Linux gets one over on Windows
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Linux gets one over on Windows
New Zealand Herald – May 6, 2007
1 per cent, and Linux with 3. I haven’t yet had a good look at the Ubuntu 7. 04, the latest version of the popular Linux operating system which Dell has settled on as its Linux operating system of choice, but I was using its predecessor Ubuntu 5. 10 on and off last year on a separate partition on my laptop after Herald reader Peter Horne kindly sent me a copy in the mail. He was responding to an article in which I wrote I was getting bored with Windows XP, with Vista at that stage over a year away from launch. “I’m not an anti-Windows fanatic,” wrote Horne in a letter accompanying the discs…
“I started off on Apple Macs, moved to Windows and have also used Mandrake Linux. I think it is good to be aware of the different operating systems that are out there. “I agree, though I’ve had mixed success with that version of Ubuntu, security update support of which expired last month as the operating system came to the end of its life cycle. Ubuntu features basic versions of the applications commonly used in Windows: everything from a media player to the Open Office word processor and spreadsheet package to email client, instant messenger and web browser. It does the basics well, adding a few eccentric geeky flourishes here and there that Windows tends to keep from view. There are numerous add-on applications available for Ubuntu, but ultimately, most software is made with Windows users in mind and therefore its hard for Linux operating systems to offer the same breadth of options when it comes to software, especially when it comes to games. That’s what has kept me repeatedly abandoning Linux.
Software Notebook: Dell blesses Microsoft, Novell pact, still wears…
Seattle Post Intelligencer – May 6, 2007
The computer maker is one of Microsoft’s biggest industry partners, but they’re not always in strategic lockstep. Dell recently revived Windows XP, Microsoft’s previous operating system, as an option on consumer computers — dealing a minor blow to Microsoft’s efforts to market Windows Vista, its new operating system. In addition, Dell said last week that it will offer Ubuntu Linux on consumer computers — not a good development for Microsoft’s PC Windows unit. With the Novell deal, Microsoft says it still wants businesses to choose Windows on computer servers, ideally, but it recognizes that many also want to run Linux, and it advocates Suse Linux for them. Microsoft and Novell cited customer demands when they announced the patent truce and technology collaboration in November. Microsoft is purchasing and redistributing Suse Linux Enterprise Server certificates under the deal, and takers have included Wal-Mart, AIG Technologies, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse. P-I reporter Todd Bishop can be reached at 206-448-8221 or.
Bootcamp 478: Shareware and Freeware Top Tens part 5
Telegraph.co.uk – May 6, 2007
The distributions we are most interested in share the same 32-bit architecture as Windows, in other words they will run on any reasonably recent Windows PC. Virtually all distributions designed for general use have a Windows like interface so there’s no steep learning curve and most come bundled with a comprehensive range of software, including web browser, email program, games, picture viewer and editor and a suite of MS Office compatible applications (word processor, spreadsheet, AV presenter and so on), suitable for home and office use. Linux is a great way of putting a retired Windows PC to good use and for relatively painless introduction I suggest trying any of the following: Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, Red Hat, SuSE or Ubuntu. You will find a brief description and links to all of them on the.
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