Topic: Linux

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Linux is almost dead? 1885 Reads

Over on OS News, there is an interesting article by Russian intellectual property and insurance lawyer, Dmitrij D. Czarkoff, about how the current direction of Linux is ultimately doomed.

Posted by StevePotts on Thursday, December 07, 2006 Read full article: 'Linux is almost dead?'

RiscStation sound software at RONWUG Wednesday 21st August 2002 1192 Reads

Tonight's meeting of the RISC OS North West User Group will be:

"RiscStation sound software"
Paul F. Johnson

6:45pm for 7:15pm, Wednesday 21st August 2002

Posted by StevePotts on Wednesday, August 21, 2002 Read full article: 'RiscStation sound software at RONWUG Wednesday 21st August 2002'

WISHLUG cancellation 1404 Reads

The Wigan and St. Helens Linux User Group (WISHLUG) meeting which was supposed to be this Saturday in Wigan has, unfortunately had to be cancelled until

August 3rd 2002

This is due to family illness.

Posted by bluebottle on Wednesday, July 17, 2002

Wigan to get it's own Linux user group 1284 Reads

URGENT UPDATE

At long last, those pie loving folks of Wigan and St. Helens are to get their own, brand new, sparkly and fun Linux user group.

The first meeting is now to be held at the Moon under the Water, Wigan town centre at 2pm on July 20th.

All are welcome.

Note: Changed due to the original venue not being very good, a pain to get to and the need for good beer ;-)

Posted by bluebottle on Monday, June 24, 2002 Read full article: 'Wigan to get it's own Linux user group'

Could this be the beginning of the end for M$ in Europe? 1515 Reads

The following has been on the BBC World service:

On the BBC World Service, there has been a lot of coverage, within the last couple of hours, that the German Government has decided to replace all Microsoft-based software/hardware with Linux based software running on IBM machines. This solely for German government projects and admin.

Sun must have known about this for a long while, if it true. It follows up on the Bavarian/Munich decision of a while back and should not be unexpected.

Any choice for machines solely based on IBM hardware seems awfully restrictive. On the other hand, it gives Star Office and any OOo groupware a unique opportunity. Not to speak of Ximian's Evolution and similar utilities.

So, Sun, comments? Is this Bill Gates's "Bend in the Road"?

Note: News link from the BBC Website. MyRISCOS cannot be held to account for the information or links supplied by the news item held by the BBC. (c) retained by the BBC.

Posted by bluebottle on Monday, June 03, 2002 Read full article: 'Could this be the beginning of the end for M$ in Europe?'

StrongARM based Encore's Simputer to be released in May 1292 Reads

Noticed this on Slashdot...

Encore's Simputer, 'The handheld for the masses', which is StrongARM based, appears to be due to release in May.

Posted by pjwerdna on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 Read full article: 'StrongARM based Encore's Simputer to be released in May'

ROX Desktop makes it to Slashdot's home page 2441 Reads

Just noticed an article at Slashdot about a ROX Desktop Update.

There are a fair number of comments from people who seem to like it as well.

Note: ROX Desktop is a desktop based around a filer - the RISC OS filer!

Posted by pjwerdna on Tuesday, February 19, 2002 Read full article: 'ROX Desktop makes it to Slashdot's home page'

QuickTime, Shockwave & Word files for Linux! 1465 Reads

CodeWeavers announced yesterday, their 'CrossOver Plugin' for Linux which enables the display of MS Windows Browser plugins and Office Files in Linux.

Their Press Release shows that QuickTime, Shockwave Director, Word, Excel and PowerPoint files can be opened by Linux browsers or email clients.

Future versions are expected to support virtually all Windows plugins and file viewers.

I want this for RISC OS!

Posted by MyRISCOS on Tuesday, August 28, 2001