Slashdot | Why are Free-Desktop Developers Wedded to Linux? They’re not. (tags: linux floss) Windows Vista Team Blog : Windows Vista Ultimate Extras Revealed (tags: vista) Linux.com | BitTyrant questions assumptions about BitTorrent (tags: p2p) Linux.com | Virtualization begins to materialize in the Linux kernel (tags: virtualization linux) NewsForge | Creative Commons helps authors terminate copyright transfers (tags: copyright) Why Microsoft will offer an Open Source OS If you’re tempted click on this link, be warned: the headline has nothing…

Gamasutra – Opinion: ‘Vista Casts A Pall On PC Gaming’ An opinion piece on how requiring separation between user and superuser system rights its too tough on software makers. in other words: Security v. Convenience, Take 1000… (tags: security windows)

Official Linden Blog » Blog Archive Embracing the Inevitable « “Releasing the source now is our next invitation to the world to help build this global space for communication, business, and entertainment. We are eager to work with the community and businesses to further our vision of our space.” (tags: floss gpl) Windows Home Server (tags: windows server consumer) » Save Bandwidth With Multiple Machines with Apt-Cacher : Ubuntu (6.10) Ubuntu Tutorials : Breezy – Dapper – Edgy – Feisty…

Matt McAlister » eWeek doesn’t want me to visit eweek.com Makes some fair points about our web site — Interestingly, when I navigated away from Mr. McAllister’s blog page, my browser crashed! (tags: publishing) Microsoft Watch – Security – The Anti-Virus Question “Does Windows need anti-virus? That’s the question I would like Microsoft Watch readers to answer.” (tags: security windows) The Not-So-Rapid Blog – Thoughts on needing antivirus Very pro-AV blog post. This guy says that if your computer is…

Review: openSUSE 10.2 Earns A Seat At The Head Of The Table – Software News by InformationWeek A very detailed look at openSUSE 10.2 from a long-time SUSE user, with a focus on server roles. (tags: linux suse review) Top four reasons Windows wins and Linux loses “Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth claims that there are at least 8 million Ubuntu Linux desktops alone out there. I wish I could believe that number, but I don’t.” Let’s ask Mark where he…

Fedora Legacy shutting down The project that set out to extend bugfix availability for the Fedora releases that Red Hat discards is ending, and ending with it is more of Fedora’s credibility as a worthwhile general purpose Linux OS. (tags: fedora linux redhat) BitTyrant Q: Won’t BitTyrant hurt overall BitTorrent performance if everyone uses it? This is a subtle question and is treated most thoroughly in the paper. The short answer is: maybe. (tags: p2p) v6n1 January 1995 Best and…

Security Reference Guide > Stealing Your Family Vacation: Memories of a Media Card A very interesting piece — the formatted memory cards you sell or otherwise discard can contain recoverable media, and the authors of this story went and recovered some of it… (tags: security) Writing Your Own Shell LG #111 For extra credit. (tags: linux programming) Bash Guide for Beginners (tags: linux newbie shell) Virtual Linux Reminds me of something I heard at a Sun event, “Why go to…

Over at Microsoft Watch, our own Joe Wilcox has penned an interesting post about how popular Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition has become in comparison to Microsoft’s more costly business editions of Office. In particular, his last paragraph caught my eye: OneNote could greatly diminish the value for business users looking for activational copies of Office on the cheap. Businesses would more likely want Outlook. I’d argue the Outlook-for-OneNote swap is as much about discouraging piracy as offering something…

» What will happen in IT in 2007? | Paul Murphy | ZDNet.com “By the end of the year the OpenSolaris community will be widely recognised as larger and more active than the Linux community…” If this is to happen, it’ll take a lot longer than one year. (tags: linux solaris)

The Ultimate Distro | Linux Journal This piece starts out rather promising, going into the first days of Linux distributions, but the history ends rather abruptly. (tags: linux)