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No Linux Version Of Steam In Development
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.
Date:2010-08-25
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Date:2010-08-12
KDE 4.5 Released
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.
Date:2010-08-11
Running Linux From Your USB Flash Drive
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.
Date:2010-07-28
Using Ubuntu For Your Cloud Needs
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.
Date:2010-07-14
Is Linux A Viable Gaming Platform?
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.
Date:2010-06-30
HP Buys Instant-On Linux Tech For $12 Million
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.
Date:2010-06-16
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Date:2010-06-14
The Most Important Values Of Open Source
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".
Date:2010-06-10
Three Ways To Check Your Hard Drive Health Using SMART
Did you know that most modern hard drives store their own reliability data internally and have built in testing tools to check drive health?
Date:2010-05-26
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Date:2010-05-25
Four Great Multi-Platform Games Go Open-Source
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.
Date:2010-05-12
Complimentary Webinar: Building Confidence in the Enterprise Cloud
The proliferation and popularity of cloud computing has
caused enterprises to consider the cloud for its resource and budget
efficiencies. But many enterprises are still unsure about whether the
cloud is ready for their mission critical apps.
Date: 2010-05-04
Ensuring Ubuntu Is Available To Everyone
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.
Date: 2010-04-28
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Date: 2010-04-26
MeeGo Project Wins More Support
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.
Date:2010-04-14
New PS3 Update Will Disable Linux Support
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.
Date:2010-03-31
System Rescue CD
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.
Date:2010-03-18
How To Interface With Linux Using The Shell
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!"
Date:2010-03-03
Linux And Open Source Could End Vendor Lock-Ins
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). "
Date:2010-02-17
Linux Foundation Exec Concerned About Apple's "Magic"
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."
Date:2010-02-03
The Weakest Link
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.
Date:2010-01-20
Most People Use Linux
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.
Date:2010-01-06
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