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Yes that’s right everyone. According to Google Trends beta, Ubuntu Linux has absolutely crushed Mac OS X, SuSE, and Debian. Check it out for yourself!

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Linux leader Red Hat has unveiled an aggressive effort to expand its reach in the telecommunications industry, leveraging its acquired JBoss middleware and open source technology in the space and joining a European community project aimed at fostering an open service telecom infrastructure.

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The City of Chicago’s announced successful migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux for essential government programs including the vehicle registration system online job applications restaurant inspections ethics training and more. The City of Chicago migrated to Red Hat in order to reduce costs and improve support performance and scalability.

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I’ve been using Linux for my personal computer for a few years now, but I’ve never really been interested in where I actually SHOULD put the applications and which I install. This guide does a pretty good job of briefly explaining what data goes in the various directories: /usr, /opt, /var, /etc etc.

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“Now we
’re thinking of having a “user and business” conference, aimed at bringing together the people who deploy and manage Ubuntu in the real world (well, in the USA in particular, but let’s think globally) with those who help to produce it.” - Mark Shuttleworth.

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Two brothers have implemented the open LCARS standards on the Gnome-based Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. The theme includes Star Trek sounds and a complete LCARS makeover for the interface. LCARS is the computer panel interface used in Star Trek the Next Generation. Best of all, the theme is completely free!

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In this article Richard Stallman discusses the legal problems surrounding KDE and why GNOME was started, but his statements may have started the KDE vs GNOME war: “But GNOME is here, and is not going to disappear. GNOME and KDE will remain two rival desktops, unless some day they can be merged in some way. “

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At seriouszone.com Vedran, from Croteam, has put out a call for GNU/Linux client and editor beta testers. If you are interested in testing this action-packed first-persion shooter just click on the title link and follow the instructions.

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Red Hat Inc., which distributes the open-source Linux operating system, this week raised the annual base salary of its president and chief executive officer by 50 percent to $600,000, according to a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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