I Drank the Kool Aid
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| Despite years of resistance, I am now a Kubuntu user. It's taken a lot to get
| me here, but if you're interested, hang on to your hat.
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http://www.liferay.com/web/rsezov/home/blogs/i_drank_the_kool_aid
Linux, take 14 (Ubuntu 7.10 Review)
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| The verdict: We’ve come a long way. Installation not only took minutes, but
| found all of my hardware without trouble, including enabling all 3D functions
| of my graphics card and detecting an obscure USB WiFi adapter. I am impressed
| thus far.
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http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2008/02/15/linux-take-14-ubuntu-710-review/
Eight Distros a Week: Xubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft
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| Of all my portables (and there have only been three), the connectivity of
| Xubuntu deserves special mention. Despite the fact that Apple’s Airport
| wireless card has yet to be connectable with any distro — and my guess is
| that it may never be (thanks, Steve) — the wired connection, whether in my
| house or in the computer or networking labs in Cabrillo College, has never
| failed; neither has the iBook had to be reconfigured. I know this ranks way
| up there in the miracle department, but it’s true (and maybe I’m just lucky).
| This is not a complaint, but rather I’m sort of awed by this phenomenon that
| I can’t explain — and, sadly, I can’t repeat this “miracle” with my
| Intel-based hardware.
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http://larrythefreesoftwareguy.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/eight-distros-a-week-xubuntu-610-edgy-eft/
http://tinyurl.com/3yx8tz
New Default Ubuntu Wallpaper
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| After installing all of the latest updates to Ubuntu Hardy Heron, I noticed
| they made a major change to the theme: there is a new default wallpaper on
| the GNOME desktop. It is still based on the brown Ubuntu color scheme, but at
| least it is more cheery. I wonder if this thread had anything to do with the
| sudden change…
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http://www.krizka.net/2008/02/15/new-default-ubuntu-wallpaper/
Linux userbase is becoming broad.
Recent:
Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit - Austin, Texas - April 8th to 10th, 2008
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| I can understand that philosophy. If the Linux Foundation opened up the doors
| to all (estimated) 60,000,000 Linux users, they would need a city much larger
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| than Austin, Texas (and Texas is the United State's second largest state) to
| hold the meeting.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-foundation-collaboration-summit-austin-texas-april-8th-10th-2008
http://tinyurl.com/34xgaq
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free [Ubuntu] Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
Related:
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| Okay, now lets tie this all back in together. Novell claimed several months
| back in a video ad that Desktop Linux users accounted for upwards of
| 30,000,000 different people. That's 30 million. Recent statements made by
| some Novell representatives indicate that they expect there are upwards of
| 50,000,000 Desktop Linux users. Microsoft has never contested the number of
| Desktop Linux users, and if anything the deal Microsoft signed with Novell
| was tacit agreement that Microsoft believed those numbers to be accurate.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2007/11/desktop-os-vista-vs-linux.html
Less software piracy means more jobs, more state revenue: Study
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| "The number of customers using Red Hat operating systems, for example,
| doubled in 2007," he said.
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailbusiness.asp?fileid=20080125.L04&irec=3
Survey Says … Linux Desktop Is Ever More Popular
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| The first thing we can say about the Linux desktop in 2007 is that there are
| more users than ever. The Linux Foundation 2006 survey had fewer than 10,000
| people signing in. This year more than 20,000 Linux desktop users reported
| in.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2235654,00.asp
Linux Users Base More Than doubled Over Last One Year: Survey
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| The number of Linux users has more than doubled over the last one year, says
| a new survey by DesktopLinux.com. The survey also said Ubuntu remains their
| Linux distribution of choice.
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http://www.sda-india.com/sda_india/psecom,id,22,site_layout,sdaindia,news,19940,p,0.html
Survey: Desktop Linux use grows
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| DesktopLinux.com, which is a Web site devoted to, obviously, desktop Linux,
| has finished a survey that found more than a doubling of Linux desktop users
| in the past year.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/013576.html
Desktop Linux on the Rise, Linux Foundation Reports
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| For starters, almost 20,000 self-selected users filled out this year's survey
| compared with fewer than 10,000 in 2006's survey.
|
| [...]
|
| In those businesses and organizations that have deployed Linux desktops, 39.5
| percent are running Linux on more than half of their machines.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2220549,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
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