By Jim Lynch Linux: Price versus freedom One of the best things about Linux is that each user is free to use or modify any open source software. But one redditor recently raised the …read more Source:: OpenSource
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IDG Contributor Network: Linux: The 10 best privacy and security distributions
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•By Jim Lynch The 10 best privacy and security distributions Privacy has become an important issue for many users as corporations and governments stop at nothing to gather personal information. But Linux users do …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Wine 2.0 released: Run Windows apps in Linux
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•By Jim Lynch Wine 2.0 released The Wine developers have been hard at work and now Wine 2.0 has just been released. This version offers thousands of individual changes, support for Microsoft Office 2013 …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Does Asus Tinker Board hold any chance against Raspberry Pi?
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•By Swapnil Bhartiya There is no dearth of single board computers that want a piece of the Raspberry Pi market. Asus has just launched its own wannabe Pi board called Tinker Board. The board …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Firefox 51 released
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•By Jim Lynch Firefox 51 released The Firefox developers at Mozilla have been hard at work on a new version of the popular web browser. Firefox 51 has just been released, and you can …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Linux: Is Xfce better than Windows 10?
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•By Jim Lynch Is Xfce better than Windows 10? One of the best things about Linux is the range of choices it offers when it comes to desktop environments. There really is a Linux …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Let’s make IoT great, for the first time, with Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3
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•By Swapnil Bhartiya IoT device vendors now have a very powerful and flexible board at their disposal. The Raspberry Pi foundation has launched the much-awaited Compute Module 3. There are clear advantages of using …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Linux: Why do people hate systemd?
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•By Jim Lynch Why do people hate systemd? systemd has caused an almost unending amount of controversy in the Linux community. Some Linux users have been unyielding in their opposition to systemd, while …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Linux use on Pornhub surged 14% in 2016
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•By Jim Lynch Linux use on Pornhub increased 14% in 2016 Pornhub is one of the preeminent porn sites on the web. Each year Pornhub releases a year in review post with anonymous details …read more Source:: OpenSource
IDG Contributor Network: Why a MacOS user switched to Ubuntu Linux
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•By Jim Lynch Why a MacOS user switched to Ubuntu Linux Apple’s MacOS has long been the de facto alternative to Windows. But what happens when a MacOS user tires of doing things Apple’s …read more Source:: OpenSource