LOL: OpenSUSE Chameleon’s First Contact with Apple’s iOS [Video]
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Category Archives: Operating Systems
Memorable Linux Milestones: Celebrating 20 Years of Linux [Infographic + Video]
Click Picture to Enlarge Yep geeks, the Linux Foundation is celebrating 20 years of Linux, and for the occasion, they’ve released a commemorative infographic (above), as well as an informative video titled “The Story of Linux” (below). So, how many of you guys are hardcore Linux users? Got any special stories about the platform you […]
WebOS coming to every HP computer
HP paid more than a billion dollars for smartphone maker Palm. And by golly, it plans to get its money’s worth. The buyout was something of a surprise given HP had no previous involvement in the phone market, but it soon became clear the real target of the acquisition was WebOS, a generally well-regarded mobile […]
An Update is Available For Your Computer [Comic]
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Thoughts on Going PC: A Decade-Long Mac User Makes Peace with Microsoft
My post from a few weeks ago, detailing why I’d decided to switch to a PC from a Mac, really got some of your blood boiling. While there were a few folks utterly aghast at my decision to nix the shiny world of Apple for the starker, more sterile world of Microsoft, on the whole, […]
Why You Should Only Buy Linux Pre-Installed on your Systems
By Mackenzie Morgan Contributing Writer, [GAS] Many Linux users are geeks, and vice versa, and geeks can build their own systems or at least install an OS, so why should we buy systems with Linux pre-installed? Why is it so important if the OS is free? Let’s talk about a little thing called “market share.” […]
How I Became a PC: Five Steps from Mac to Microsoft
If you follow me on Twitter, you might have noticed that I’ve been changing the computer regime over here. It isn’t that I don’t love the shininess of my MacBook. It isn’t that, given the money and all that, I’d just go out and buy a top-of-the-line Mac… because, honestly, I’d consider it. As important […]
Is Linux-on-the-desktop already mainstream?
Caitlyn Martin at O’Reilly examines the idea that Linux only has a 1% market share on desktops (including laptops), and finds that it’s lacking. This 1% number comes primarily from usage shares detected by web browsers. However, Martin says that the 1% number simply doesn’t make sense. For example, Linux had 32% of the netbook […]