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Linux celebrates 17 years

In 1987, Professor Andrew Tanenbaum, published Minix, a simple system based on the UNIX kernel specially designed for students. It is on this system that Linus Torvalds developed his programming skills. Thereafter, Torvalds suggested some improvements to Tanenbaum for Minix but the latter refused to change its system.

Oct 06 2008
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Fedora 10 Alpha released

It has been released after the first version of GNU / Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, Fedora 10. The final version is scheduled for November this year.

Aug 06 2008
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Linux withdrawn from sale

LINUX computers are to be taken off the shelves at WalMart because the supermarket giant claims that customers don't want them.

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Melissa O'Brien told AP that punters wanted Windows more and were not interested in the fact the Linux machines were cheaper.

Mar 11 2008
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Red Hat gets legal over logo

I ONCE WAS asked to give my support to a software company seeking to protect its name being usurped by a proposed revamp of a sweetie brand so you could say that I'm a sucker for this kind of thing.

Feb 25 2008
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Linux Has Better Windows Compatibility Than Vista

Several readers have written to tell us about one users rant in which he tells the story of being so frustrated with gaming on Windows Vista that he tried comparing gaming on Vista to that on Linux using Wine, with surprising results.

Feb 02 2008
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Linux Foundation establishes partnership with Japanese government

The Linux Foundation has announced a new collaborative agreement with Japan's Information Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), a government research institute that promotes information technology development and broadly supports the use of open standards and open-source software.

Oct 02 2007
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Linux kills innovation, claims Vole

A TOP VOLE has slammed Open Sauce as an innovation killer.

Clint Patterson, public relations director for Microsoft's Unified Communications Group, or Mucg, said that open-source had not shown the ability to support profitable software businesses that can manage decent R&D.

Sep 19 2007
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Court orders Linux geek to use Microsoft

A COURT has ordered a pirate, and Linux user, to dump his favourite open sauce software and install Microsoft Windows instead.

Aug 24 2007
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Fedora 7 does Creative Commons

REDHAT-SPONSORED open source project Fedora 7 will be the platform for the Creative Commons LiveContent CD, which showcases open source software.

Aug 07 2007
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Dell Expands Ubuntu Product Offerings

The Dell-Linux partnership continues to flourish.

Dell plans to expand its Ubuntu PC and notebook offerings due to continued demand Dell has seen for the Ubuntu products, said Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu creator. Shuttleworth also founded Canonical, the company responsible for offering support for Ubuntu Linux users.

Aug 01 2007
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