ESET Adds Linux Support
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| “As organizations continue to grow their Linux network infrastructure, they
| will require highly scalable and robust security solutions that will tightly
| integrate with their Linux environments,” said Miroslav Trnka, co-founder and
| CTO of ESET.
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http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=139106&WT.svl=wire_
Developer crafts Linux support for Logitech Harmony remote controls
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| Logitech's Harmony series of programmable universal remote controls ship with
| Windows and Mac OS X configuration programs. That wasn't enough for Phil
| Dibowitz, though -- he set out to build his own Linux support.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/121149
Are PC Manufacturers Killing Vista ?
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| Certainly the first thing I did with this machine when I returned to work on
| Monday was to get it prepared to be “upgraded” to Windows XP Tablet Edition!
| This movement towards reloading XP is growing fast and is without doubt a
| part of the drive towards consumers switching to OS X and Macs. From my
| personal experience over the last 12 months I have seen at least 6 friends
| and relatives move to Mac and not one of them has regretted it or would ever
| go back to Windows.
|
| I think Microsoft have some serious re-thinking to do. This is a view shared
| by a growing number of industry trend setters. John C Dvorak covers this very
| topic in his recent post entitled The Vista Death Watch.
|
| Certainly makes you glad you switched don’t it ?
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http://ukmac.net/2007/11/14/are-pc-manufacturers-killing-vista/
Vista is "Killing PC Manufacturers" as well. They need to get out of this
relationship, which they gradually do when they preinstall GNU/Linux.
Related:
I can use my Conectiv under Linux, but not Vista. Why, again?
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/06/29/i-can-use-my-conectiv-under-linux-but-not-vista-why-again/
Related:
A Vista vs. Linux Matchup
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| Putting aside Apple hardware, where all the software works with
| all the hardware so long as it's all up to the minute, I found
| that MEPIS actually has better hardware support for this PC
| than Vista.
|
| [...]
|
| Adding insult to injury, since DRM protection schemes must
| evolve constantly, to stay ahead of hackers tearing them down,
| I have little doubt that one day you'll come home to find that
| a Vista update to DRM-protection has just locked you out of your
| media collection. You know, the same collection, which had
| worked just fine the day before. Repeat after me: DRM does
| not belong in operating systems.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9325931427.html
Linux Hardware Support
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| Here's the problem with that argument: Most hardware does not
| work "Out of the box" in Windows. When people say their hardware
| worked "Out of the box" I don't think they are talking about "Out
| of the blue Windows XP box." What I think they mean is "Out of
| the Dell box."
|
| [...]
|
| The catch is that you must buy hardware that is supported by the
| software you intend to run on it. Is this really so unreasonable?
| Would you buy a Sun Spark workstation and try to run Windows on it?
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http://www.jeeperscats.com/?p=7
Kernel Comparison for Linux (2.6.18) verses Windows (2003 R2)
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| Architectures: Linux Windows
| PC x86 Y Y
| PC AMD64 Y Y
| PC IA-64 Y Y
| Alpha Y N
| PPC Y N
| PPC64 Y N
| SPARC32 Y N
| SPARC64 Y N
| ARM Y N
| HP PA-RISC Y N
| Moto 680x0 Y N
| MIPS Y N
| MIPS (DEC) Y N
| PowerPC Y N
| IBM S/390 Y N
| Cell Y N
| others Y N
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http://widefox.pbwiki.com/Kernel%20Comparison%20Linux%20vs%20Windows
64-Bit Linux Spotlighted at Gelato ICE: Itanium Conference & Expo
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| Attendee favorites included keynotes on Linux kernel development for
| Itanium architecture by the Linux 2.6 kernel maintainer, Andrew
| Morton, and the Itanium processor vision and roadmap by Intel's
| James Fister.
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070523006049&newsLang=en
More Fun With Printing
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| Overall, if you choose your printers carefully, printing on
| Linux is powerhouse, and getting better all the time.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2007/05/more_fun_with_printing.html
Meet the new Linux kernel: 2.6.21
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| It took longer than Linux creator Linus Torvalds would have liked,
| but the latest Linux kernel, version 2.6.21, has arrived. It brings
| many minor and major changes in how Linux handles process scheduling
| and time.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5286251174.html
Free Linux Driver Development!
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| Yes, that's right, the Linux kernel community is offering all
| companies free Linux driver development. No longer do you have
| to suffer through all of the different examples in the Linux
| Device Driver Kit, or pick through the thousands of example
| drivers in the Linux kernel source tree trying to determine
| which one is the closest to what you need to do.
