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Vista Is No Linux PDF Print E-mail
Written by Christopher Mead   
Wednesday, 05 March 2008


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I was delighted this morning to read an article entitled, “Vista SP1: Still Lagging behind the Linux desktop.” I'll explain why I was delighted. Despite what others might think, it isn't that satisfying to know how terrible Windows Vista is. I'm no fan of Microsoft, but I think in an ideal world, Microsoft would still exist; they just wouldn't control the market. Why I was delighted was because this article cut to the chase and remarked how Vista is way behind Linux. So many other articles I've read dwell on the fact that a lot of computer users want to extend the Windows XP licensing, are waiting for Windows 7 to make the change, that Vista doesn't compare to its predecessor. Well, I can tell you that personally I never liked Windows XP, never liked Windows 98 or Windows 95, and that when Linux came into its own and became a mature operating system, I wasn't about to stick with Windows any longer. What people should be saying is “what else is out there that's new and better than Vista” instead of “how much longer can I continue to use this dinosaur operating system called Windows XP.”

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Flash Fears of DRM PDF Print E-mail
Written by Peter Cliffe   
Tuesday, 04 March 2008


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According to an article on newteevee.com, “the Electronic Frontier Foundation is upset about Adobe's efforts to add digital rights management” to the Flash format. This is Adobe's attempt to get in good with the “ad-supported streaming TV market.” The announcement to have Flash DRM came in April by an outside vendor, Widevine. So, what does this mean for Linux and the already lackluster support of Flash Player? We won't even bother going into the potential mess this is going to cause for Flash users in general; how many people are going to be able to take clips of their favorite shows and movies and turn them into YouTube tributes? That aside, will Linux even be able to play these DRM Flash movies? Probably not. It's not like other DRM mediums are well-supported on Linux, if they're supported at all. So, is this “so long and farewell” to Flash for Linux?

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Best Buy Sells Linux PDF Print E-mail
Written by Christopher Mead   
Wednesday, 27 February 2008


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Add another once Windows-only PC distributor to the Linux hit list. Thanks to the new Asus Eee Laptop, Best Buy, the Richfield, Minnesota based corporation, is selling Linux on their website (you can check out the web page here). In 2007, Asus sold over 300,000 copies of the Linux laptop, and they're predicting that they will sell several million more this year. The lightweight laptop featuring a solid state drive has become a darling of the subnotebook market; with a 7-inch display, 512 mb of memory and the Linux Xandros operating system, the Eee is popping up everywhere. Best Buy is selling three versions of the Asus Eee laptop: the pink, the white, and the galaxy black models.

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The Buzz Word Today Is Change PDF Print E-mail
Written by Peter Cliffe   
Tuesday, 26 February 2008


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More than a month ago, I wrote an article entitled, "The Buzz Word Today Is Green." Well, with the political climate the way it is in the United States, I think it's more accurate that today's buzz word is "change." People are looking for change, looking for anything they can do to change the world, to make it a better place. Maybe that's one of the reasons Linux has taken off in the last year; maybe it's the people's hunger for change that's driving companies like Dell and Sears to package Linux integrated computers. It might be that people are growing tired of expensive proprietary software that never works, provides poor support, is devoid of expansive, contributing communities, forces them to purchase new hardware sooner than they would like, and forces them to wait years between releases.

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Google Spends Its Money on Wine PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 22 February 2008


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“[Google] has sponsored developers from Codeweavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine,” according to a computerworld article. CodeWeavers is a company that sells a proprietary version of Wine known as CrossOver, which allows the execution of Windows applications on Linux, Mac, and Solaris. Photoshop is one of the most highly desired applications on Linux; for many would-be Linux users, it might be the one reason they haven't taken the plunge to the open source operating system. This might just be one more way for Google to undermine Microsoft by potentially giving Windows users the leverage to make the switch to Linux. Since Adobe has been reluctant to port many of their applications to Linux, funding Wine and its counterparts to make porting of Windows applications to Linux smoother might be the only way to get people off the Windows bandwagon.

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