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Linux creator Linus Torvalds has labelled makers of the rival OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys" in a wider critique of what he said was self-centred behaviour in the IT security industry.
Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, this week said it would hire a team to help make open source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use.
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is unique as the XO laptop it distributes. While the XO is not commercially available, our review provides an insight into what can be achieved in a laptop designed for children at a very low cost.
This year Apple attended Linux Expo for the first time to explain why Linux fans should take a look at its operating system.
If you're looking for relatively straightforward Linux-based office productivity, you should have few problems with this distribution.
With the 'Mad Hatter' project, a beefed-up form of the old thin-client idea, Sun will be delivering Linux-based desktop machines that promise to undercut Windows.
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