linux-mag.com - 1/12/2009
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This week’s Sunday New York Times featured an article on Canonical CEO and founder of Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth titled, “A Software Populist Who Doesn’t Do Windows.” It starts off… well — let’s be frank — a little rough. They’re either hapless pests or the very people capable of overthrowing ...
maximumpc.com - 1/7/2009
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So, the season of giving has just come
and gone, and you’ve received a Linux-based netbook—the popular...
new class of ultra-cheap, ultra-portable computer. By definition, netbooks are very limited in what they can do; they’re primary meant for accessing ...
(more)
How To: Become a Linux Netbook Power User
wiki.ubuntu.com - 1/9/2009
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wiki.ubuntu.com —
Ubuntu Developer Week (The latest Ubuntu Open Week
page can be found at UbuntuOpenWeek ) Welcome to...
the Ubuntu Developer Week! We will have one week of action-packed sessions from Jan 19 th to Jan 23 rd ! In just four years, Ubuntu has become the most ...
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UbuntuDeveloperWeek - Ubuntu Wiki
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Canonical and Microsoft: Is Sustaining a Business Better than Turning a Profit Right Now? [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... The Times also says that that $30 million figure won't worry Microsoft. Of course it won't, at least not when it comes to the bottom line, right here, right now. It's mere pocket change. I agree wholeheartedly with Linux Magazine's Bryan Richard that it's the long-term that Microsoft needs to be very, very concerned about. ...
Canonical and Microsoft: Is Sustaining a Business Better than Turning a Profit Right Now?
OStatic blogs —
... The Times also says that that $30 million figure won't worry Microsoft. Of course it won't, at least not when it comes to the bottom line, right here, right now. It's mere pocket change. I agree wholeheartedly with Linux Magazine's Bryan Richard that it's the long-term that Microsoft needs to be very, very concerned about. ...
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Ubuntu to run on ARM-based netbooks
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Red Hat, Novell rejigger execs —
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