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In our second interview with Mark Shuttleworth, the man behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, we discuss issues of interoperability and the learning curve associated with switching to Linux.
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Every now and then, someone suggests that Debian GNU/Linux should be more commercial. To further this goal, some create derivative distros like Linspire, Ubuntu, or Xandros, or organizations like the stillborn DCC Alliance. Others act as pundits, wh
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Computerworld catches up with the man behind Linux, Linus Torvalds, at Linux.conf.au
What is the most difficult thing about kernel releases these days?
Well, people are excited about writing new code, new features and things like that. The way read more »
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What is the most difficult thing about kernel releases these days?
Well, people are excited about writing new code, new features and things like that. The way read more »
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I’ve largely stopped reporting bugs to Ubuntu because of the condescending and dismissive attitude from their developers.
I cut my Linux teeth on RedHat back in 1998, and soon after settled on Debian as the best of several flawed but promising ch read more »
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I cut my Linux teeth on RedHat back in 1998, and soon after settled on Debian as the best of several flawed but promising ch read more »
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I’m tired of hearing about how you switched to Ubuntu. Don’t the people of digg land have more to do than post every blog they can find about some guy switching to Ubuntu?
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Ubuntu Linux's Mark Shuttleworth talks of free software for the masses, cultural tidal waves and building rockets.
Mark Shuttleworth made news in 2002 when he fulfilled a lifelong ambition and became the first South African to travel into space, read more »
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Mark Shuttleworth made news in 2002 when he fulfilled a lifelong ambition and became the first South African to travel into space, read more »
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I've told a million times by now, that I am a Linux person. I like the operating system, the tools, the applications, the works. I like the process. I like the community. I like the people. And all these positive feelings are not distribution-speci
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My 71 year-old father has agreed to try Ubuntu on his home PC. He has used Windows for years, but after his XP system became so infected with viruses and other malware that I needed to wipe his system, he's willing to try Linux. I've promised I'l
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My first experience with Linux was 8 years ago, a few years after my Dad bought me my first ever computer. The first Linux OS that I tried was RedHat Linux. Back then I didn't know much about computers. So after a few tries I gave up and decided to
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How does an average Joe perceive Microsoft? As an almighty, omnipotent, omnipresent, personified creation from which one cannot flee, which dominates the economy and is “-est” at everything. The sheer destiny that controls our fate. It would for exa
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