The E680i is based on the Linux operating system and uses a user interface that is written in Java. The overall feel of the system seemed nicer than that of the earlier Motorola Linux devices I’ve used, and the system certainly was pretty.
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While still not officially listed in Adobe’s download page, you can get Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux from the company’s FTP server.
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Bill Boswell (writing for redmondmag.com) has posted an interesting article on configuring Linux clients to utilize a single sign-on and play nicely in a Microsoft Active Directory network. The article focuses on Fedora Core 2 (and the Core 3 beta), but he has examples and instructions for SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional, Mandrake 10.1 and Xandros Desktop 2.5 on his website.
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Dell and Novell today announced an agreement to offer Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 certified on select Dell PowerEdge servers worldwide.
This announcement provides Dell and Novell customers with more choice for fully-supported Linux platform deployments, and at the best value in the industry. Dell provides a single point of contact for customers’ support needs; Dell Services will also assist customers throughout the lifecycle of their deployments.
Continue reading ‘Dell and Novell Expand Partnership to Provide SUSE LINUX’
“According to this article on Yahoo, Linus is not the real father of Linux and Open source software is really just code nicked from other sources. ” Groklaw has done a dissection of the press release. It’s a press release by the Alexis de Toqueville Institution, who gets funding from MSFT, as well as believes that US IT troubles are because of free software. Oh, and terrorism works better because of open source, and the “Star Wars” program was a good idea.
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