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dare to be different!

01/11/2008  
Relevance: 8.71
Take a little Motif, CDE, MS Windows and MacOS, (relative amounts may vary), stir, and what do you get? Probably one of GNOME, KDE and Xfce. Even the alternative window managers (only complete desktop environments were mentioned above) tend to look a lot like either MS Windows or MacOS window decorations. Apart from the really minimalistic things like EvilWM, Ratpoison, or Ion, it's always the same minus-box-ex or 'horizontal traffic light' .
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MacOS and the Linux desktop lunch

01/24/2008  
Relevance: 8.10
One side effect of Linux marketing by Red Hat and others has been the widespread belief that people transitioning from expensive old Unix servers running on proprietary chipsets to Linux on x86 do so mainly to get Linux. I don't believe that; I want to venture a total speculation: that the same forces about Linux eating Sun's lunch have created a situation in which MacOS really has started to eat the Linux desktop lunch.
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Open News Podcast Episode 17 Released

06/20/2007  
Relevance: 5.72
This week on Open News Linus Likes GPLv3 If Sun Does Too, MacOS Will Use ZFS ... No They Won't ... Yes They Will, and Ubuntu Does Not Negotiate With MS.
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Don't compare GNU/Linux with Windows or MacOS - they are not in the same game

07/11/2008  
Relevance: 5.59
Recently a blog post entitled Why Desktop Linux is its own worst enemy has come across my feed-radar a few times. It's yet another in the long line of"Linux ain't ready yet" jeremiads and it doesn't really say anything new yet it got on my nerves. Why?
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Carrying Water for Microsoft

01/13/2007  
Relevance: 5.51
I use three operating systems on a daily basis: MacOS, Windows, and FreeBSD. The Mac is my main desktop; I have a lot of Terminal windows open on the FreeBSD box; and I use Windows for the programs and websites that just don't run on anything else.
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Do we have a"Windows for Dummies" yet?

07/12/2008  
Relevance: 5.45
Ryan Cartwright wrote an excellent article, Don't compare GNU/Linux with Windows or MacOS, they are not in the same game. I ran across the same blog he is referring to, while gathering potential stories for FSD and my reaction was very similar. Ryan questions,"I mean how can you tell how many Ubuntu installs came of a single CD"
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Amarok Insider - Issue 12

04/13/2008  
Relevance: 5.28
Issue 12 of Amarok Insider has been released, it has screenshots and takes an in-depth look at Amarok's visual theme. Also, Plasma-centric technologies, Web services, and MacOS X integration, pending Amarok releases and more.
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CrossOver Linux 6.0 Released

01/10/2007  
Relevance: 5.26
CodeWeavers have released their 6th iteration of their CrossOver application suite. It comes in different flavors, Linux, MacOS and Linux Server edition.
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Google spins web browser

09/03/2008  
Relevance: 5.19
Google launched an open-source web browser claimed to feature"enhanced stability and security." Downloadable now for Windows and expected soon for Linux and MacOS, Google Chrome features a new JavaScript engine, a private browsing mode, and tabs whose memory areas are protected from one another.
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The importance of delivering localized Linux

01/01/2008  
Relevance: 5.17
When you buy a new PC or a MAC you'll get a fully localized copy of Windows/MacOS in your language but what about Linux distributions? If Linux vendors want to penetrate the newbies market, they must provide fully localized ISO images, there are no excuses. This is my point of view.
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