MS software profits down for three quarters; Blame Linux?
Microsoft's software profits have been in decline, and its bottom line is being propped up only by impressive returns on its investments. Multiple trends have converged to obsolete the MS business model, but future historians are likely to credit Linux with being the catalyst that undid the MS money machine.
Speech synthesis under Linux
The story begins some time back when a close friend of mine decided to
show me this new method of reading through documentation without actually
reading it. The whole idea was to feed your documentation into the
text-to-speech software and listen to what your machine blabbers out to
you.
Text-to-speech software comes under the banner of speech synthesis. On
Windows this worked very well with a piece of software available called
ReadmePlus 2000, which is freeware. This is a nifty piece of software but
is available only for the Windows platform, which I would never
A Firewall for Linux with Ipchains
Ipchains is so called because it deals with IP packets at the Network Layer, and the rules defined in it are based on three inbuilt chains called input chain,output chain and forward chain. Packets arriving at the machine running Ipchains are compared against rules defined in the input chain. This article will show you how to configure a packet-filtering firewall in Linux.
Linux lines up to bridge digital divide
When India Inc. is grappling with `digital divide', Linux, the free operating systems which is giving sleepless nights to Microsoft, has come up with a solution.
Mission Critical Linux names new CEO
Mission Critical Linux has tapped into old-guard talent, hiring Robert Tumanic away from corporate-computing veteran Unisys to become the start-up's chief operating officer.
Review: Nautilus preview release 1
Nautilus, a file manager for the GNOME desktop, mixes familiar components from other graphical interfaces with some leading-edge features that not only match Windows but also go one-up on the incumbent desktop dominator.
Linuxcare aims for redemption
Reflecting on his own recent promotion to CEO, Linuxcare co-founder, Tyde says the past two years have taught him much about the subtle difference between being a leader and being comfortable with being the leader.
Linux to Palm
While performing backups and basic tasks with a Windows CE machine is possible with Linux, it does not enjoy the same software development for such tools as Palm devices do. As a result, unless there is some aspect that you require of a Windows CE machine, a Palm may be your preferred choice.
Review: Debian GNU/Linux 2.2
While there are no major surprises in this version, it's worth noting that installation has been improved slightly. But the uninitiated should be warned: with no printed documentation and little in the way of onscreen guidance, Debian still isn't the distribution of choice for new Linux users.
What Linux needs -- four big fallacies
Everyone has an opinion on what it will take to catapult Linux into the mainstream, but it seems to me that a lot of this thinking is actually based upon faulty premises. These are the four most egregious.
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