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Windows of opportunity, that is. No one can predict history, but when we look back to today, we may see through these windows more clearly. These are windows of opportunity for Linux — windows, ironically, at Microsoft’s expense.
Linux has no chance of catching Windows on the desktop, but many have held out hope it may overtake Windows when it comes to servers. But the latest figures from IDC show that’s going to be tough to do, considering that Windows has just …
Yup, another mobile Linux consortium. “ARM, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, today announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit open source software engineering company dedicated to …
So I’m very excited at today’s announcement of Linaro, an initiative by the ARM partner ecosystem including Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and TI, to accelerate and unify the field of Linux on ARM. That is going to make it much …
Five years after uTorrent was released for the Windows platform the development team has announced that it’s working on a Linux version of the torrent client. The massive demand from users is cited as one of the main reasons why Linux …
Linaro looks to improve Linux devices. Industry group Linaro is hoping to improve Linux-based mobile devices, including tablets.
One of the things I’ve always hated about WordPress is the stock 404 error message. Out of the box, WordPress just tells users I’m sorry, I can’t find what you are looking for. Granted it is better than the stock Apache 404 page but it …
If you’re near South Carolina next weekend, consider attending Southeast Linux Fest! There’s a list of illustrious speakers including several well-known in the database world: Joshua Drake and Andrew Dunstan (PostgreSQL), …
Linux rules supercomputers. It’s vitally important to servers. And, Linux is making gains on the desktop. Where Linux is really going to shine in the next twelve months though is in devices: tablets, smartphones, and TVs.


