IBM has made available a Linux-based collection of virtual desktop applications that run on a server without the need for desktop hardware — or Microsoft software, according to a report on Wednesday on The Wall Street Journal 's website. The Linux ...
4 Dec 2008
What do you do when you are 20, passionate about open source and want nothing better during the long summer holidays than to be involved in activities surrounding FOSS? Why, you get involved in helping to organise a national Linux conference - which ...
4 Dec 2008
Netflix has announced that its streaming video service is now available for the Apple Mac. The service is still in beta and the video library is still limited. The service is provided through Boxee which adds support for Netflix Watch Instantly ...
4 Dec 2008
Authorities in the Chinese city of Nanchang are compelling the city's Internet cafes to replace their Windows operating systems with Red Flag Linux -- and charging them about $726 for it as well. Some cafe owners are closing down rather than comply ...
4 Dec 2008
IBM's new Virtual Linux Desktop software package resides on a server and can be accessed by multiple computers on the same network. It boasts many of the same functions as Microsoft products, and that's exactly where IBM is firing its guns in terms ...
4 Dec 2008
IBM and Canonical Thursday announced a virtualized software bundle combining Lotus desktop applications running on top of Ubuntu Linux that they say is far cheaper than running Microsoft's Office suite on conventional Windows PCs. It's the latest ...
4 Dec 2008
Linux.com: "New Delhi resident Raj Mathur is living proof that a Free and Open Source Software advocate can earn a decent living working with clients who are using or planning to use FOSS."
4 Dec 2008
DeviceGuru: "Boxee announced today that it has added Netflix video downloads -- including the ability to browse Netflix's media library from within Boxee -- to its A/V media center platform for Linux, Mac, and (soon) Windows PCs."
4 Dec 2008
IBM has teamed with Virtual Bridges and Canonical to offer a new Linux-based virtual desktop solution. The three companies announced the general availability of Virtual Linux Desktop Thursday, calling it a cost-effective alternative to Microsoft's desktop software. VLD runs open standards-based e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets, unified communication, social networking and other software.
4 Dec 2008
LinuxLoop: "The question is: what do you want to happen in this upcoming year? Last year I asked for reader’s Linux dreams, and received a great response, so this year I am doing it again."
4 Dec 2008
LinuxPlanet: "There are a host of Linux certifications, such as the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Novell's Novell Linux Certified Engineer (NLCE), and the Linux Professional Institute's entry-level LPIC-1. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols looks for the answer to the question, How much help are they for turning your Linux expertise into a Linux job?"
4 Dec 2008
eWeek: "IBM teams with Ubuntu provider Canonical and virtual desktop software maker Virtual Bridges on a bundle that lets systems administrators deliver open-source Linux and Lotus messaging and collaboration software to desktops and workstations across remote offices."
4 Dec 2008
The Linux command ls is used to list directory contents, but what it displays can be customized just by using a couple of options.
4 Dec 2008
Nokia may move to Linux for some of its higher end smartphones, a senior official was quoted as saying in a Reuters article. Nokia VP Ukko Lappalainen was quoted as saying, "In the longer perspective, Linux will become a serious ...
4 Dec 2008
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4 Dec 2008
Though we don't release JavaFX for a few more hours the word has gotten out that we have added Mac support to JavaFX 1.0 but not Linux and Solaris. Sheesh those interwebs are fast!. So I'm writing to let you know the scoop, ...
3 Dec 2008
Linux users are getting closer to full Microsoft Silverlight functionality to view rich media applications on the Web. The Novell-sponsored Moonlight project today released its first beta of its Linux implementation of Microsoft's ...
3 Dec 2008
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3 Dec 2008