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Security and your mother's Linux box
techradar.com — As the professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, Ross Anderson is one of the founders of security economics as an academic discipline. Perhaps more impressively, though, he wants your ISP to send you cash every time you get spam.More… (Linux/Unix)
The state of free software
techradar.com — 25 years on from the birth of GNU, we pick the brains of three Linux luminaries. More… (Linux/Unix)
Seven Most Influential GNU/Linux Distributions
linuxplanet.com — GNU/Linux offers a bewildering variety of flavors -- or distributions, as they're called. To a newcomer's eye, many of these seem virtually identical to each other. Yet, the more you learn about a distribution and the community that surrounds it, the more different they become.More… (Linux/Unix)
The New Year Linux Resolution: Switching to Linux for a Week
zmogo.com — The plan: Ring in the new year by switching over to Linux for a week, documenting each day of the transition.More… (Linux/Unix)
The Google Linux desktop has arrived
blogs.computerworld.com — People have talked for years about Google taking Microsoft on with its own Linux desktop. Guess what? Google may already have sneaked a Linux desktop out without anyone noticing... until now.More… (Linux/Unix)
Wine 1.1.12 Released
winehq.org — The Wine development release 1.1.12 is now available.More… (Linux/Unix)
How To Run Linux From A USB Drive
techradar.com — Take Ubuntu or Fedora wherever you go. Nothing can beat having a great Linux distro installed on a super-fast hard drive, with all your favourite apps configured just how you like them and all your files at your fingertips.More… (Linux/Unix)
Android G1 Phone is an Enticing Platform for App Developers
linux.com — The free and open source software community has been waiting for the G1 cell phone since it was first announced in July. Source code for Google's Android mobile platform has been available, but the G1 marks its commercial debut. It's clearly a good device, but is it what Linux boosters and FOSS advocates have long been anticipating?More… (Linux/Unix)
Open source in 2008: Everything but interest up
news.cnet.com — While 2008 has been a bleak year for the financial markets and the global economy, it has been very kind to open source, at least based on market share. A review of Net Applications data suggests that there has never been a better time for open source; however, as Google Trends data suggests, it's no longer enough to rest on one's laurels....More… (Linux/Unix)
Games as an alternative Linux desktop strategy
news.cnet.com — As Apple demonstrated on the desktop, the way to beat Microsoft is not at its own game, but by changing the nature and, hence, the rules of the game. Min suggests that Linux gaming may be the key to beating Windows-plus-Office, in part because the demographics of gamers mesh well with the demographics of Linux users..More… (Linux/Unix)
Why is OpenOffice "profoundly sick"?
news.cnet.com — OpenOffice.org developer and Novell employee Michael Meeks calls OpenOffice "profoundly sick" and chides Sun for retaining too much control over the project for its own good. He's right, and here's why.More… (Linux/Unix)
We already had the year of the Linux desktop
blogs.computerworld.com — You may not see it, but we've already had several years of the Linux desktop. In fact, if you think about it, almost all of you, even those of you who would never leave Windows, are already using Linux desktop applications every day.More… (Linux/Unix)
Debian contributor killed in car accident
debian.org — The Debian Project has lost an active member of its community. Thiemo Seufer died on December 26th in a tragic car accident. Thiemo was involved in Debian in many ways. He has maintained several packages and was the main supporter of the Debian port to the MIPS architectures. He was also a member of our kernel team, ...More… (Linux/Unix)
Why Ubuntu users should care about Debian
arstechnica.com — The Ubuntu Linux distribution builds on the rich history and deep roots of Debian. Ars explains why Debian still matters and looks at the shared history and mutual destiny of the two popular Linux distributions.More… (Linux/Unix)
Open source programming languages for kids
linux.com — Some toolkits aim to create entirely new ways of envisioning and creating projects that appeal to younger minds, such as games and animations, while others aim to recreate the "basic"-ness of BASIC in a modern language and environment.More… (Linux/Unix)
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