Blogs about: Desktop Linux
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Recycling Computers With Linux
Shameless self-promotion: go read this article on recycling computer hardware by running Linux on it, published thanks to IBM developerWorks. Really!… more →
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Linux: Not Ready for the Big Time
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unteer wrote 3 weeks ago: This entry is the first in a series covering GNU/Linux, an Operating System consisting of the Linux … more →
Recycling Computers With Linux
jefro wrote 1 month ago: Shameless self-promotion: go read this article on recycling computer hardware by running Linux on it … more →
Free LinuxCon Keynotes!
jefro wrote 2 months ago: Go here: http://www.techcast.com/events/linuxcon/free/ … more →
Best Buy "disappears" the Ubuntu box set
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Ryan wrote 4 months ago: Last year, word got around that Best Buy would be selling the Ubuntu Linux OS in a boxed set for $20 … more →
IDG Analysis of Open-Source in China - Wrong
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jefro wrote 4 months ago: I read an interesting, well-written, well-researched article this morning by IDG news analyst Owen F … more →
Desktop Linux Transition Notes #4: Ubuntu 9.04 vs. Thinkpad SL500
jefro wrote 4 months ago: My wife upgraded her laptop from an 8-year-old model. The new one, a Lenovo Thinkpad SL500, arrived … more →
Howto install firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu Jaunty
John wrote 5 months ago: Installing the new Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu is pretty easy (NOTE: Firefox 3.5 FINAL is already in ubunt … more →
My First Problem with Ubuntu
kerneldaks wrote 6 months ago: Hi guys, Today I faced my first problem with my ubuntu installation. I was on a regular visit to ubu … more →
Desktop Linux Transition Notes #3
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jefro wrote 7 months ago: Keir Thomas, whose body of work I greatly respect and in many was envy, published an article on Frid … more →
Desktop Linux Transition Notes #2
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jefro wrote 7 months ago: The saga of transitioning to desktop Linux continues. I now officially quad-boot my laptop, a trusty … more →
$100 PCI card recycles old PCs into Linux thin clients
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jefro wrote 7 months ago: In an article on LinuxDevices this morning, we learn that a company called Igel is producing a PCI c … more →
Article on cloud computing with Linux-based thin clients
jefro wrote 7 months ago: This excellent, well-written article (full disclosure: I wrote it ) is on IBM’s developerWorks … more →
Desktop Linux Transition Notes #1
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jefro wrote 7 months ago: I consider myself reasonably geeky. I have been programming and writing technical documentation for … more →
Good-Bye XP. Hello Windows 7
Charry Jin wrote 8 months ago: Microsoft has wanted to kill Windows XP for years. There was only one problem. The users refused t … more →
Windows 7 - Nail in the Desktop Linux Coffin?
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mukom777 wrote 1 year ago: Two events in the last month have gotten me worried about the future of desktop Linux. First is a de … more →
Making desktop Linux work for business | InfoWorld | Analysis | 2008-07-01 | By Neil McAllister
Ernest wrote 1 year ago: Today’s IT managers face tough choices. PCs that run fine today have an uncertain upgrade path … more →
Linux for home users - stop the hype!
ubuntucat wrote 1 year ago: I’m an open source advocate who has been using Ubuntu for the past three years and just bought … more →
I don't know about "the desktop," but Linux appears to be ready for the ultra-mobile PC
ubuntucat wrote 1 year ago: I don’t like arguments about whether or not Linux is “ready for the desktop,” beca … more →
Google Hosts Ubuntu Linux Discussion
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Joe Panettieri wrote 1 year ago: Google frequently hosts “tech talks” to help employees understand key trends in IT. One … more →
