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Wal-Mart's Little Linux PC That Could

Could what, one might wonder? Unless the Wal-Mart shopping public that bought out the first run of 10,000 Everex, Ubuntu-powered, $199 PCs returns them in droves, maybe it's time for Microsoft to become concerned.

Oracle & Red Hat's Symbiotic Relationship

There is a symbiotic relationship between Oracle & Red Hat now. Yes there was one before with Oracle's database business on Linux, but it's even more intertwined now.

Linux: The Flash And The Fish

Flash Player 9 for Linux made its public debut (finally) at a controlled demonstration during a conference. Meanwhile, a number of people have suggested ways that Ubuntu Christian Edition will work for its users.

Ubuntu Linux on Thinkpad T43p: Wow!

After reading report after report of people using Ubuntu Linux on various flavors of desktop and laptop computers, I've finally decided to give it a try.

Ubuntu Gains Opera, High Profile Converts

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, the "Dapper Drake" release, will be able to run Opera 9; this means a pair of technology notables who have switched from Mac to Ubuntu will be a simple 'apt-get' away from having Opera on their systems.

Ubuntu Linux Falls Into Sun's Niagara

Sun Microsystems and Canonical Ltd, a sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux project, announced the operating system will be supported on the Niagara platform in the Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers.

GNOME Released With New Search

Version 2.14 of GNOME's desktop for Linux or UNIX systems contains a new integration of a desktop search bar that can search the local machine or several search engines online.

The Best Mac OS Is Ubuntu

Not many people expected the "replace your proprietary OS with Linux" movement to strike a blow against the engineers in Cupertino instead of Redmond, but that is just what one educator has done.

Ubuntu Dapper Needs Some Tailoring

The next release of Ubuntu Linux, codenamed Dapper, needs to have some stray threads clipped, prompting the project's founder to suggest a short delay of its release date.

Google In Denial Over Desktop OS

A few hours after denying it had any intention to acquire the Napster digital music service, Google's PR legions were called upon again, this time to disavow the Goobuntu talk.