Author Archives: anuradha.shukla

Kernel update on 2.6.38

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There is much anticipation on the release of Kernel 2.6.38 in March-April as some new features for Storage Area Networks on LIO target frameworks are on offer. Interesting features such as kernel-side polling for device optimization are something most are … Continue reading

Linux over Windows..? Well, the argument continues

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Well here we go, stirring the hornet’s nest again. Linux over Windows or is it Windows over Linux? Agree or disagree, advocates for both have something to say that makes it better than the other. Why? These are two sides … Continue reading

3 Reasons Why Open Source Brings Better ROI for Businesses

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Quite often businesses view alternatives if products or services offer better Return on Investment. Open Source is one such option that is often debated in terms of better returns, lower operational costs and of course minimum breakeven time depending on … Continue reading

3 Reasons why Linux is the platform for education?

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Gone are the days when it was sufficient if students coming out of high schools knew one end of the computer to the other. With each passing year, children are becoming increasingly techno-perfect, in small degree, which translates into better … Continue reading

LibreOffice Community starts 50,000 Euro challenge for setting-up its foundation | Donate now

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The Internet, February 16th, 2011 – The community around LibreOffice, the free office productivity suite, today announced its fifty-thousand Euro challenge for setting-up The Document Foundation as a legal entity. The race for funds is open until March 21st 2011, which … Continue reading

5 Reasons why kids should use Linux

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Perhaps the most difficult part of providing quality technical support is when you need to assist young minds in mastering the complexities of technology. Today children of all ages use computers and it becomes an essential part of their learning … Continue reading

Google's WebM Open Source threatened by patent pool for VP8

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Google after a lot of deliberation decided to offer a single standard for web media format converting its newly acquired VP8 as a royalty-free licensing policy. This will ensure that there is a free and open standard for HTML 5 … Continue reading

Tinycore3.5 comes with improved system boot time and user interface | A 10Mo LinuxOS

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Tinycore3.5 is released, this new release comes with many updates and some improvements, so boot times has been improved  with optimization of startup code. Administration improved with deletes of uninstalled ondemand without reboot. Many user interface improvements and additional supported … Continue reading

VMwareZimbra 7 vs Google Apps

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VMware’s one year old, Zimbra saw its latest version, Zimbra.7 being unveiled on Monday last. VMware had acquired Zimbra from Yahoo January last year as it did not quite get the leverage the software required with Yahoo’s non-PR attitude. Zimbra … Continue reading

Shutter 0.87 is released!

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Shutter 0.87 is released!  this new release comes with many new features and fixed bugs, some of the great features of this release is the  capability of resizing window to a specific size before capturing – and restoring the initial … Continue reading