Are you new here? Subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There was an interesting post on Ask Slashdot discussing the ethics of releasing non-malicious Linux malware to simply prove a point to all of the people who rant and rave about Linux being so secure.  A developer by the name of buchner.johannes
buchner.johannes writes:
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The gift giving season is right around the corner and if you have any geeky relatives or friends, then this list of Linux books to buy for Christmas is a good reference.  Click each image to find out more.
Linux Bible 2010 Edition: Boot Up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 13 Other Distributions

Linux Administration: [...]

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If you’re anything like me and love tech gadgets that allow you to do almost anything..then you undoubtedly own an iPhone.  For the past year of being an iPhone owner, I’ve discovered a ton of iPhone apps that help me in my every day life.  Many of them are Linux apps.  Below you will find [...]

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Gary Anthes over at Computer World has a great time line of Unix from start to present.
Ever wonder about how Unix got started, not to mention all the twists and turns it took along the way? Here are some milestones of the operating system’s four-decade-long history.
Here is one I think is pretty significant:
1973 – Unix [...]

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By now we’ve all seen the “I’m a PC” and “I’m a mac” ad’s on the TV and on the Internet.  Now the Linux Foundation is holding a contest and getting community members to submit their best “I’m Linux” videos and picking a winner which will be revealed in April.  Some of the videos are [...]

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Over at Internet News Sean Kerner writes that the IT industry is turning to Linux in our current economic downturn.
A new report out today from IDC, sponsored by Linux vendor Novell indicates that the current economic downturn is a good thing for Linux adoption. with more than half of the IT executives surveyed planning to [...]

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Celebrating the 15 year anniversary of the Linux 1.0.0 kernel, Junauza posted a list of 15 cool facts about the Linux kernel.  Here are a few of my favorites:
- An asteroid was named after the creator of the Linux kernel.
- According to a study funded by the European Union, the estimated cost to redevelop the [...]

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LinuxHaxor recently wrote a blog post discussing how every year hundreds of writers come out of the woodwork to discuss how “this is the year for Linux” or that Linux is finally ready for the masses.
Every year, every major Linux development, every major distribution release sparks a volley of so-called expert opinion of this being [...]

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There is a great comparison on WikiVS for those of you wondering if you should choose MySQL or PostgreSQL as your database language.
From the MySQL vs PostgreSQL page:
MySQL vs PostgreSQL is a decision many must make when approaching open-source relational databases management systems. Both are time-proven solutions that compete strongly with propriety database software. MySQL [...]

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It’s been rumored in the past week or so that HP may be developing a flavor of Linux to allow them to move past all of the headaches that come with Windows Vista.  Nobody really knows at this point, but I do think that if it is true, it’s both a good move for HP, [...]

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