Linux

Canonical appears to be getting ready to release a fully touch-enabled Ubuntu Linux operating system. Will Ubuntu tablets and smartphones be far behind?

published 3 hours ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth promised to make his popular desktop Linux more suitable for mobile devices and the cloud -- which are key imperatives for any desktop OS vendor going forward

published 6 hours ago by Paula Rooney

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It's still very hard to install Linux on Windows 8 PCs, and it's next to impossible to install Linux on Windows RT devices like the Microsoft Surface RT.

published 1 day ago by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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From Goobuntu to Mint to Windows 8, the un-Linux, here are the year's most popular Linux stories.

December 28, 2012 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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The number of people who are reading printed books is declining. But reading isn’t. According to the Pew Research Center, we're buying Kindles and Nooks and reading more e-books at a rapidly growing rate.

December 27, 2012 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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2012 was a very quiet, but very successful year for Linux. How successful? The most popular end-user operating system is now Linux.

December 26, 2012 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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All the Linux Mint Editions have arrived just in time for the holidays - Linux Mint 14 (Nadia) with Cinnamon, MATE, KDE and Xfce dekstops, and Linux Mint Debian Edition Update Pack 6 with Cinnamon and MATE desktops.

December 24, 2012 by J.A. Watson

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Oracle has launched the first developer preview of Java Standard Edition 8 for ARM, which includes tools for building JavaFX apps for ARM-based Linux systems such as the Raspberry Pi.

December 20, 2012 by Sam Shead

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If you still think MySQL is too entrenched to be moved from its spot as the number one, open-source DBMS, you might to look at what Wikipedia is doing.

December 17, 2012 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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The Raspberry Pi now has an accompanying store where users can download software, raw code, tutorials, tools or games for the Linux computer.

December 17, 2012 by Ben Woods

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Microsoft is making generally available its latest high-performance-computing software that provides support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, among other features.

December 14, 2012 by Mary Jo Foley

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Linux got its start on a 386 processor, but 21-years later, the Linux kernel developers have decided its time to say good-bye to the venerable Intel processor in its next major Linux kernel release: 3.8.

December 13, 2012 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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The release of Samba 4 will no doubt cut into Windows server business somewhat, but its interoperability capabilities will ease administrative and vendor support costs and preserve Windows servers and clients in the long run as open source transforms enterprise computing

December 13, 2012 by Paula Rooney

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Open source has had a mixed reception in Poland's public sector, with some government agencies actively blocking efforts to increase uptake of the software. But the situation could be set for a reversal, after changes in the education sector.

December 12, 2012 by Michiel van Blommestein

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The latest major Linux kernel release is here and it includes features that ARM developers and network administrators will love

December 11, 2012 by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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