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Linux : News : Taiwan mandates Linux-ready PCs
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:39:42[PM] UTC )
Taiwan has mandated that all PCs purchased for government use must now be compatible with the Linux operating system.

Linux : News : Kerala to be FOSS destination
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:39:42[PM] UTC )
PC sellers, smarting at Microsoft for juggling them in a legal trapez, are now looking upon an 83-year old crusader to settle their old scores with the IT behemoth. Kerala chief minister VS Achuthanandan is on a trip to develop the state as India’s FOSS (Free and Open Software Systems) destination, with backing from National Informatics Centre (NIC).

Linux : News : Mobile next battleground for Linux
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:39:06[PM] UTC )
The co-founder of one of the most popular mobile Linux platforms has predicted a "revolution" in the use of open-source software on phones and handheld devices.

Linux : Articles : The Linux 2.6 Kernel: Cracking the Code
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:26:29[PM] UTC )
ou could say the Linux kernel is on the cusp of adulthood -- like a teenager about to reach voting age.

Linux : Articles : The Linux engine in Cars
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:26:29[PM] UTC )
Ever wonder how Lightning McQueen and friends looked so good in the movie Cars? A lot of that spit and polish came from the Pixar Animation Studio's Linux workstations and servers.

Linux : Howtos : How to add MP3 support to your Linux Distribution?
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:26:07[PM] UTC )
You've just installed a new Linux distribution on your computer and it won't play your MP3 files? All your songs are encoded in that format and you don't know what to do? Well, don't worry. This is a common problem in Linux and it has a simple solution.

Linux : Howtos : How to get widescreen resolution in Linux?
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:26:07[PM] UTC )
If you own a laptop with widescreen resolution such as 1280x768, 1280x800 or with a high resolution such as 1400x1050, you might have encountered that problem. XWindow shows up in 1024x768, and it doesn't fill the entire width of the screen. If your laptop's graphic card is an Intel 800 or 900 series (Intel 845G, 855G, 865G, 915G, 915GM, and 945G), there is a very easy solution to fix this.

Linux : Articles : Wine Doors opens Windows under Linux
Posted: ( Wed 14th Jun 2006 04:44:14[PM] UTC )
When I first used Wine to try to install Windows software on my Linux machine, I found it less than user-friendly. Fortunately there was an application called WineTools to help smooth out the process.

Linux : Interviews : An Interview with Jeff Dike
Posted: ( Wed 14th Jun 2006 04:42:27[PM] UTC )
Jeff Dike is the creator and maintainer of User Mode Linux (UML) - a virtual machine which runs on Linux. In recent times, UML has gained a lot of significance after Linus Torvalds incorporated the UML patch into the official Linux kernel source tree.

Linux : Links : phoronix.com
Posted: ( Wed 14th Jun 2006 04:40:46[PM] UTC )
A site for checking Linux hardware compatibility.

Linux : News : SanDisk goes after the iPod iPuppets
Posted: ( Wed 14th Jun 2006 04:24:22[PM] UTC )
SanDisk is reported to have quietly approached the open source developers behind Rockbox, a free operating system for MP3 players.

Linux : Reviews : SUSE Linux 10 - a.k.a. Mercedes Linux
Posted: ( Sun 27th Nov 2005 02:17:32[AM] UTC )
Oct 2005 completed my first year as a SUSE Linux user. I had started out with SUSE 9.2 warily. Having been through a myriad of Linux distros in the last 5-6 years, I had reached a conclusion that Linux was fine to fiddle around with at home, but not for the regular work at office. I could not spare time for geeky software and “terminals” were a dead end!

Linux : News : OpenOffice celebrates anniversary by squashing bug
Posted: ( Sun 27th Nov 2005 01:35:30[AM] UTC )
The fifth anniversary of the OpenOffice.org launch seemed like a good day to release version 2.0 of the open-source office software suite, but a last-minute bug forced a delay.

Linux : News : Open-source ECM tool nears release
Posted: ( Sun 27th Nov 2005 01:35:30[AM] UTC )
Software provider Alfresco is putting finishing touches to the first release of its open-source technology to help businesses manage their data.

Linux : News : AMD enters India's low-cost PC market
Posted: ( Sun 27th Nov 2005 01:35:30[AM] UTC )
AMD announced a PC priced at about $230 for the Indian market. The new PC features AMD's x86 1600 MHz processor with 128MB of RAM and a 40GB hard disk, and comes with a 15-inch digital color monitor, 52x optical drive, keyboard, scroll mouse and the Linux OS.