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In Pictures: 12 Linux nerds you should follow

There are a lot of personalities out there in the Linux corner of the Internet.

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In Pictures: A visual history of Linux

The 10 biggest leaps forward in the look and feel of the Linux desktops

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In Pictures: Meet Mageia, a rising Linux star

If the world of Linux distributions has ever had a rising star, it's Mageia. Read on for a brief tour of Mageia's interface and features.

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10 great free desktop productivity tools that aren't OpenOffice.org

These free and open source applications for Windows, Linux, and Mac desktops put power into the hands of users without taking from their wallets

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News about Linux

Article | 24/04/2013 In Pictures: 12 Linux nerds you should follow
There are a lot of personalities out there in the Linux corner of the Internet.
Article | 26/03/2013 Four alternatives to Android, iOS, and Windows Phone
Today Android and iOS dominate the smartphone market, combining to provide the operating systems for more than 95 percent of smartphones. Still, not e...
Article | 22/03/2013 China plans to standardize around local version of Ubuntu
China has picked Canonical's Linux-based Ubuntu OS as the reference architecture to establish a standardized operating system in the nation that could...
Article | 13/03/2013 In Pictures: A visual history of Linux
The 10 biggest leaps forward in the look and feel of the Linux desktops
Article | 20/02/2013 Linaro extends Linux ARM to networking gear
Hoping to extend Linux's reach to ARM-based networking equipment, the not-for-profit engineering group Linaro has launched an initiative to develop co...

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Tutorials about Linux

Article | 5/02/2011 Prepare your PC for future data disasters
Reformatting and restoring a PC is not fun--in the way spending 2 hours in the dentist's chair is not fun. You have to back up all your data (and pray...
Article | 27/01/2011 Switching to desktop Linux? 6 ways to ease the migration
With all the many compelling reasons for a company to switch to Linux on the desktop, it's no wonder that businesses large and small are increasingly ...
Article | 5/01/2011 Overclock your smartphone, if you dare
WARNING: Overclocking is not for the faint of heart. Do not attempt to hack your phone unless you understand and accept the risks of turning it into a...
Article | 5/11/2010 Is your business compliant with open source licenses?
There are many ways that vendors of proprietary products try to scare business customers away from open source software, and one of the more commonly ...
Article | 28/08/2010 How to choose a desktop Linux distribution
With all the many reasons to use Linux today -- particularly in a business setting --it's often a relatively easy decision to give Windows the boot. W...

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Features about Linux

Article | 11/03/2013 Is this the easiest way to try Linux on a Win7 laptop?
If you're a Windows 7 user who wants to try out Linux for the first time, one of the easiest ways to do so is to install Ubuntu by using the Windows U...
Article | 20/02/2011 Motorola Atrix 4G mightiest smartphone yet?
The Motorola Xoom was the most advanced tablet that we got to try out at Mobile World Congress. Other tablets, including the HTC Flyer, certainly look...
Article | 12/01/2011 For an old or slow PC, try Puppy Linux 5.2
There's no doubt Canonical's popular Ubuntu Linux distribution gets the majority of attention in the Linux world these days, but there are myriad othe...
Article | 8/01/2011 Motorola Atrix hints at a virtualized, cloud future
Motorola announced the Atrix smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show, and while many have been concentrating on its 4G connectivity and clever des...
Article | 1/10/2010 5 things Linux does better than Mac OS X
Were it not for Windows' long-standing installed base and overwhelming market dominance, it seems unlikely that anyone would argue seriously for the m...

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Reviews

Linux Mint 9

Introduce some minty freshness to your PC with the free Linux Mint 9 operating system, a variant of Ubuntu 10.04

MeeGo 1.0

MeeGo is an Intel-sponsored Linux distribution designed for netbooks

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx operating system

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx is the latest Linux operating system from Canonical, aimed at consumers. It's free, but is it sufficiently consumer friendly that you should switch from Windows?