Linux in mainstream culture
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| Even if people are not comfortable with the idea, Linux is beginning to
| become more mainstream than we imagine. The production of machines such as
| the Asus EEE, Dell’s selling of Ubuntu-powered machines, Acer’s computers
| running on Linpus and now we have HP with small notebooks which run Linux —
| these have all helped in making it more known to the general public.
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http://www.newlinuxuser.com/linux-in-mainstream-culture/
Linux Is No Longer The Cool New Kid On The Block. So Now What?
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| Linux usage has grown fast over the past several years as the operating
| system moved from perimeter Web servers to workloads much closer to the heart
| of the business, while gaining a broad following of contributors and
| commercial users. But the days of these easy advances may be past.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207100950
Where are the Mac to Linux ports?
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| I'm not talking about Apple's own apps. Apple would surely like to pretend
| Linux doesn't exist. No, wait, scratch that. Apple DOES pretend Linux doesn't
| exist. And they have good reason to. Just like Microsoft, they don't want to
| offer aid and comfort to the enemy; and what with OS X being based on BSD,
| they probably think it would open the door to someone figuring out how to run
| Leopard's GUI on the Linux kernel. And they might be right.
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http://www.dwasifar.com/2008/04/where-are-mac-to-linux-ports.html
Days ago:
EU: Europarlement testing Ubuntu, OpenOffice and Firefox
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| The European Parliament's IT department is testing the use of GNU/Linux
| distribution Ubuntu, OpenOffice, Firefox and other Open Source applications,
| the British MEP James Nicholson explained last week in a letter to Italian
| MEP Marco Cappato.
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http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7565
Is Microsoft Now Banned from EU Contracts?
http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=697&blogid=14
Euro MP thinks Microsoft should be banned from government contracts
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/10/member-eu-parliament-asks
Green MEP says Microsoft should be excluded from EU contract awarding procedure
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/106338/from/rss09
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