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Infrastructure Linux News for May 24, 2007
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Drivers, Patents and Other Threats, Yawn. (May 24, 2007, 23:15)
Linux Journal: "Let's see how long have I used
Linux as a desktop? Hmmm. Over 10 years? That's right. And the
first issue I had at that time was finding an easy way to get to my
ISP..."
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We're All Linux Users (May 24, 2007, 22:30)
DesktopLinux: "One thing I didn't mention,
though, was that really, in 2007, we're all already Linux
users..."
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Dell's Ubuntu Offering Shows Why Linux Is Its Own Worst Enemy (May 24, 2007, 21:45)
InformationWeek: "Dell is moving full speed
ahead with its rush to deliver Ubuntu Linux on a bunch of upcoming
laptops and desktops, but there's a potential problem
looming..."
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Mythmaking, Mythbusting (May 24, 2007, 21:00)
ZDNet/LXer: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes lists five
things the community doesn't understand about average computer
users. Don Parris files a strong response, and Kingsley-Hughes
amends his own article. Links within.
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Point-and-Click Linux LVM Filesystem Workstation Backup, Part 1 (May 24, 2007, 19:30)
LinuxPlanet: "How would you like an easy way to
set up a point-and-click Linux image backup that always makes
perfect copies if the physical system is OK...?"
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$99 Linux PC Offered With Online Storage Plan (May 24, 2007, 18:45)
Wired: "While $140 is about as cheap as you'll
get a no-strings-attached desktop PC, Zonbu's $99 Linux-based model
looks like a strikingly capable alternative..."
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Microsoft Denies It's Attacking Open Source (May 24, 2007, 17:15)
iTNews: "Senior VP Bob Muglia tells an Interop
crowd the 'new Microsoft' wants interoperability between its
products and other business apps..."
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Microsoft Too Busy to Name Linux Patents (May 24, 2007, 14:15)
The Register: "First you get everyone riled
claiming open source and Linux infringe on your patents, then you
won't detail those patents. Why? The paperwork..."
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Study: Developers Do Not Want GPL 3 to Police Patents (May 24, 2007, 13:30)
eWeek: "A new Microsoft-funded study has found
that open-source developers do not believe that licenses such as
the upcoming GNU General Public License 3.0 should enforce software
patents or prevent deals like the Microsoft-Novell patent
agreement..."
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Dell Launches Three Ubuntu Linux PCs (May 24, 2007, 12:45)
Computerworld: "Dell Inc. will officially
launch its first three consumer PCs running the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux
OS on Thursday--two desktops and an Inspiron E1505n notebook
PC..."
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