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Never reboot again with Ksplice

How would you like to never reboot again? That's what ksplice promises for Linux users.

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Canonical picks open-source leader for COO

Matt Asay, well-known open-source leader and Alfresco VP, has moved over to Canonical, Ubuntu's parent company.

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Linux upgrades the easy way

When you upgrade Windows, you have to jump through endless hoops. With Linux, you just download and go.

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Anything the iPad can do, Linux can do better.

Well, the Apple iPad has finally been launched, and it looks grand. But, really what can it do that a Linux-powered tablet can't do for less?

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Chrome 4: King of the Web browser hill?

The latest Chrome Web browser is faster than ever, but what really matters is its new and improved feature set.

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Record-setting Linux

The latest record for the value of pi, all 2.7-trillion digits of it, was set by a software engineer working with a home PC running Red Hat Fedora Linux.

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Make the right browser update: Firefox 3.6

Today, Microsoft is issuing an emergency patch for Internet Explorer and Mozilla is releasing the latest version of Firefox. Make the right browser upgrade: Go Firefox.

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Running Ubuntu on an Active Directory network

One reason why some companies won't consider running a Linux desktop is that it's not easy to get them to work with Active Directory. Likewise and Canonical have an answer for that.

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Should Ubuntu include proprietary software?

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, wants to know if proprietary programs should be included in their distributions and, if so, which ones.

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The best Linux file system of all?

According to Google, it's Ext4, and that's why they're moving their servers to it.

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Linux Foundation helps Linux job hunters

Even in bad times, IT shops want Linux experts.

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You don't need to 'know' Linux to use Linux

Once upon a time you needed to know shell commands and how to edit configuration files to use Linux. Today, all you need to know is how to handle a mouse.

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Another day, another SUSE/Moblin Linux netbook

In all the hurly-burly of CES, a second SUSE/Moblin Linux netbook was quietly released. This one comes from Samsung.

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Windows goes rental

Microsoft has quietly made it possible to "rent" both Windows and Office.

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Will tablet computers finally matter?

Yes, but not in the way you might they will.

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