Warning: Five Things to Know Before Switching to Linux (PC World)PC World - A happy customer might tell someone. An unhappy customer tells everyone. Converting to Linux before taking a dose of reality might make you a very unhappy customer. Let's be perfectly honest. Linux isn't for everyone-yet. However, Ubuntu, Mandriva, and a few other distributions come close but for now, Linux is a little more difficult to use than Windows. Full text |
Firefox 4 Gets Second Beta Release (PC Magazine)
OpenSSO, Neglected by Oracle, Gets Second Life (PC World)
Tab Candy: Firefox Invents a Better Way to Manage Tabs [VIDEO] (Mashable)
Ten Reasons to Dump Windows and Use Linux (PC World)
Google Executive Frustrated by Java, C++ Complexity (PC World)
Rackspace, NASA Launch Open-Source Cloud Platform (NewsFactor)
RackSpace's OpenStack Targets Cloud Lock-in (PC World)
Firefox Home Hits the iPhone (PC Magazine)
Mozilla Increases Bounty for Security Bug Info to $3,000 (PC World)
PC Magazine - Just days after the release of Firefox 3.6.4 (and 3.5.10), Mozilla has released Firefox 3.6.6 in order to fix a problem with the new crash protection feature - it wouldn't play "FarmVille". Full text
PC World - When it comes to enterprise open source software vendor Red Hat, one might assume its biggest competitors to be Oracle, Novell, Microsoft, or even IBM. Full text
PC World - Red Hat has released version 5.0 of its portal software, the JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform, the company announced Thursday at its Red Hat Summit in Boston. Full text
PC World - ActiveState has added three open source mathematics libraries to its ActivePython Python distribution that might interest financial and scientific computing markets, the company announced Thursday. Full text
Reuters - Nokia Oyj will use Linux MeeGo software in its N-series lineup, hoping the new platform will give it a better chance to battle against rivals such as Apple Inc and Google Inc. Full text
PC World - Red Hat has launched a comprehensive package, called Red Hat Cloud Foundations, that will allow organizations to run applications in both public clouds and their own private clouds. Full text
AP - Red Hat Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. said Wednesday that they expanded their "virtualization" partnership — the term for technology that lets one computer act like several. Full text
PC Magazine - After some delay, Mozilla has finally released the bits for Firefox 3.6.4. Full text
AP - Red Hat Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit climbed as demand rose for its open-source software. The company's adjusted earnings met analyst estimates, while revenue was higher than expected. Full text
PC World - Apple has long had a history of being arrogant. But, more often than not, they've been able to back it up by the quality of their products. Full text
