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Thoughts on Microsoft Open Sourcing the .NET Platform
Last Wednesday Microsoft announced they are transitioning the server side of their .NET platform to open source. As stated on their website: "Microsoft is providing the full .NET server stack in open source, including ASP.NET, the .NET compiler, the .NET Core Runtime, Framework and Libraries, enabling developers to build with .NET across Windows, Mac or Linux." Read More »
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Time to make the jump from Microsoft XP to Linux?
If you're running Microsoft XP on your personal computer (PC), after April 8, 2014 you are apparently on your own. Actually you and 1/3 of all the PC owners in the world still running XP are on your own. So you have a lot of company - see Infographic. This is such an important issue to so many people around the globe, including many working in the healthcare industry, that OHNews decided this should be posted as a 'Hot News' item, rather than posting this as a blog. Read More »
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Tired of Patent Wars? Use Open Source Instead
PC World — As a geek and longtime tech reporter, there are few things I love writing about more than cool new technological innovations. It never ceases to amaze me what we humans can come up with, particularly when some good technology is fueling the effort. Read More »
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Tizen, Your Next HTML5 Mobile Operating System
The open source Tizen operating system could be your next mobile device experience. Read More »
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To Be Permissive Or Not To Be Permissive, That Is The Question For Open Source Licensors
A new study of open source project growth suggests that choosing a permissive license can help your community to grow faster...
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Top 10 Open Source In Business Stories Of 2014
Business is one of the prime areas of focus on Opensource.com, so naturally we've accumulated a lot of great information over the year about tools for doing business, like project management, customer management, and content management...For the best of the best articles on open source in business from Opensource.com, check out this list...
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Top 5 Reasons The Ubuntu Linux Phone Might Make It
True, Ubuntu on the phone has many obstacles in its way, but it also has many things going for it as well. Read More »
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Top 5 Things Angie Bryon Loves About Drupal
Angie Byron is an advocate for Drupal. Commonly known online as webchick, she is a Drupal core co-maintainer. She has her finger on the pulse of the community, helping to manage over 1,600 contributors from all over the world. Read More »
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Top 7 Open Source Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
In this article, I review some of the top open source business intelligence (BI) and reporting tools. In economies where the role of big data and open data are ever-increasing, where do we turn in order to have our data analysed and presented in a precise and readable format? This list covers tools which help to solve this problem. Two years ago I wrote about the top three. In this article, I will expand that list with a few more tools that were suggested by our readers. Note that this list is not exhaustive, and it is a mix of both business intelligence and reporting tools...
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Torvalds Shares $1.5m Tech Prize After Split Decision
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has been honored with Finland’s prestigious Grand Millennium Technology Prize — often called the “Nobel of hi-tech” — for his work on open source software. But for the first time, the €1.2 million ($1.5 million) award will be split between two laureates, after the judging panel was unable to decide between them.
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TRENDnet Teases Open Source-Friendly Entry Level Router
Looking for a new wireless router but don't have loads of money to spend? TRENDnet may have what you're looking for in the new N150 Wireless Router (model TEW-712BR). It's a single-band device offering wireless speeds of up to 150 Mb/s that can shoot HD video over to your HDTV while you're lounging on the couch reading Tom's Hardware. Read More »
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Twitter And Linux: The Open Source Marriage Made In Heaven
Twitter has transformed how people around the world communicate, from the mass political uprisings of 2011’s Arab Spring to how we anoint celebrities and cultural decision makers. It does this partly because it is ubiquitous and fast. But how does it manage to send out over 400 million tweets a day? Not surprisingly, the service is powered [by] ... Linux. Read More »
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Ubuntu 13 Challenges Windows 8
Ubuntu is becoming a viable desktop replacement for Windows in certain enterprise scenarios Read More »
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Ubuntu 13.04 Review: Linux For The Average Joe Or Jane
Hard core Linux fans won't care for it, but for the average user the new Ubuntu desktop Linux has a lot to offer. Read More »
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Ubuntu Superphone Fundraiser Rakes In $1M On Debut
Canonical — makers of the Ubuntu distribution of Linux — is asking geeks to collectively cough up $32 million dollars in the next month to crowdfund a smartphone that could serve as a laptop replacement. Supporters have already pledged over $1 million in the first five hours of the fundraiser. Read More »
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