Linux dominates in Amazon Kindle competitors, Feb 26, 2009

Linux runs on the first e-book reader released this year ... and on the second ... and the third.

It may be open source, but Linux has frequently required support from corporate support, including the proprietary software market.

Linux certainly has established itself as a prominent server OS these days, pushing Unix into the background. But the open source OS shares the stage with commercial software giant Microsoft, which remains a dominant player with Windows Server

Over the years, the value of Java has been replaced by more emphasis on Flash and Ajax on the web front. But what about Linux users who need applications that can deal with changes in the back-end to desktop environments, amongst other changes?

In most current Linux distributions if you plug in a piece of removable media, anything ranging from a USB memory stick to a removable hard drive to a memory card, an icon pops up on the desktop and/or a file manager window opens. The same thing happens if you insert a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM into a drive.

When it comes to open source software migration, SA freight-forwarding company Megafreight has done more than most. Over the years the company has migrated its employees over to full Linux desktops and open source applications, including OpenOffice, Thunderbird and Firefox.

Most people don't have a dual-boot operating system setup. If you're a Windows user and you're looking at never-ending BSODs (blue screens of death) and you need help, Linux can still come to your aid.

Chris Kilby has been running an IT suite for residents of his local housing estate in Stepney, east London. A suite of desktop PCs running Edubuntu with a Fedora-based server has been built and runs on a shoestring budget.

The Gutenberg project is a noteworthy and honorable effort to digitize copyright-free texts. This project has released into the public domain over 20,000 classic books. This article will explain how to integrate this huge body of material with the Ubuntu desktop.

Millions of people have been introduced to Linux through netbooks and are satisfied with it.

A method to set up a cross-platform media streaming service using a Linux computer as a server.

How many Linux users are there really? It's a darn good question, and there isn't a darn good answer. In one way, we're all Linux users now.

For large-scale adoption, Linux needs to be as simple to use as the competition.

In trying to get more businesses to adopt Linux and open source software over the past 18 years or so, I've discovered that no matter how good Linux becomes, one hurdle stubbornly remains - in fact, it's the biggest hurdle that Linux and free/open source will ever face: vendor lock-in.

There is a free alternative that looks much like Windows but runs well on both old and new computers, has tons of free software with it, and is immune to most viruses. It's called Linux.

The free Linux operating system doesn't reveal its charms easily, but charms it has. You just have to know how to make the software work for you.

At precisely 23:31:30 GMT tonight, Unix time hits a unique milestone. But computer scientists dread the digital apocalypse that is yet to come.

How much you pay for your computer over a year's time, or the entire lifetime of the computer, depends greatly on your choice of operating system.

Windows 7 may be generating some positive buzz, but it’s only a matter of time before Linux takes its rightful spot at the top of the OS heap.

Governments and major businesses can adopt Linux for many users, rather than pay the high costs of Vista or Windows 7.

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