Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs.
Sometimes, several unrelated changes come to a head at the same time, with a result no one could have predicted. The PC market is at such a tipping point right now and the result will be millions of Linux-powered PCs in users' hands. more...

Adobe's PDF now an ISO standard.
At the end of January 2007, Adobe submitted its Portable Document Format (PDF) to the ISO. Now, as the year winds to a close, Adobe has announced that PDF 1.7 has been approved by the ISO and will become the ISO 32000 standard (DIS). more...

New Flash player for Linux adds great features, slows playback.
On the plus side, Adobe Flash Player 9 Update 3, version identifier 9.0.115.0 was made available for Linux at the same time as Mac and Windows versions. It's nice to see Linux not being treated as the little brother who only gets the older, hand-me down programs by a major software vendor. more...

"Cloudbook" ultra-mobile PC to run Googlish Linux.
Everex has confirmed plans to ship a ultra-mobile PC with a 7-inch screen, similar to competitor Asus's EEE PC. A source close to the company revealed that the device will ship with the Google Apps-oriented "gOS" Linux distribution early next year. more...

BusyBox developers file GPL infringement lawsuit against Verizon.
The Software Freedom Law Center announced on Dec. 7 that it has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Verizon Communications on behalf of its clients, the two principal developers of BusyBox. more...

Likewise open-sources Active Directory authentication for Linux.
Like it or lump it, Microsoft's Active Directory is a very popular network directory, and thus, management system. It's been possible to use AD for Linux, but it was never easy. Now, Likewise Software, formerly Centeris, a leader in mixing and matching Windows and Linux network solutions, has announced the first open-source version of release of version 4.0 of its cross-platform authentication software: Likewise Open. more...

Things I can do in Linux that I can't do on Windows.
Since I often hear from friends and people on the Internet about things they can't do in Linux that they could on Windows, I thought I'd write up a list of things I can do in Linux that I can't do in Windows. more...

All about Linux swap space.
When your computer needs to run programs that are bigger than your available physical memory, most modern operating systems use a technique called swapping, in which chunks of memory are temporarily stored on the hard disk while other data is moved into physical memory space. Here are some techniques that may help you better manage swapping on Linux systems and get the best performance from the Linux swapping subsystem. more...

Minty 4.0 fresh.
While there are some Linux users who still insist on running free software exclusively, a growing number are more than happy to mix and match open-source and proprietary software. For these latter users, Ubuntu 7.10-based Mint 4.0 is a distribution made in heaven. more...

Applications.
Lazarus are the class libraries for Free Pascal that emulate Delphi. Free Pascal is a GPL'd compiler that runs on Linux, Win32, OS/2, 68K and other OS's.

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