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American Idol vs. Britney: Why open source will prevail, Red Hat says

Red Hat CEO and supersalesman Jim Whitehurst sure knows how to keep things simple. In yet another global tour pitching Red Hat, Whitehurst compared the open source development model to American Idol, the TV show that propelled country singer Carrie...

Novell ZenWorks 10 log-in snafu wipes out non-Microsoft desktops, IT director says

Sometimes the latest is not the greatest.

Just ask Grant Nickle, IT director at Louisville, Ky.-based Underwriters Safety & Claims. An avid...

User frustration with Vista prompts Ubuntu test-drive

I was relaxing, reading personal email on a leisurely Sunday afternoon when a note from a long-lost friend brought work, and Linux, front and center. The friend, from whom I hadn't heard in years, reported that her husband, frustrated beyond belief with

Installing Google Desktop on Linux

For individuals who have used Google Desktop in the Windows world, having the tool available on Linux may ease the transition to a new desktop operating system. I started using the Google Desktop on my Linux system. This...

Installing Opera 9.25 on RHEL 4

If you are like me, you are passionate about your browser preferences. Lately, I have been installing Opera 9.25 as my browser...

Ubuntu server momentum builds toward ‘critical mass’

At CIO.com today, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth gives a nice year-ending top ten list on a topic he's surely familiar with on the most intimate of levels: Ubuntu. More specifically, Shuttleworth talks about the

Linux PC sells out at Wal-Mart

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Michael Dell: Linux server uptake increasing

Are Linux server sales increasing faster than...

Half a million German students choose SUSE on the desktop