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Current Newswire: Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing Perl far from dead, more popular than you think Microsoft Exchange alternatives Kubuntu 9.10: A Mixed Bag Could Microsoft switch to Linux? Red Hat Virtualization Manager for Windows Only? Creating Ebooks with Sigil Editor's Note: Making Multi-Channel Firewire Music With Linux Amaya: A Simple, Yet Useful Alternative to Dreamweaver Virtualization Architect The Computer Merchant, Ltd US-MA-Chelsea Post A Job | Post A Resume What is so Good About Linux? Oct 24, 2008, 04 :33 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (3438 reads) "Platforms. Linux is not just for Intel-based platforms: It has been ported to and runs on the Power PC--including Apple computers (ppclinux), Compaq's (née Digital Equipment Corporation) Alpha-based machines, MIPS-based machines, Motorola’s 68K based machines, various 64-bit systems, and IBM’s S/390. Nor is Linux just for single processor machines: As of version 2.0, it runs on multiple-processor machines (SMPs). It also includes an O(1) scheduler, which dramatically increases scalability on SMP systems." Complete Story Related Stories: Does Linux Need a $300 Million Ad Campaign?(Oct 20, 2008) Bruce Perens: A Vertical Market Seeks Open Standards(Oct 17, 2008) Open Source Identity: Horde lead Developer Jan Schneider(Oct 14, 2008) Free software history was made at CONSEGI(Oct 06, 2008) Linux Turns 17(Oct 06, 2008) A Brief History of Computers and Free Software: Where Is the Money? (Sep 27, 2008) Lessons Learned From Five Years of Fedora(Sep 25, 2008) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   What is so good about Linux?    Curt Wuollet Oct 24, 2008, 05:20:50     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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