How Dell repels attempts to buy its ‘open source’ PC
Dell this week received much praise for releasing a new version of its “open source” PC… So, at least you’re saving money […]
IDC Predicts Linux Growth, Windows Freeze
IDC expects Linux to continue biting at the heels of Windows market share and increase from 24 percent to 33 percent within […]
November 2, 2005 General Meeting
CINLUG meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00pm. They are FREE and OPEN to the public. Donations […]
Firefox Tops PCWorld Top 100 of 2005
Mozilla Firefox was voted the #1 product of 2005 by PCWorld Magazine. Other F/OSS winners included: Ubuntu “Hoary” (#26), Mozilla Thunderbird (#28), […]
Firefox Still Tops IE for Browser Security
“Mozilla is forthcoming about vulnerabilities,” Levy [of Symantec] said, whereas “it takes Microsoft far longer to acknowledge vulnerability.” How much longer? “In […]
Broadband from your Electrical Outlet
TOKYO – The common electric socket will serve as your home’s connection to broadband with a new chip developed by Matsushita Electric […]
Fall 2005 Server Linux Boot Camp – Saturday November 5 and Saturday November 12
The CINLUG Fall Boot Camp 2005 will be held on 2 consecutive Saturdays. Final details are as follows: TOPIC: Server Linux (featuring […]
University of Toronto Chooses StarOffice
Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc. today announced the University of Toronto at Scarborough (UTSC) has standardized on StarOffice(TM) office productivity software for […]
Linux Code Grows as Defects Decline
Between December 2004 and July 2005, the “defect density” in the Linux kernel has fallen from 0.17 to 0.16 and all serious […]
Bryant University Moves Entire IT Infrastructure to Linux
IBM has said that Bryant University, ranked the second most connected campus in America, has committed to open-source computing by moving its […]