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 |
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PC World - It's not the first time onlookers have declared that the long-running legal dispute between Novell and SCO is over, but many are saying that a Thursday judgment favoring Novell on all counts is the end of the road. Full text
PC Magazine - Adobe on Thursday released its Flash Player 10.1 for the Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems - after fixing 32 vulnerabilities across its product line. Full text
PC World - Hewlett-Packard will buy Linux-based quick-boot OS and client virtualization assets from Phoenix Technologies for US$12 million, Phoenix said on Thursday. Full text
InfoWorld - VMware will distribute and support Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server OS and also bundle the Linux variant with software appliances, under an arrangement between virtualization provider VMware and Novell being announced on Wednesday. Full text
PC World - Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablet computers as the company looks to extend its presence in the mobile space, a company executive said on Wednesday. Full text
InfoWorld - Developers in the Eclipse open source community are becoming more inclined to use Linux as their primary desktop operating system, according to a report released Monday by the Eclipse Foundation that gauges sentiments on software development issues. Full text
NewsFactor - Adobe has issued a "critical" alert that zero-day attacks are being launched on a security vulnerability in its Flash Player, PDF Reader, and Acrobat products. The alert applies to Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris operating systems, as well as the authplay.dll component that accompanies Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Mac and Unix OSs. Full text
PC Magazine - It's difficult to envision a computer that's completely open-source - completely, right down to the software on its drives, the drivers for its components, and the circuit boards for its construction. But that's what the Qi Hardware Ben NanoNote is. Full text
AFP - A Quebec court ruled a provincial agency was wrong to install Microsoft software on its computers without allowing others, such as Linux dealers, to bid on the lucrative contract, AFP learned Friday. Full text
PC Magazine - Google recently dumped Windows on its company computers, over security concerns. The company has begun shifting employees over to the Mac and Linux OSes. Microsoft isn't going to take this negative publicity lying down, however. Full text
