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No Steve Jobs for Linux

Word has it that Linux does not need its own Steve Jobs. Then again, why was this question posed in the first place? Because it's only obvious that whatever Jobs touches turns into gold. But who says anyone wants this happening to Linux? The two are simply “different.”An article outlining why "Linux ...

24 September 2008
08:23 GMT

Linux Kernel 2.6.24.3 and 2.6.25 RC3 Launched

Two new versions of the heart of all Linux distributions were released: the stable 2.6.24.3 and the development 2.6.25 RC3 kernel. The developers advise you to update your kernel to the latest version, because of the numerous fixes included in it.The stable release, 2.6.24.3, comes with the following features and bug...

26 February 2008
05:47 GMT

Linus Torvalds on Leopard File System: 'Complete and Utter Crap'

Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux operating system, was in Melbourne last week for the linux.conf.au conference. He was invited to express a few thoughts regarding OS X versus Windows Vista in a wide-ranging interview. According to smh.com.au, Torvalds reckoned that Apple's overhyped operating system, OS X Le...

5 February 2008
06:25 GMT

The Creator of Linux: Mac OS X Leopard Is Crap, Windows Vista Much Better

The operating system market is largely a three-horse race involving Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. So far, Microsoft is the clear winner in the face-off with Apple and the open source community in terms of audience. The Windows platform simply has no match when it comes down to the size of the install base, dominating ...

5 February 2008
05:45 GMT

The Father of Linux Says Microsoft Is Bluffing

At the end of 2006, Microsoft entered a new partnership with one of the most prominent members of the open source community by inking what it referred to as a landmark Windows-Linux interoperability agreement with Linux distributor Novell. And yet, as both Microsoft and Novell indicated strong commitment to bridging ...

4 February 2008
11:14 GMT

Linus Torvalds Says "No" to GPLv3

Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, has no plans to license it under GPLv3 anytime soon.Torvalds criticized the third version of the GNU General Public License from the time it was just a draft, and, in an interview for Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation, he said that he preferred GPL...

9 January 2008
10:29 GMT




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