Linux

Might Windows 8 or 9 actually have Linux under the hood?

It's not only long-time Linux true believers who say that Linux will eventually wipe out Windows. An former Microsoft employee of 11 years says that "proprietary software is eventually going to be doomed," and believes that Microsoft's future lies in releasing its own version of Linux.

Do you provide technical support for older friends and relatives? Want to make your life easier? Give them Linux.

The newest desktop Linux vs. the newest Windows -- and the winner is ...

The popular Internet voice program Skype is not going open source real soon, but, it is on its way.

Open-source software is quickly making its way into the federal government.

Looks like Android 2.0 is shaping up to be an attractive proposition. And Motorola has new hardware to match. Yes, Motorola: who knew? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers type the words "killer" and "iPhone" (not necessarily in that order). Not to mention pumpkin cannon...
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The new Ubuntu is more than just a good Linux desktop distribution; it's Canonical's shot at the business server big-time.

Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical, which makes Ubuntu, the popular version of Linux, recently said that he is "delighted" with the release of Windows 7, calling it an "excellent release." But don't expect that to stop many of the Linux faithful from badmouthing Windows.

Now that Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are both out and Ubuntu 9.10 is all but out, it's time to revisit which one is the easiest to upgrade.

Linux isn't for fanboys anymore -- it's for IT.

President Barack Obama's White House has chosen Drupal to run the whitehouse.gov Web site. They say George W. Bush's old CMS wasn't cutting it any longer. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers resist equating open source with socialism. Not to mention mugshot shirts...

Believe it or not, SCO's IBM lawsuit looks like it's going to go on.

We've been hearing a lot about the Verizon Droid, a rebranded Motorola Sholes (Sholes is the name of the guy who invented the QWERTY keyboard btw) smartphone that has some pretty insane hardware specs and will be the first smartphone to carry the Google 2.0 (Eclair) Software.

Boy Genius even has a review today on the product, and they are positively smitten with it.

Make of it what you will, but Linux creator Linus Torvald has been photographed in front of a stack of copies of Windows 7 in Japan giving a big thumbs-up. I've got the photo in my blog.