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If you want to be a thought leader, pick the right foundation…

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Be Known

Chrome is a great browser, but there are a couple of things to be aware of…

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Call me a wimp…

…but I hate Vista 64bit even more than I hate ‘regular’ 32bit Vista and I hate it so much that I’m getting ready to ‘downgrade’… “Vista x64 is the turning point for operating systems as they transition to 64-bit. Currently, however, the majority of users will be very disappointed by installing Vista x64. The lack [...]

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Another step toward the online “cloud computing” life

“Web-based computing has these advantages: It doesn’t matter what kind of computer you use. Mac, Windows, Linux, Ubuntu — they’re all the same. It doesn’t matter whose computer you’re using, or where. You don’t have to drag hard drives or USB sticks or even computers around with you, or copy files between a desktop and [...]

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Yes, my grandma can run Ubuntu Linux

“Last week Lenovo lent me one of its X61 ThinkPad laptops so that I could give Ubuntu Linux a try. Having had a bad experience with Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop a few years ago, I had sworn off desktop Linux and determined not to return. A week into a new trial with Ubuntu Linux, [...]

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Mainstream Media Discovers Ubuntu Linux

“The VAR Guy was flipping though his Sunday morning paper when he spotted an article about Ubuntu Linux. He took a few more sips of coffee to perk up and make sure his eyes weren’t deceiving him. Sure enough, Ubuntu had made the leap into the mainstream media — earning coverage in Newsday, the eight [...]

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links for 2009-09-27

40+ Best Photoshop Tutorials for Creating Buttons and Badges | Naldz Graphics (tags: webdesign design tutorials photoshop icons graphics inspiration) HOWTO: NTFS with read/write support using ntfs-3g (easy method) – Ubuntu Forums (tags: ubuntu howto linux windows tutorial software tips tutorials ntfs filesystem)

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Looking for savings in your ‘enterprise’?

Open source software may be the answer… “There’s a persistent perception that open source software is being ignored in the enterprise, that IT management fears it and it ends up being more costly to deploy than proprietary solutions. That’s certainly the perception that some major software vendors would like you to have. But it’s Jeffrey [...]

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Top Open Source Downloads…

Kudos to the folks at Datamation who put this list together… “Tired of your boring screensavers? Need a game that allows you to survive the boring hours before quitting time? Wish your PC looked more like the terminals in the Matrix? Or maybe you’re more business-minded: do you need an open-source solution for ERP? Project [...]

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The search is finally over!

Image via CrunchBase I write frequently about my disdain [hatred is too strong a word] for Microsoft and their evil licensing practices and my newfound love for Ubuntu. Over the weekend, the two final barriers to moving ‘full time’ to Ubuntu were removed. I wrote about one last night — VirtualBox allows you to run [...]

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101 Free Alternatives to Commonly Used Paid Software

via promotionalcodes.org.uk You can follow the ‘via’ link above to go to the source and read the rest of the article if you’d like to dig a little deeper. Many of these applications can be batch downloaded quickly and easily at http://ninite.com…

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