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Archive for November 1st, 2007

Europe Says Bye to OS Monopoly

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Looks like Europe is collectively ready to bring Microsoft’s monopoly down so that other OS options will have a chance to flourish. Well, at least one group of like-minded people have managed to begin clearing the playing field some.

Source: Mad Penguin
~LC
Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Linux
Posted by LinuxChick - Baldys Paradox

Sign of the Apocalypse? Wal-Mart Sells Linux PCs

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

 
Linux, the free operating system that’s a perpetual underdog in the desktop market, is showing up in computers in Wal-Mart stores this week for the first time. About 600 Wal-Mart stores will carry the $199 Linux-powered Green gPC made by Everex of Taiwan, Wal-Mart said. It was available online on Wednesday. A comparable Everex [...]

KDE Project Ships Fourth Beta Release for Leading Free Software Desktop, Codename “Kippie”

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

October 30, 2007 (The INTERNET).
The KDE Community is happy to release the fourth Beta for KDE 4.0. This Beta aimed at further polishing of the KDE codebase and we would love to start receiving feedback from testers.
As KDE has largely has been in bugfix mode, this latest Beta aims to encourage testers to have a [...]

Cracking Windows passwords with Linux

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Disclaimer: Do not try this on unauthorized systems.
If you lose a Windows password, or you buy a system that has an OS on it, but you don’t know the password, what are you to do? The best thing to do would be to throw in a Linux CD, format the drive, and install the Distro. [...]

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