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Two big reasons Dell should buy Red Hat
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Dell needs to look beyond hardware for growth, it could hardly do better than to buy Red Hat, or possibly Sun or Novell, for two reasons. The first is that buying Red Hat might be the least painful option for Dell getting into software in earnest,
Will Cisco-FSF lawsuit make it to court?
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Cisco wants to save face, but the FSF won’t be played for a fool.It’s time for Cisco to make a decision, because every day now costs the FSF money, which will raise the cost of a final settlement. Unless it wants its contribution to the economic stimulus to come in the form of legal fees.
Conversations With My Dad About Open Source.
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My father was one of those old school guys when it came to adopting computer technology. He managed to build and run a successful company, and retire in 1998, without ever actually having a computer in his office. It was just never an absolute necessity for him to do his job.
Managing open source adoption in your IT organization
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What you essentially have to decide is what are the key questions around your organization’s use of open source. How will you get the answers and how long will it take? If there is an important question and the answer is “I don’t know,” you have some serious work to do.
How to install HyperVM?
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Learn How to install the best Control Panel for creating and controling multiple VPS on a Multiple Servers.
Funny Unix Commands
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% cat “food in cans”cat: can’t open food in cans
How to be a Geek Goddess
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The newly-released book “How to be a Geek Goddess” is supposed to be a helpful, not-condescending computing howto for women. Tina Gasperson, who admits to being of the female persuasion herself, isn’t sure it meets these goals, and suffers from mixed feelings. Read Tina’s review to find out if this is a must-read or a must-fling-against-the-wall.
Make Utopia Angel Work Under Ubuntu
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Make Utopia Angel Work Under Ubuntu
Firefox performance tip of the day
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A simple command in any *nix environment should make firefox seem somewhat faster.
Even Better: Linux to *Be* on More Desktops than Windows
Digg / Linux/Unix / upcoming
A new virtualized Linux boot environment is out: HyperSpace. Similar to SplashTop, there is one huge difference between the two: SplashTop is only offered through OEM bundles, directly installed in the system BIOS. HyperSpace can be downloaded and installed on *existing* Vista and XP machines, giving them faster boot times and better security.