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No Linux Version of Steam In Development
[2010-08-25] Apparently, Valve executives are failing to follow our articles over here at LinuxProNews.com. Despite my suggestion that Linux may be a viable gaming platform, Valve Vice-President of Marketing, Doug Lombardi, has officially stated that there is no active development on a Linux version of their popular gaming platform Steam.
KDE 4.5 Released
[2010-08-11] Yesterday, KDE released versions 4.5 of its various platforms. These releases include over 16,022 fixed bugs and 1,723 new features. Despite 17,000+ changes, nothing will stand out as surprisingly different from KDE 4.4. The KDE team focused on stability and improvement in this release.
Running Linux from your USB Flash Drive
[2010-07-28] One of the greatest features of Linux distributions is the ability to run a liveCD on your computer, without the need to install anything to your hard drive. There is no better way to test drive a piece of software available from any other OS. This also makes repairing systems easier, as you can simply pop in a liveCD and have access to the hardware, even if your primary system is crashed.
Using Ubuntu For Your Cloud Needs
[2010-07-14] Reports of Dell's decision to deliver Ubuntu-powered cloud infrastructure should motivate readers to evaluate Ubuntu as an alternative to Red Hat in the cloud.
Is Linux a Viable Gaming Platform?
[2010-06-30] Imagine games on Linux - I wonder if you can - No need for dual booting - A magnificent plan! The setback from major game developers porting their titles to Linux has been profitability. The Linux community can not logically hold it against a game developer for porting to such a small segment of the market.
HP Buys Instant-On Linux Tech For $12 Million
[2010-06-16] Here's a bit of good news for the Linux industry: Hewlett-Packard is spending $12 million to improve its standing in this field. And HP's not taking its sweet time to perform some R&D, either, instead acquiring tech created by Phoenix Technologies.
The Most Important Values Of Open Source
[2010-06-10] The second Innovators barcamp - a meet-up organized by the Italian innovators group to pass from talking about innovation to do it in and for public administrations - was the perfect venue to share some ideas about "Open Source & Multi-sided Markets".
Three ways to check your hard drive health using SMART
[2010-05-26] Did you know that most modern hard drives store their own reliability data internally and have built in testing tools to check drive health?
Four Great Multi-Platform Games go Open-Source
[2010-05-12] A few days ago, I saw a post on Slashdotthat claimed that Linux users donate twice as much as Windows users. Having no idea what they meant, I found that Wolfire Gameswas working on an interesting experiment.
Ensuring Ubuntu Is Available To Everyone
[2010-04-28] Recently MuleSource partnered with Canonical to improve Tomcat packaging for Ubuntu and Debian. The Tomcat's expert Jason Britain, newly hired at MuleSource, made clear what are MuleSource's contributions to Tomcat and I asked to Matt Asay more about what Canonical brings to this partnership, and to Jono Bacon more about Ubuntu's community.
MeeGo Project Wins More Support
[2010-04-14] The MeeGo Project, which aims to make a single Linux-based, open source software platform out of separate Intel and Nokia projects, has gained a whole lot of supporters. A whopping 27, in fact, and there are some rather important companies among them.
New PS3 Update Will Disable Linux Support
[2010-03-31] Sorry, Linux professionals, but your operating system of choice will soon be pushed out of a large number of people's daily lives. Sony has announced that the next Playstation 3 firmware update - due out April 1st - will disable the "Install Other OS" feature that allowed many gamers to use Linux.
System Rescue CD
[2010-03-17] One of the most useful rescue disks for both Windows and Linux systems that I have found is SystemRescueCD (SRCD); A free (as in beer and freedom!) "live" Linux distribution that allows for booting on either a 32-bit or 64-bit Intel/AMD system. SRCD is based on my favorite Linux distribution, Gentoo.
How To Interface With Linux Using The Shell
[2010-03-03] Almost everyone who switches on a computer today expects to see a tiny button at the bottom left of the screen that says ‘Start'. Apologies to Mac users and Linux aficionados of the Gnome and KDE camps, but the truth remains that majority of computer users are still Windows users. Let's get back to the basics and get shell shocked!
Linux And Open Source Could End Vendor Lock-Ins
[2010-02-17] A primer on "Why Open Source?" A development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process is how it is often defined by The Open Source Initiative (OSI). This non-profit corporation was formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community. The promise of open source is simply better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
Linux Foundation Exec Concerned About Apple's Magic
[2010-02-03] Outside of Apple's overenthusiastic fan base, a lot of people just shrugged when the iPad was unveiled. The Linux community, in particular, seemed to have little to worry about since the iPad is so expensive. But the executive director of the Linux Foundation is concerned that Linux can't compete with the iPad in terms of "magic."
The Weakest Link
[2010-01-20] Network security is one of the most important topics in IT. Everyone says they have the best solution and want to sell it to you. The only problem is that most people overlook the weakest link in network security, the person behind the computer.
Most People use Linux
[2010-01-06] I had an interesting conversation the other day with a friend of mine. I was talking about Linux and how he doesn't know anyone other than me that uses it.
How To Find Which Version Of Linux Your Are Currently Running
[2009-12-23] I have a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server running Linux, but I'm not sure which version of Linux (Fedora, CentOS, Debian, etc.) the server is running. How do I find out?
TTS with Orca
[2009-12-09] I have a friend who was blinded when he was young. To say the least, this has caused him a few accessibility problems with computers. Recently, he has been using the TTS (Text-to-Speech) feature in Vista.
Linux for everyone
[2009-11-24] I know this has been said many times in the past, but I also thought it was premature until now. My reasoning is based on an experience I had two weeks ago.
Linux Gets Boost From New Stats, Former MSFT Employee
[2009-11-11] For quite a while, different reports and analysts have portrayed Linux as some sort of puny also-ran. Last week, a little info came out that seems to put Linux in Conan the Barbarian's shoes (and equip it with his sword), instead.
How Whitehouse.gov Will Bring Open Source To The American Spotlight
[2009-10-28] Like many of you, I awoke Monday to read that whitehouse.gov was now running on open source products including Durpal, Red Hat Linux, Apache web server, MySQL and Apache Solr.
Understanding Linux Components Within A Mac Shell
[2009-10-14] I have Mac OS X 10.5.8. When I try to change my unix shell prompt by putting the line: export PS1='mac> ' into my .bash_profile, the prompt is changed but the cursor is in the first column (over the "m" of my prompt) and any typing overwrites the prompt.
Splashtop Creator Joins Linux Foundation
[2009-09-23] The Linux Foundation has announced that DeviceVM has become its newest member. DeviceVM is the creator of the Splashtop instant-on platform, which is powered by Linux.
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