Linux and Open Source
ZDNet Must Read
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First LibreOffice Release arrives
LibreOffice 3.3, the first version of the OpenOffice fork, is now available for your office work pleasure.
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Linux: It's where the jobs are
The Linux Foundation’s most recent job survey reveals that eighty percent of IT companies that use Linux are making hiring Linux professionals a priority.
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Google, Motorola must capitalize on regulatory win to battle Apple's iPad
The US Department of Justice and European Commission have okayed Google’s planned $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Now the two have to work together — and fast — to bbring Android 4.0 to Motorola’s Xoom and XyBoard and whatever other Android tablet platform that can grab some share against Apple’s iPad.
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Shuttleworth: Don't blow a gasket over enterprise Ubuntu remix
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth posted a blog defending the decision to release an enterprise remix of Ubuntu Business Desktop for enterprise users that contains VMware View
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Eolas loses landmark Web patent case
In a rare victory against software patent, a jury in the U.S. District Court in East Texas ruled that Eolas did not have a patent on the interactive Web.
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Pentaho open sources big data code, licenses Kettle project under Apache 2.0
Pentaho has open sourced some of the big data assets in its Kettle open source project — and moved its entire Kettle Data Integration Platform to Apache 2.0 — in order to capture more of the booming Hadoop and NoSQL business.
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Commercial Support now available for the open-source NGINX Web server
The new number two Web server in the world, open-source NGINX, is now offering commercial support.
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Is Windows 8 Metro failing even at Microsoft?
When even one of Metro’s former developers doesn’t use Windows and Microsoft is making noise about bringing the classic desktop to ARM tablets isn’t it clear that Microsoft doesn’t really believe in Metro?
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Google's Android+Chrome likely a winning combo
The marriage of Android and Chrome — just as the union of Android code for smartphones and Android code for tablets were merged — will give Google stronger ammunition as it battles Apple’s iPhone and iPad in the market, but time is of the essence. It is not clear when the Chrome for Android will be ready to ship and only a handful of Android 4.0 smartphones have shipped to date.
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Super-communities debuting for open source vertical supply chains
The emergence of super-communities — such as Polarsys, OpenMama and Genivi — will continue to evolve in 2012. These vertically-oriented super-communities, the Olliance Group point out, serve the needs of all players in open source supply chains.
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Five Reasons why Windows 8 will be dead on arrival
Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Vista will have several things in common: Both are unwanted operating system updates that will flop in the marketplace.
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Apple gets kicked in the teeth by German patent lawsuit decisions
After its world-wide anti-Android patent lawsuit witch-hunt, could Apple having much of its iPhone line and iPads being banned for sale in Germany due to a patent violation happen to a nicer company?
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Spark, free-software Linux tablet, to ship in May
More details are coming about Spark, the free-software Linux tablet, but enthusiasts will have to wait until May before they can get their hands on one.
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Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way
Thanks to Android, Linux is well represented on tablets, but there hasn’t been a free software tablet, without any proprietary bits, until now. The Spark, which will be based on MeeGo and use KDE Plasma for its interface, will be the first free software tablet.
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Mint's Cinnamon: The Future of the Linux Desktop? (Review)
Can a back to the past Linux desktop win more fans than GNOME 3.x, KDE 4.x, or Ubuntu’s Unity or HUD? I think so.
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Red Hat extends Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle to ten years
Like your RHEL on your servers just the way it is? That’s fine by Red Hat, which has extended its flagship Linux operating system’s lifecycle to ten years.
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IBM to close down Symphony, its OpenOffice fork
Going forward, IBM will be putting its efforts behind the Apache Foundation’s OpenOffice instead of its own OpenOffice fork.
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Linux users cautiously optimistic about Ubuntu's Head-Up Display desktop
Most users seem willing to give Ubuntu Linux’s Head-Up Display interface the benefit of the doubt.
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Linux Mint releases Cinnamon, GNOME 2.x style desktop
GNOME 2.x fans get ready to rejoice. Mint has just released the first stable version of Cinnamon, its GNOME 2.x look-alike Linux desktop interface.
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Beyond the desktop: Ubuntu Linux's new Head-Up Display
Following on the heels of changing its interface from the GNOME 3.x shell to Unity, Ubuntu is proposing a new, radical change to the desktop Linux interface: Head-Up Display.
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Joomla 2.5 courts corporate, enterprise users
Joomla’s new multi-database extraction layer, automatic notification and update engine and search improvements are designed to enlist more corporate use. The upgraded open source CMS becomes available on Jan 24.
