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Posted in News Roundup at 2:45 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxThe 10th anniversary of MandrivaHow I Found Puppy82 year old runs PCLinuxOSHe was very happy with the way PCLinuxOS had expanded the possibilities of his IBM, like the viewing of DVD movies and the burning of CD-R/W. And mostly that he didn’t find it difficult at all to get used to KDE interface. He was a bit apprehensive at first, but the end result was very much to his liking.Brand New Xubuntu on Damn Old Notebook20080607 Slackintosh 12.1 releasedThecus has eight- bay NASThe OS is a custom job, very likely Linux based, that looks very similar to every other media center out there.Netbooks, MIDs, whatever – it’s about lower cost LinuxLinux preferred over Microsoft Windows by AcerOpen, FreeThe Wiki-Way to the NominationSimilarly, open-source software is created by groups working on “patches,” as programmers call them. Anyone can contribute, and the most useful ideas thrive. A result has been successes like the Linux operating system and the Firefox Internet browser.Asterisk is More Than Just a Phone SystemPlone: Official launch of PloneGov in ItalyThe Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara, the first PloneGov Italian member, invites 100 representatives from the public sector and open source experts to participate to the official launch of PloneGov in Italy on September 16, 2008.Google Gadgets for Linux: One Step closer to Open SourceMicrosoftWhy Microsoft Will Never Win (Again)Nightmare on Microsoft StreetClarizen Touts ProjectMail SaaS as Effective Alternative to Microsoft ProjectCIOs Uncensored: For The Sake Of IT, Leave XP AloneRouter crashes blamed on Windows XP SP3Microsoft India MD joins HPIn a major setback to IT giant Microsoft, its India Managing Director(MD) Neelam Dhawan has decided to call it quits and will join Hewlett-Packard (HP).A future without MicrosoftWindows Mobile has had a very hard life penetrating the mobile market; today, in 2008, Windows Mobile is still tottering. The only really usable device I’ve seen using it was one made by HTC: Andrea was showing it to me, pointing out that without HTC’s proprietary UI extensions (which are very iPhone-ish), HTC PDAs would be mobile nightmares. I am holding my breath, waiting for the HTC Dream to be released: that’s an Android-based PDA which should make the iPhone feel like a text-based terminal. And yes, Android is based on Linux. I suspect that once people start noticing Android-based devices (and they will, once HTC Dream comes out), the Windows Mobile market will shrink even further. Share in other sites/networks: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Permalink Send this to a friend
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