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Flipping the Linux switch: Myths about Linux

Linux on a toaster
There are a lot of funny, preconceived notions about Linux (and Linux users). Some ideas fall in to the realm of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). Some ideas have an inkling of truth to them, and have grown and mutated into full fledged myths. Sort of like how Vlad the Impaler became Dracula, but with a lot less violence and a lot more compiling.

Some of the myths may even be stopping you from trying Linux. You want to try it, sure... but it's too hard or can't do what you need or you're not a hacker.

Let's lay some myths to rest today. Pitchforks, torches and garlic are optional.

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Filed under: News, Windows, Microsoft

Intervention! Microsoft falls off the wagon

Tenets WagonMicrosoft announced a mere ten days ago (as of this writing) that they had changed. The "12 tenets" they developed to promote competition, including such virtues as: "defaults", "installation of any software", "business terms", and more were the bedrock of a fresh start for Microsoft. Apparently Microsoft has fallen off its own wagon. Whoa! DIdn't see that coming. Just days into software sobriety, Microsoft has already violated its own imposed standards. Things like shunning Firefox users with its new homepage preview, and kernel patches Vista, to prevent a non-Microsoft programmer from modifying the kernel. This article from InformationWeek illustrates Microsoft's binge further. All of us downloaders need to help Microsoft with this problem, call our congressmen or something. Yeah, that would do it.

[Via InformationWeek.com]

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Graveyard Shift - zombie-busting Time Waster

With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet. They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...

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