Linux Operating Systems

Could Microsoft switch to Linux?

Cyber Cynic: "...Microsoft's future might best be served in releasing its own version of Linux that he's a Linux fan. Wrong, this prophet of Windows doom and gloom was Keith Curtis, a former Microsoft Research staffer. Could he...

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[Dev Channel] Google Chrome 4.0.237 Released

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.237.0 for all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux). The focus on this release has been feature polish, stability improvement, and extensions work. Mac Significant bookmark bar...

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Computer Shop: Acer Tells Windows Sales Flat Despite Vista 7

Summary : “I have it from Acer that Windows 7 isn’t doing much for sales,” argues an informant of ours, who knows and works with people inside Acer. Eruaran hello Nov 07 11:55 schestowitz hey, Eruaran Nov 07 12:16 oiaohm...

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The Case for Market Based Patent Reform

In the wake of the financial crisis and its attendant repercussions across the global economy, the U.S. Congress stands poised to address the issue of patent reform. Much debated and long anticipated, patent reform legislation...

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Windows 7 Sales Up, But is it Really a Hit?

The numbers are in and Windows 7 sales are strong, but with lagging PC sales and increased competition from other operating systems, is Windows in trouble? Then there's the recent release of the latest Linux distribution,...

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October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux

ars Technica: "At this point in time, Windows continues to dominate with more than 90 percent of the market, Mac OS is above the five percent mark, and Linux is just under one percent. In October, Windows was the only operating...

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Linux-Kongress 2009: New filesystems, optimised programming

The H Open: "Among the topics were the advantages of Ext4 and Btrfs, fast Ext4 filesystem checks, and kernel and userspace tricks for minimising the time-consuming movements of read/write heads, all of which can speed up some...

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Editor's Note: Making Multi-Channel Firewire Music With Linux

This column is a bit premature because I haven't had time to set things up and test them yet. But I'm excited about getting started, so here are some preliminary notes on multi-track recording in Linux using a Firewire device.

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Parallels Makes It Harder To Tell a Windows from a Mac App

It claims the widgetry, which lets Mac users run Windows and Linux alongside Mac OS X, is faster, smarter, easier and more powerful than previous generations. Unlike Apple’s own Boot Camp, which forces people to reboot between...

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Windows 7 Sales Up, But is it Really a Hit?

The numbers are in and Windows 7 sales are strong, but with lagging PC sales and increased competition from other operating systems, is Windows in trouble? Then there's the recent release of the latest Linux distribution,...

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