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Can Linux stop global warming? —
Sep. 27, 2007 —
A German company is touting its Linux-based thin-client technology as a climate change remediant. "2X Ltd" says businesses can halve computer-related electrical consumption by replacing PCs with Linux-based thin clients and its centralized management software. Read this article by Henry Kingman on LinuxDevices.com, here. ...
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First Ubuntu 7.10 ('Gutsy Gibbon') beta arrives —
Sep. 27, 2007 —
 Ubuntu fans rejoice! The first beta of the next Ubuntu 7.10, aka "Gutsy Gibbon," arrived on Sept. 27, complete with corresponding releases of its variants: Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu desktop editions, as well as a server edition. ...
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Linspire adds paid support option to Freespire —
Sep. 26, 2007 —
 Linspire, the company behind the Linspire commercial and Freespire community desktop Linux operating systems and CNR.com, a free Linux software delivery service, has announced the immediate availability of its first commercial paid support offerings for Freespire 2.0 users.
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Xandros 4: The best desktop Linux for Windows users —
Sep. 25, 2007 —
 What's the best desktop Linux? For me, it's SimplyMEPIS 6.5, soon to be replaced by 7.0. But this is both a dumb question and a dumb answer. The real question is: What's the best desktop operating system for you? ...
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OLPC "Give 1, Get 1" promo starts Nov. 12 in the U.S. —
Sep. 24, 2007 —
 One Laptop Per Child's "XO" device -- commonly referred to as the $100 Linux laptop -- will be offered as part of a "Give 1, Get 1" promotional program in the U.S. and Canada beginning Nov. 12, the organization's director of software said Sept. 24. ...
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'Open Minds' want Linux and open source in American schools —
Sep. 21, 2007 —
News about other countries' educational systems turning to Linux has become commonplace, but there are also efforts afoot to bring Linux and open-source to America's schools as well. Read this article by Steven J. Vaughan Nichols on Linux-Watch, here....
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GNOME 2.20 arrives on Linux desktops —
Sep. 20, 2007 —
 The first major update of GNOME, version 2.20, has arrived almost two and a half years after GNOME 2.10, its last big step forward. GNOME 2.20 boasts not just improvements to the desktop itself, but multiple significant improvements to GNOME's applications as well. ...
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IBM's Lotus Symphony is OpenOffice in Eclipse clothing —
Sep. 20, 2007 —
IBM recently announced it would embrace the OpenOffice.org productivity suite project and we're already seeing results, chiefly the beta release of IBM's free Lotus Symphony. But does the new word processor, spreadsheet and presentation trio have what it takes to put the Lotus brand back on the office application map? ...
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Mozilla patches QuickTime/Firefox flaw —
Sep. 19, 2007 —
Mozilla, on Sept. 19, ditched the ability to run arbitrary script from the Firefox command line, a quick fix for a year-old QuickTime bug that could be used to take over user systems. ...
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IBM Offers Free Office Tools —
Sep. 18, 2007 —
With Lotus Symphony, IBM offers its own take on OpenOffice.org for Linux and Windows users. ...
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All Macedonian students to use Linux desktops —
Sep. 18, 2007 —
The One Laptop per Child's XO, better known as the $100 laptop, gets most of the headlines but NComputing is showing in Macedonia, with its Ubuntu Linux based servers and virtual PC terminals, that there's more than one way to get inexpensive Linux desktops into students' hands. ...
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Mozilla spins off Thunderbird —
Sep. 18, 2007 —
In July, Mozilla executives admitted that they weren't quite sure what to do with Thunderbird, the open-source e-mail client, since Firefox, the popular open-source Web browser, demanded most of the company's attention. ...
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Stick a fork in SCO. They're done. —
Sep. 14, 2007 —
 Analysis -- It finally happened. Hounded by its enemies, SCO has had to declare chapter 11 bankruptcy. And, somewhere in Novell's offices there are some lawyers popping open a bottle or two of champagne. ...
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SCO goes belly-up —
Sep. 14, 2007 —
Years after it was first predicted, The SCO Group, a Unix and mobile software distributor better known for its Linux litigation, has filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
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Dell spins customized Ubuntu —
Sep. 13, 2007 —
Bad things can happen even to good computers. If something bad happens to a Dell PC with pre-installed Ubuntu, Dell is now providing a customized Ubuntu to make certain that everything returns to turn to tiptop shape. ...
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Why the Linux Desktop will succeed despite itself —
Sep. 12, 2007 —
 Opinion -- If you expect me to argue with the 13 reasons Kim Brebach gives for why the Linux desktop is unlikely to make it to a desktop near you any time soon, prepare to be disappointed. He's right. ...
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Eudora e-mail just won't die —
Sep. 12, 2007 —
Qualcomm's Eudora e-mail is making a comeback as an open- source offering. Read this article by Clint Boulton on eWEEK.com, here....
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Why Linux won't make it to a desktop near you —
Sep. 12, 2007 —
You're a marketer who finds an exciting new product developed by some really smart people. A great product few people have heard of is the Holy Grail of marketing -- all you have to do is tell everyone about it, and the world will beat a path to your door. ...
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Is the world ready for a Web-based desktop? —
Sep. 11, 2007 —
Michael Robertson, founder of MP3.com and Linspire, a Linux distributor, thinks the world is ready for a 'virtual' desktop on the Web. Is he right? Read this article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on eWEEK.com, here....
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A beginner's romp through desktop Linux —
Sep. 11, 2007 —
Analysis -- Kim Brebach, a Windows user and consultant with an Austrialia-based technology marketing group, recently took a long trip into the land of the Linux desktop and reports back on what he found. ...
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Lenovo opening the door for Ubuntu ThinkPads? —
Sep. 09, 2007 —
Lenovo finally started shipping SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on its T-Series ThinkPads for its mainstream business users. Now, the company appears to be considering offering another Linux, very possibly Ubuntu, for the enthusiast market. ...
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No ISO for Microsoft means little —
Sep. 07, 2007 —
Opinion -- ODF advocates are getting ahead of themselves by celebrating Microsoft's ISO failure. Read this column by Jason Brooks on eWEEK.com, here....
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Moving to a Linux Desktop
Migrating from Windows to Linux on the desktop can be a substantial undertaking because it has the potential for touching -- and perhaps disrupting -- every user in your organization. Unlike a data center (server and infrastructure) migration that is largely transparent to users, the cultural and administrative transitions and environment readiness required to support a Linux desktop migration are extensive.
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IBM joined OpenOffice.org on Sept.10, and the company is bringing its programming muscle with it to improve the popular open-source office suite. ...
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