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2007 04 19

US Submarine Hit by Malware

Role of the Desktop Declines in Developing World; Videos of $100 Linux Laptops at Schools

Advocacy of Debian, CenOS, and Sabayon Linux (Very Positive Feedback)

Ubuntu Linux Release Due Today, Many Parties Organised Around the World

Electronic Voting Goes Open Source (Sometimes Linux as Well)

Microsoft Muddied the Water in OSDL Press Release

Bruce Perens Talks About the Novell/Microsoft Deal; GPLv3 Analysis

New British Distribution is Based on Ubuntu Linux

Site Lists 81 Reasons to Choose GNU/Linux

Vista Sales Underwhelm AMD and Intel

World's First Mobile Linux Development Kit; AMD Chooses OpenVG for Mobiles

University of North Carolina to Promote Open Source Approach

South African Schools Already Moving to Desktop Linux

Missouri Auction Sells Used Equipment to Run GNU/Linux

D-Link Creates Its Own GNU/Linux Live DVD

New Zealand's Education Sector Sees "Dramatic Updake of Open Source"

Australia Sports Channels Powered by GNU/Linux

Vietnam's Government Chooses Open Source Software, Changes the Old Strategy

Linux Laptops Reach Children in Nepal (with Photos)

Oracle Linux (Red Hat Ripoff/Clone) Does Not Pay Off

Another Open Source Conference and an Open Solution Alliance Roadmap

Linux Motif GUI Replaced by Qt; Compiler Improved for Linux on Itanium 2

BBC Still Snubs Linux, Limits/Fully Restricts Access (Offers DRM Route for Macs)

More Rough Edges in Windows Vista Discovered

Attacks on Windows DNS Servers Continue, No Patch for Weeks to Come; Another Flaw Emerges

Bloggers Talk About Their Vista eXPerience, Abandon It

Vista Shows Linux Strengths; Mac Sales Up 30%

Vista PCs Get 'Locked in' to Windows Vista

Mozilla Thunderbird 2 Released

CIO Walks Away from Microsoft, Suggests Not to Rely on Windows Applications

Jack Thompson Blames Microsoft for Virginia Incident

Report: Sony's Linux-ready Console Will Sell More Than 100 Million Times, Keep Ruling Over XBox

Experts Warn About Severity of Windows Flaw

Microsoft's Anti-Linux Patents Battle Comes to Asia

US State Department Pwn3d by Microsoft Flaw; ~90% of E-mail Now Windows Zombie Spewage

Ubuntu Linux (Dell's Platform of Choice) Gets Purple; New Switchers from Windows

Ubuntu.com Gets PCLOSed, Overwhelmed by Unexpected Demand Levels

Magazine Advocates Linux (If Dell Can Do It, Everyone Should)

Microsoft Acknowledges Browser War is Over (Illegally-obtained Monopoly Lost), Software Goes to Web

OpenOffice Gets Features That Can Make Office Users Envious; Ubuntu Linux Begs for Envy

KDE Embraces Python, More on KDE Development Live CD Available

Embedded RT Linux O/S Said to "Break All Barriers"

Mandriva: Looking Ahead at 2008 Release; PCWorld Provides Instructive Article on Migration to GNU/Linux

AMD/ATI Release New Linux Driver

Open Encyclopedia Gets Offline Version, Open Source/Access Medicine Introduced

Call for Pro-Open Source Lobbying

Sun Microsystems Love Ubuntu GNU/Linux

Digital Freedom/Open Source Campaign Debuts in Massachusetts