Operating Systems
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- Seagate Pops Lindows onto Hard Drives at No Charge
- Will lend open source hand to Whitebox PC makers by distributing LindowsOS on one drive model at no cost. Any US computer maker can buy 40GB Barracuda 7200.7 pre-loaded with LindowsHD or without at same cost, should save about $100 per box. [The Register] (September 24, 2003)
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- Lindows.com Nabs New Customer in Japan
- The desktop Linux advocate boasts a new partnership in Japan with Japanese ISP EDGE to sell LindowsOS in Japan for home, work, education uses; and assures customers Lindows has nothing to fear from SCO. [InternetNews] (May 29, 2003)
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- Lindows CEO Attacks Intel's Centrino Linux Lockout
- Intel is having major internal struggle over desktop Linux, and pro-Microsoft marketing droids are winning, according to Lindows.com CEO Michael Robertson. Lists several types of evidence. [The Register] (March 20, 2003)
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- The Lindows Conundrum
- Lindows is a cheap OS that runs Linux and Windows code, with a name that mixes both, and which looks like Windows. Why isn't anyone taking it seriously? [ZDNet PC Magazine] (October 26, 2001)
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- Mandrake Linux tips for free
- Lots of tips on installation, configuration and use of Linux in general and Mandrake Linux in particular (versions 9.1 and 9.2)
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- Penguin Liberation Front
- PLF (Penguin Liberation Front) is a repository of RPMs that cannot be included into the Mandrake distro for legal reasons (copyright/license/patent), which make those packages legal in some countries and illegal in others.
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- The Register: Mandrake Linux Ate my CD Drive
- News article reporting an issue with Mandrake 9.2 and LG CD drives which causes drive firmware to be blanked. (October 29, 2003)
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- Desktop Distro Shootout: Mepis Review
- Comparison of installation and usability with other Debian variants [OSNews] (December 08, 2003)
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- Oracle Sends up the Red Flag
- Oracle and Red Flag Software have firmed up partnership. Oracle to certify, support 9i Database on Red Flag Linux; 9i Application Server, Collaboration Suite, E-business Suite to be available later. [The Register] (May 11, 2003)
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- High Prices, False Steps Help Windows Lose to Linux in China
- Background story partly explains why Beijing China Linux OS vendor Red Flag exists, and is growing quickly. [The Register] (August 08, 2002)
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- Raising the Red Flag
- History, background, many links, suggests paying more attention to this firm, request for translation assistance. Several forum comments. [Linux Journal] (January 30, 2002)
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- Red Flag Linux beats out Windows in Beijing
- On 28 December 2001, Beijing municipal government awarded contracts for office automation, antivirus, system software, to 6 local software vendors, rejected 7th bidder: Microsoft. One winner: Linux OS vendor Red Flag. [The Register] (January 04, 2002)
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- Raise the Red Flag Linux
- China allegedly banned use of Windows 2000 in government offices in deference to their own Linux distribution, Red Flag Linux, according to story from South China Morning Post. [Linux Journal] (January 06, 2000)
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- Red Hat, Inc.
- Official site; news, support, documentation, whitepapers, downloads, consulting, training, embedded solutions.
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- Free the Software!
- Provides hosting of software projects for Red Hat distributions, such as development tools and GNU projects.