The Linux leader acknowledges that “taking code from other (open-source) projects is hard…If you take Solaris code, you have to fix it for all the differences.” More work than it’s worth?
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Archive for January, 2009
Torvalds: Linux and OpenSolaris a tough mix (CNET)
Author: adminJan 31
Lenovo’s S10e Linux Ideapad (IT Management)
Author: adminJan 31
Netbooks are all the rage right now with Linux as one of the primary operating system (OS) options. The Eee PC from ASUS got things started and originally only shipped with a Linux OS. This year’s Consumer Electronics Show was overrun with the little laptops from a wide variety of vendors.
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Even Microsoft’s anti-Linux message isn’t this bad (CNET)
Author: adminJan 31
Microsoft doesn’t think that Linux is terrorists’ operating system of choice. An ad making that argument hit the Web a few weeks ago, and some people think it’s actually from Microsoft.
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Sun Enhancements to OpenSolaris Take Aim at Linux (Linux Today)
Author: adminJan 31
eWeek: “The updates to the free Solaris-based OS shows that Sun will not follow IBM and HP in letting Linux take over the platform space once dominated by Unix.”
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Convert DVDs to xvid (avi) using dvd2xvid in opensuse (Linux Today)
Author: adminJan 30
SUSE & openSUSE: “Dvd2Xvid is free opensource simple easy to use utility to convert DVDs into Xvid video formats. dvd2xvid is a simple GUI for MEncoder aimed at converting DVDs to xvid formats.”
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