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OLPC computers on their way to Birmingham, Ala. —
Mar. 05, 2008 —
 Anyone who has thought that, as nice as the Linux-powered One Laptop Per Child computers are for the target market of third-world children, they'd also make a lot of sense for U.S. kids too, is in good company. ...
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Everex Releases gPC Mini —
Mar. 04, 2008 —
Late last year, Everex, a mid-tier PC vendor, made a big splash with its inexpensive gOS Linux-powered Green gPC TC2502. Now, Everex is following that popular mini-tower PC with a Mac-mini format computer: the gPC mini. ...
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Vista SP1: Still lagging behind the Linux desktop —
Mar. 04, 2008 —
Review -- I had really thought that Vista SP1 would be an improvement. I didn't think it would be a big improvement, but still that it would be more competitive with Windows XP and the modern Linux desktop. I was wrong. ...
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Hack-that-desktop-OS contest —
Feb. 22, 2008 —
 Blog -- So, what's the most secure desktop operating system of all? Well, we'll get at least a hint from an upcoming bout pitting some top hackers against Mac OS X, Windows Vista and Ubuntu. ...
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Mozilla Messaging to improve Thunderbird e-mail —
Feb. 19, 2008 —
Months after its initial announcement, the Mozilla Foundation's new nonprofit branch Mozilla Messaging, finally opened for business for the advancement of the Thunderbird e-mail client on Feb. 19. ...
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Preinstalled SUSE Linux ThinkPad is good, but not great —
Feb. 15, 2008 —
 Blog -- I use, on a daily basis, three different Linux distributions: MEPIS 6.5 and 7, OpenSUSE 10.3, and SLED 10 SP1. So, when I saw that Frank Ohlhorst, my colleague over at The Channel Insider, had gotten his hands on a ThinkPad T61 ...
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Thunderbird security woes —
Feb. 11, 2008 —
 When Firefox 2.0.0.12 came out on Feb. 7, it brought with it fixes for three critical security holes and seven that were not quite so serious. According to the security advisories, many of these problems were also fixed in the Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 e-mail client. Unfortunately, ...
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XP for OLPC is almost here —
Feb. 07, 2008 —
Blog -- It's not like anyone has asked for Windows XP to run on the Linux-powered One Laptop Per Child XO laptop, but Microsoft is getting ready to deliver it to us anyway. ...
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Asustek to release more 'Eee' Linux desktop PCs —
Feb. 01, 2008 —
Asustek, the company behind the popular Xandros Linux-powered Asus Eee PC 4G ultramobile PC, knows it's got something good going on, and so it's going to push its Linux desktop PCs for all it's worth. ...
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Getting Office 2007 fonts into Linux —
Jan. 30, 2008 —
The really big problem in document formats is what's going to become the next office document format: Microsoft's proprietary Open XML or OpenOffice's ODF (Open Document Format). ...
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Vive la Ubuntu libre! —
Jan. 30, 2008 —
The Linux desktop may be moving forward slowly in the United States, but it's a vastly different story in Europe. ...
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HP debuts Linux-based thin client —
Jan. 29, 2008 —
 Hewlett-Packard unveiled its first new thin clients since acquiring Linux thin client specialist Neoware last fall. Among the new products is a Debian-based "t5735" model featuring a CPU and GPU (graphics processor unit) from AMD, which acquired GPU specialist ATI recently. ...
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KDE Sets Roadmap for Development —
Jan. 24, 2008 —
With version 4.0 of the popular KDE Linux desktop released, the KDE team has set a roadmap for future releases of the technology. ...
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KDE Targets Windows, Mac —
Jan. 24, 2008 —
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Developers of KDE, the popular Linux desktop environment, are targeting Windows and enhanced Macintosh support. ...
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Sears offers cheap pre-installed Freespire Linux PCs —
Jan. 17, 2008 —
 The mainstreaming of Linux-based PCs has taken another major step forward. Sears, via its Web store, is now offering a low-priced minitower PC that comes with pre-installed Freespire 2.0 Linux. ...
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How low can you go and still run Linux? —
Jan. 14, 2008 —
 Opinion -- I remember when getting a decent PC would set you back at least a grand. Then it was $500. Now, it's $150!? That's the story that small vendor LinFX wants you to buy along with its PC with pre-installed Linux. ...
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The Easy Way to Install Programs in Ubuntu Linux —
Jan. 11, 2008 —
Blog: Well, you could do it the manly way and type in the source-code listings with vi-EMACS--we spit upon EMACS!--and then hand-compile the program yourself with gcc. Or you could use apt-get, not really a man's man way of doing it, but OK. ...
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The $75 computer? —
Jan. 11, 2008 —
When the OLPC (One Laptop per Child) was first proposed, much was made of how impossible it was that there could ever be a $100 computer. Well, the naysayers were right. It turned out to be a $200 computer. ...
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