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Microsoft’s marketing arm excitedly churned out a case study in 2005 when the London Stock Exchange (LSE) rolled out a C# stock exchange ticker system on Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2000. Four years later the LSE has scrapped the whole system in favour of a Linux-based solution instead.

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Article at Geek.com

“Have you ever wondered why some updates or installs require a reboot, and others don’t? The main reason relates to kernel-level core services running in memory which either have been altered by the update to include new data that can’t be “squeezed in” to its existing footprint, or are currently attached to multiple separate processes which cannot be accounted for without a reboot. Ksplice has figured out a way around that issue in a majority of the cases.A recent examination of Linux kernel updates suggests 88% of those which today fall under the “must reboot” category due to the types of programs they affect, could be converted into rebootless forms using Ksplice.”

10 things Linux does better than Windows | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com.

“If you tallied up the strengths and weaknesses of Linux and Windows, which OS would come out ahead? According to Jack Wallen, superiority in security, flexibility, interoperability, community, and command-line power (among other things) put Linux well ahead. See if you agree with his assessment.”

“Moving Beyond Kubuntu

Over the years I’ve used many Linux distributions… far too many to list here without boring everyone. Needless to say, I cut my teeth on Linux during it’s early 1.2.x kernel days and I haven’t been wanting for choices over these many years.

I started using Kubuntu about two years ago when I wanted to see what the hype was all about and not only was it far easier to get going on my laptop of the time than the Debian installation I had been using, it was easy enough to use that I could recommend for new users.

So I stuck with it and I learned its myriad of quirks and all those little deviations that inevitably occur between releases as a distribution project matures. I didn’t just stick with the KDE variant either, I downloaded and used the gnome desktop. xfce, as well as the studio version and often ran the bleeding edge of everything. However, through all of it, KDE has pretty much remained my default desktop.

It seems that now… for me at least… it’s time to move on.”

More at: Moving Beyond Kubuntu

My Comment:
This is something everyone on the KDE team and everyone who makes KDE based distros needs to hear.
I’ve been struggling through KDE4 from 4.0 to 4.2.2, but when my distro started incorporating Koffice 2 and I read an article claiming 2 years before it becomes reliable again, that was just it. No more KDE, I’ve moved to Gnome and OpenOffice.

KDE 4.2.2 Release Announcement

"April 2nd, 2009. The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of "Cano", (a.k.a KDE 4.2.2), another bugfix and maintenance update for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop."

100 Reasons Linux Beats Windows

1. You don’t have to “activate” Linux by phone or Internet.

Reference:
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20861/1141/

Bruce Perens: Microsoft and Apache – What’s the Angle?

About the Author Bruce Perens is the creator of the Open Source Definition, the manifesto of Open Source and the criterion for Open Source software licensing. With Eric Raymond, he founded the Open Source Initiative, a successful effort to market the idea of Free Software to business people. Perens represented Open Source at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, at the request of the United Nations Development Program. This editorial address Microsoft’s recent – and surprising – decision to support a major open source initiative.

TOPICS:

Years of Ill Will
The Battle Ahead
An Interoperable Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
What the Open Sourcers Will Do
The Final Frontier

Reference
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3762786/Bruce+Perens:+Microsoft+and+Apache+-+Whats+the+Angle?.htm

Linux guru? then switch to Arch Linux!

A good article written by Antony Williams on how to and why to switch to Arch Linux

Reference:
http://www.antonywilliams.com/2008/07/linux-guru-then-switch-to-arch-linux.html

 Wikipedia: Popular Linux Distributions

Distrowatch

Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution#Popular_distributions
http://distrowatch.com/