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2007/10/15 Linux: Michael Dell says Linux Server Sales are Up
From Slashdot.org, Michael Dell says Linux Server Sales are UP! That is good for the Linux Community and for Dell. Linux: Michael Dell says Linux Server Sales are Up Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 15, @09:31AM from the nobody-wants-vista dept. 00_NOP writes “Linux is growing faster in the server space than Windows says the…
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2007/10/11 Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 Release Candidate Released
Here is the link to the page: Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon RC
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2007/10/11 How Microsoft Inadvertantly Helps To Fund FOSS
Wow Thank you Microsoft! (article from http://slashdot.org ) Linux: How Microsoft Inadvertantly Helps To Fund FOSS Posted by kdawson on Thursday October 11, @11:16AM from the i-has-ur-monies-kthxbye dept. christian.einfeldt writes “The State of California sued Microsoft for anti-trust violations, and now the proceeds of the settlement of that case are being used to fund the…
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2007/10/09 Linux: Ballmer Suggests Linux Distros Will Soon Have to Pay Up
Oh No not this again….. Linux: Ballmer Suggests Linux Distros Will Soon Have to Pay Up Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 09, @08:31AM from the oh-good-more-smack-talk dept. An anonymous reader writes “Via Groklaw comes comments from Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer at a UK event, in which the company once again threatens Linux distributions that haven’t…
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2007/10/05 Linux: Open Invention Network Calls Out Microsoft
I like it when Linux goes and calls out Microsoft: Linux: Open Invention Network Calls Out Microsoft Posted by Zonk on Friday October 05, @11:23AM from the show-em-if-you-got-em dept. Stony Stevenson writes with news that the head of the Open Invention Network has summarily dismissed Microsoft’s claims that Linux violates a number of its patents.…
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2007/10/04 Xen Security Issue Patched
Wow I did not think that Xen had a security issue. Thats great that its patched. Article from http://slashdot.org IT: Xen Security Issue Patched Posted by kdawson on Thursday October 04, @11:27AM from the stay-in-your-places-now-children dept. An anonymous reader sends in word of a privilege escalation security issue identified in the open source Xen hypervisor.…
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2007/09/17 Hardware: New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported
Great News for all the Linux Users that want an Ipod Classic, Ipod Touch, Ipod Shuffle or Ipod Nano 3g. From Slashdot.org: Hardware: New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 17, @10:08AM from the well-that-didn’t-take-long dept. An anonymous reader writes “After 36 hours of reverse engineering, the method for producing…
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2007/09/14 Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google
Here is a crazy story from slashdot.org: Gates Successor Says Microsoft Laid Foundation for Google Posted by Zonk on Friday September 14, @11:43AM from the yin-and-yang dept. thefickler writes “According to Bill Gates’ successor Craig Mundie, there would have been no Google without Microsoft. ‘I mean, the fact is: Google’s existence and success required Microsoft…
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2007/09/13 Linux: Debian win32-loader Goes Official
Wow! Debian has a win32 bootloader. Linux: Debian win32-loader Goes Official Posted by kdawson on Thursday September 13, @10:42AM from the like-a-live-cd-on-steroids dept. An anonymous reader writes “After a long process of review and polishing, the win32 loader from goodbye-microsoft.com has finally made its way to official Debian CDs. Latest daily builds of lenny (the…
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2007/09/01 New Failsafe Graphics Mode For Ubuntu
Wow this sounds Great! New Failsafe Graphics Mode For Ubuntu Posted by kdawson on Saturday September 01, @07:51PM from the just-light-the-pixels-please dept. ianare sends us to Ars Technica for news of the Ubuntu Xorg BulletProof-X feature, coming soon to a 7.10 (Gutsy) build near you. “It provides a failsafe mode that will ensure that users…