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http://www.kroah.com/log/2007/01/29/#free_drivers
Is There Perfection in The Linux Kernel?
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| In a perfect world, you could compile a brand-new Linux kernel
| without the need for much configuration and without error.
|
| According to Linus Torvalds, the new 2.6.19 Linux kernel is such
| an entity.
|
| "It's one of those rare "perfect" kernels," Torvalds wrote in a
| Linux kernel mailing list posting announcing the new kernel.
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http://www.internetnews.com/article.php/3646456
WPA wireless "just works" in Ubuntu 7.04
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| Windows XP is normally thought to have great support for wireless
| networks. This is true for some networks, but many secure
| wireless networks require the user to perform multiple complex
| steps to configure the correct security and authentication
| settings. To see what I mean, just look at these instructions
| to connect to various University wireless networks.
|
| On the other hand, the Mac OS X interface looks very similar
| to Ubuntu 7.04. Just like Ubuntu, it will allow you to
| painlessly connect to secure wireless networks.
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http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/02/wpa-wireless-just-works-in-ubuntu-704.html
http://tinyurl.com/2df6gk
Ubuntu and wireless - now better than Windows!
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| For years, Linux has had a reputation of being notoriously bad for
| wireless access, whether through access points, ad-hoc, whatever.
| But the new KWirelessNetwork applet thats included in the new
| Kubuntu beta is just incredible.
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http://evolvedlight.co.uk/?p=20
Windows Vista Compatibility Problems
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| What the Microsoft CEO didn't mention is that products from Adobe
| Systems, IBM, Symantec, and a number of other high-profile developers
| didn't make the list of Vista-friendly applications that Microsoft says
| are either fully certified for Windows Vista or will at least run
| relatively trouble-free on the new OS.
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http://www.geekstuffs.com/2007/05/03/windows-vista-compatibility-problems/
Windows Help files not supported in Vista
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| For all the effort they put into building operating systems
| that are backwards-compatible, they then go and choose not to
| include support for Help files that are built to use the
| old WinHlp32.exe program.
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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/02/27/windows-help-files-not-supported-in-vista/
Vista and iTunes Don't Play Nice Together
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| Various folks are reporting that you cannot authorize iTunes
| (for WIndows) on Vista to play things purchased from the iTunes Store.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/01/vista-and-itunes-dont-play-nice-together/
Lack of Internal Talks at Microsoft, Google
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| Maybe my "Microsoft's Entertainment Domination" theory was a bit
| premature. Apparently, the Zune MP3 player isn't flying off shelves
| and now it turns out that the Zune is incompatible with Microsoft'
| latest Windows Vista operating system. Amazing how a disconnect like
| this can occur within an organization. Software start-ups are taking
| advantage of the lowered development costs and the speedy development
| time -- and forcing large software organizations to speed up their
| own development cycles, but in the process, the large organizations
| are fumbling to communicate effectively amongst their departments.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/15/lack-of-internal-talks-at-microsoft-google/
Adobe Has No Plans To Make Current Products Windows Vista Compatible
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| Adobe says it has no plans to issue updates to the current versions
| of its products to ensure Windows Vista compatibility.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=198001898
Old:
Visual Studio vs. Vista: What's going on here?
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| * Visual Basic 6.0 (supported)
| * Visual Studio .NET 2002 (not supported)
| * Visual Studio .NET 2003 (not supported)
| * Visual Studio 2005 (supported, but will have "compatibility issues"
| until some nebulous set of post-SP1 fixes ships)
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http://www.theserverside.net/news/thread.tss?thread_id=42426
Windows Vista: Work In Progress
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| Already, the list of non-compatible applications or hardware is fairly
| long. Microsoft's own Vista updates add to the number of third-partyp
| atches on which businesses will have to conduct compatibility testing.
| The burden is yet another reason to see slow business deployments in
| the early months following Windows Vista's release.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/vista/windows_vista_work_in_progress.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
SQL Server 2005 SP1 won't work with Vista
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| It's no secret that a number of applications, including
| several of Microsoft's own, are not going to work properly
| with Windows Vista when the product ships.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=71
Vista Breaks Applications
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| The big secret at Redmond is that existing applications and new
| products will not work with Vista.
|
| Microsoft really doesn't want you to know this, but many of your
| existing applications won't work with Vista. In fact, some brand
| new products won't work with Vista.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2062318,00.asp
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2237
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