" user experience, is now available in an edition with KDE as its desktop environment. ...
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Linux net PC inspires tough love —
Aug. 15, 2007 —
 Jeff Campbell (aka "Mr. Zonbu") has updated the blog chronicling his experiences with Zonbu, a mini-sized Linux-powered network computer for home users. The latest posting, based on two weeks with the device, finds Campbell happy but still full of suggestions. ...
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Linux media center distro rev's up —
Aug. 13, 2007 —
 A project aimed at building a Linux distribution for media center PCs has achieved a major new release. LinuxMCE 0704 is based on Kubuntu, and offers lots of flashy features, such as whole-house high-definition video distribution, optional alpha-blended graphics, gyroscopic remote control, and much more. ...
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Vote in the 2007 Desktop Linux Survey —
Aug. 13, 2007 —
 DesktopLinux.com launched its 2007 Desktop Linux Survey on August 13, asking users of Linux desktops to identify what distributions they use, as well as their choice of windowing environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.), web browsers, email clients, and Windows-on-Linux solutions. ...
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SCO goes down in flames: Novell owns Unix! —
Aug. 10, 2007 —
Analysis -- The day Linux fans have been waiting for since SCO attacked Linux on May 12, 2003 has finally arrived. U.S. District Court Judge Dale Kimball has ruled that Novell, not SCO, owns Unix's IP (intellectual property) rights. This, in turn, means the end of SCO's cases against IBM. ...
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MEPIS releases KDE 4 Beta 1 Live DVDs —
Aug. 10, 2007 —
Warren Woodford of MEPIS announced on Aug. 10 that his company has built KDE 4 Beta 1 Live DVDs to verify the compatibility of KDE 4 with SimplyMEPIS 7.x.
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