LXer Weekly Roundup for 21-Nov-2010

LXer Article The big stories this past week included an update on how far away Chrome OS is, a Ubuntu vs.Fedora comparison, 5 unusual games for Linux and a 200 line kernel patch that makes your desktop snappy. Enjoy! Ubuntu vs Fedora: which is best?: Linux is always in a state of flux. On any [...]

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LXer Weekly Roundup for 24-Oct-2010

LXer Article In this week’s LXWR we have Canonical going on record about open core, Eight reasons to give the E17 a try, Oracle wants LibreOffice members to leave OOo council, The London Stock Exchange smashes the world record trade speed using Linux and with Ray Ozzie just the latest to walk out of Redmond, [...]

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LXer Weekly Roundup for 17-Oct-2010

LXer Article In the Roundup this week we have news of IBM deciding to back Oracle’s OpenJDK instead of Harmony, Phoronix releases the 2010 Linux graphics survey results, 5 mistakes Linux newcomers make and lastly John E. Dunn gets the crazy idea to ditch Windows for Ubuntu. Enjoy! IBM backs Oracle against Apache and Google’s [...]

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LXer Weekly Roundup for 10-Oct-2010

LXer Article Some of the big stories this week included Steve Ballmer saying Android isn’t free, Bruce Byfield talks about Ubuntu’s real contribution to FOSS, Google makes aggressive counterclaims in the Oracle suit, Glyn Moody asks; Is Microsoft running out of steam? and last but not least Scott Charney, a Microsoft VP says that infected [...]

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LXer Weekly Roundup for 22-Aug-2010

LXer Article In this week’s Roundup we have more on the Oracle – Google lawsuit, how corporate America went open source, games that transmit GPS coordinates, converting eBooks, a space elevator and a Happy 17th Birthday to Debian. Enjoy! Google vows to fight Oracle lawsuit as Java creator speaks out: Google has vowed to fight [...]

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