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Video: Linux running 165 applications simultaneously

By fpp ⋅ 17-April-2008 at 18:02 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

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A few weeks ago stories were going around and people were proudly showing images of a Mac that was running 150 applications at the same time.

Then someone created “a video” showing MS Vista running about a 100 apps with just 30% processor load. The computer used was one bit of a heavy iron, nevertheless still impressive.

Here’s a video of a Linux machine that runs 165 applications simultaneously and is still smoothly cruising

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Linux: 9000 PCs in Swiss schools will switch to Ubuntu only

By fpp ⋅ 4-April-2008 at 15:11 (UTC) ⋅ 45 comments

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Beginning from next term, all computers at schools in the Swiss canton of Geneva will be switched to Ubuntu Linux only.

Geneva newspaper Tribune de Geneve reports today that from September 2008 all computers at schools that currently are dual-boot MS Windows and Linux will have MS Windows removed and become FOSS (Free Open Source Software) only.

Besides lower costs for the administration, students will also profit from the use of Ubuntu, as they then will be able to…

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Microsoft / Novell: Are Windows and Linux becoming buddies?

By fpp ⋅ 3-November-2006 at 12:27 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Yesterday the two CEOs of Microsoft and Novell in a joint press conference told the public that they have agreed on a set of broad business and technical collaborations …to build, market and support a series of new solutions to make Novell and Microsoft(R) products work better together…
The two companies also agreed to provide [...]


Neuros OSD: ThinkGeek starts delivery

By fpp ⋅ 25-October-2006 at 8:56 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

The long awaited Neuros OSD media center that was previously only available to a limited group of developers is now available for sale and in stock with ThinkGeek.
The OSD (”open source device”) is a replacement of Neuros’s DVR set-top box loaded with masses of new features. It can record MPEG-4 video from analog sources such [...]


DLink V-Click: Another WLAN - GSM twin hitting the streets

By fpp ⋅ 4-October-2006 at 15:56 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Another WLAN-WiFi enabled GSM phone will become available soon to consumers in Europe and the USA. D-Link is introducing a new unlocked Linux based phone that can be used with normal GSM cell phone networks as well as with wireless WiFi networks. HP, Nokia and Siemens (now BenQ) plus others have all recently introduced [...]


Neuros OSD: First Open Source Media Center

By fpp ⋅ 23-September-2006 at 21:23 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Neuros made available beta versions of their new expandable open source media center called OSD this week to developers and testers alike.
The OSD (”open source device”) is a replacement of Neuros’s DVR set-top box loaded with masses of new features. It can record MPEG-4 video from analog sources such as cable or broadcast TV receivers, [...]


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