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Top Five Reasons to Love Compiz Fusion in Linux

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| Desktop Cube - The desktop cube has to be one of my favorite plugins for 
| Compiz Fusion. It is absolutely amazing what you can do with the cube. You 
| can add a few effects, turn the cube into a sphere or Cylinder, have the 
| windows pop out of the cube, have it transparent, or even have a fish tank in 
| the middle of the cube. The basic function of the cube, though, is to 
| organize your workspace into a cube of course. However, the shape changes 
| depending on how many desktops you have. It can be a flat sheet, triangle, 
| cube, etc.       
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http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/12/07/top-five-reasons-to-love-compiz-fusion-in-linux/


Recent:

The Microsoftie Who Embraced the Dark Side (Open Source)

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| Keith Curtis spent years as a Microsoft programmer. Then he quit and became
| deeply enthusiastic about source development.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3789531/The+Microsoftie+Who+Embraced+the+Dark+Side+


Reasons to Switch from OS X or Windows to Ubuntu

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| Ubuntu and GNU/Linux offer you total freedom. You can choose the graphical
| interface of your OS and are not stuck with what the denizens Redmond or
| Cupertino chose for you. With Ubuntu, you can choose the default look and
| feel of Gnome, KDE or Xfce. If the default style is not to your liking can
| customize your desktop.
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http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/12/05/reasons-to-switch-from-os-x-or-windows-to-ubuntu/


Chris Pirillo Makes "the Switch"

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| Chris Pirillo makes the switch to a Mac Pro for his Main Desktop Machine
| Ditching Vista.
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http://digg.com/apple/Chris_Pirillo_Makes_the_Switch


Leave Windows Vista Alone, Chris Crocker!

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| I'm tired of people making fun of Windows Vista and saying it's no good.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vje5LVSJYQI


Windows Vista Complaints Department

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| At the risk of sounding even more negative about the entire Windows Vista
| situation, I have a steady stream of disgruntled users venting in my inbox.
|
| [...]
|
| More to the point, this is the future of your desktop experience - in a
| platform-neutral environment. All I need now is a pre-built, fully-stocked
| Linux VM (with Compiz Fusion)...
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http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/08/14/windows-vista-complaints-department/


Related:

Vista's UI is Better Than This!?

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| Watch and drool. By the way, you can try this on your own PC right now!
| I'm not yet sure how to unlock every one of these visual effects, but
| damn - XGL is impressive...
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http://chris.pirillo.com/2006/09/06/vistas-ui-is-better-than-this/


Vista Will Double Apple's Market Share

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| Remember how you felt when you saw "The Phantom Menace" for the first time?
| I was overwhelmingly disappointed. That's exactly how Windows Vista RC1
| makes  me feel, and that's not very likely to change between now and when
| the OS goes gold. Before now, there wasn't a viable "Google" or "Firefox"
| for the Windows platform. Between Apple's Boot Camp and Parallels, you're
| going to have to make a strong argument to keep people from finally
| making the switch. And you wanna know the worst part of this
| entire situation?
|
| Microsoft, in each and every instance, has been its own worst enemy.
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http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/c0611/44c11/44c11.asp&guid=8CF5E5CB35CB42E1857F6F42970E2A2C
http://tinyurl.com/ya7x59


Ex-MS security guru to dump Media Center for Linux?

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| Veteran Microsoft security expert, Jesper Johansson, says he may dump
| Microsoft's Windows Media Center in favour of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE
| after struggling with Redmond's DRM (Digital Rights Management) software.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ex-MS-security-guru-dumps-Media-Center-for-Linux/0,130061733,339282399,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/34as9b


Former Windows Developer Trashes Windows Vista, Gets Slapped, Falls Back in
Line

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| Alec Saunders, a former Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Canada, had a
| bone to pick with Windows Vista.
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http://soft-vn.net/windows/former-windows-developer-trashes-windows-vista-gets-slapped-falls-back-in-line/20079348-11536.aspx


Vista backlash grows; key advocate moves back to XP

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| Chris Pirillo just broke up with Windows Vista, saying, "The shipping
| version of this OS is late beta, at best."
|
| Jason Busch did the same: "It's an absolute travesty that
| Microsoft would have released such a half-baked product."
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http://gracefulflavor.net/2007/03/06/vista-backlash-grows-key-advocate-moves-back-to-xp/
http://tinyurl.com/2ldrbe


An Open Letter To Jim Allchin (from Chris Pirillo)

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| Jim,
|
| Congratulations! Seriously. I'm glad that you finally got Windows
| Vista out the door, but I'm equally as thrilled to know that you're
| working on releasing SP1 by the end of this year.
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http://blendout.blogspot.com/2007/03/open-letter-to-jim-allchin-from-chris.html


Will Microsoft Survive the Next 10 Years?

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| I am not really an expert in this but when I read all the negative
| headlines and articles I ask myself if Microsoft really will survive
| the next 10 years.
|
| [...]
|
| I am pretty sure that the Open Source Community, the new Ubuntu,
| Google and of course Apple are those companies that are ready for
| our century and they will get more and more people that know what
| they really want.
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http://websquirrel.blogspot.com/2007/03/will-microsoft-survive-next-10-years.html


Allchin's 'Buy a Mac' E-Mail Exposed

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| "I must tell you everything in my soul tells me that we should do
| what I called plan (b) yesterday. We need a simple fast storage
| system. LH [Longhorn] is a pig and I don't see any solution to this
| problem. If we are to rise to the challenge of Linux and Apple, we
|                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| need to start taking the lessons of 'scenario, simple, fast' to
| heart. Jim"
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/allchins_buy_a_mac_email_exposed.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/y5cuu6


Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report

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| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
|
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
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