Microsoft’s operating systems have exploded in size during the past 20 years or so as their functionality increased to include thousands of features that weren’t considered necessary in DOS. Nowhere is this more true than Microsoft’s Vista – a classic case of an OS so bloated and unwieldy it barely crawled along on machines that could run Linux like a bat out of hell.
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Archive for July, 2009
Is Linux Getting Too Plump? (LinuxPlanet)
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Save Memory by Disabling Unnecessary Ubuntu Services [Linux] (Lifehacker)
Author: adminJul 31
Linux only: The Addictive Tips blog writes up a quick tip that can help you trim down some of the fat from your Ubuntu installation—do you really need the Bluetooth service running? By…
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NewsFactor – The Mozilla Foundation’s open-source Firefox browser passed the one billion download mark on Friday. That includes the latest 3.5 version back to the first release in 2004.
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PC Magazine – Late Thursday night, Mozilla reached a milestone one billion downloads of its Firefox Web browser.
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PC World – The popular Firefox browser from Mozilla has just past its billionth download.
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