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Linux : Articles : The new table of analogs of Windows software in Linux
Posted: ( Sat 21st Oct 2006 05:20:25[PM] UTC )
One of the biggest difficulties in migrating from Windows to Linux is the lack of knowledge about comparable software. Newbies usually search for Linux analogs of Windows software, and advanced Linux-users cannot answer their questions since they often don't know too much about Windows :). This list of Linux equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software is based on our own experience and on the information obtained from the visitors of this page on English, Russian, Italian, Spanish, French & German.

Linux : Articles : The Linux 2.6 Kernel: Cracking the Code
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:26:29[PM] UTC )
ou could say the Linux kernel is on the cusp of adulthood -- like a teenager about to reach voting age.

Linux : Articles : The Linux engine in Cars
Posted: ( Sat 1st Jul 2006 05:26:29[PM] UTC )
Ever wonder how Lightning McQueen and friends looked so good in the movie Cars? A lot of that spit and polish came from the Pixar Animation Studio's Linux workstations and servers.

Linux : Articles : Wine Doors opens Windows under Linux
Posted: ( Wed 14th Jun 2006 04:44:14[PM] UTC )
When I first used Wine to try to install Windows software on my Linux machine, I found it less than user-friendly. Fortunately there was an application called WineTools to help smooth out the process.

main : Articles : A Comparison of Solaris, Linux, and FreeBSD Kernels
Posted: ( Sun 27th Nov 2005 01:37:22[AM] UTC )
I spend most of my time teaching classes on Solaris internals, device drivers, and kernel crash dump analysis and debugging. When explaining to classes how various subsystems are implemented in Solaris, students often ask, "How does it work in Linux?" or, "In FreeBSD, it works like this, how about Solaris?" This article examines three of the basic subsystems of the kernel and compares implementation between Solaris 10, Linux 2.6, and FreeBSD 5.3.

Linux : Articles : How Toyota and Linux Keep Collaboration Simple
Posted: ( Fri 19th Aug 2005 04:37:04[PM] UTC )
The Linux and Toyota communities are both composed of engineers, so members have the same skills as their colleagues and speak the same language. But these groups are far more disciplined and rigorous in their approach to work than are other engineering communities.

Linux : Articles : Learning to use mod_rewrite tutorial
Posted: ( Wed 25th May 2005 03:17:34[PM] UTC )
Mod_rewrite is apaches most powerful and mystifying module. The basics are introduced and some practical uses include improving URLS for search engines and preventing people from hotlinking to your images are covered.

Linux : Articles : Collaborative Source Software
Posted: ( Sun 20th Feb 2005 06:06:43[AM] UTC )
This article presents an approach to combine the best of the open source and proprietary software development worlds

Linux : Articles : Running Windows viruses with Wine
Posted: ( Sun 20th Feb 2005 06:05:36[AM] UTC )
It just isn't fair that Windows users get all the viruses. I mean really, shouldn't Linux users be in on the fun as well? Well... thanks to the folks running the Wine project, Linux users can "catch the virus bug" too -- sort of.

Linux : Articles : Linux on the desktop
Posted: ( Sun 20th Feb 2005 06:05:36[AM] UTC )
What are we to make of IBM's silence about its desktop Linux policy? A while back, chairman and CEO Sam Palmisano challenged the company to move its desktops to Linux by the end of 2005. What's clear is that this hasn't happened and doesn't look like happening. And there's probably a good reason.

Linux : Articles : Linux Inc.
Posted: ( Sun 20th Feb 2005 06:05:36[AM] UTC )
BusinessWeek: Linus Torvalds once led a ragtag band of software geeks. Not anymore. Here's an inside look at how the unusual Linux business model increasingly threatens Microsoft.

FreeDOS : Articles : My workstation OS: FreeDOS
Posted: ( Sun 20th Feb 2005 06:05:36[AM] UTC )
In battles over operating system superiority, emotions run high. Capabilities are assembled like armies and run out on discussion boards to face the flames. So let me say this now: your operating system is probably better than mine. Most modern operating systems are better than FreeDOS when considered by any objective criteria. FreeDOS doesn't multitask, doesn't surf the Internet easily, isn't great for multimedia productions, and doesn't even do Windows. But I love it anyway.

Linux : Articles : Why Install Linux on Your Mac?
Posted: ( Sat 18th Dec 2004 06:07:39[PM] UTC )
Yeah, why? Your typical modern Mac comes with all the Unixy goodness you could ever need, right? But there are a bunch of Linux PPC distributions that you can, if you feel the need, install on your Apple hardware.

Linux : Articles : Linux MIDI: A Brief Survey, Part 2
Posted: ( Sat 18th Dec 2004 05:52:01[PM] UTC )
In part two of this ever-expanding MIDI series, a look at various sequencers, from Rosegarden to seq24.

Linux : Articles : An introduction to Linux sound systems and APIs
Posted: ( Sun 12th Sep 2004 04:28:31[AM] UTC )
When coding a program, one of the best ways to show users that an event has happened is to produce sounds. That's why sound is now present in almost every program. Every operating system has different sound systems and APIs to access the sound card, so that no low-level coding is required to use the sound device. Programmers have many different choices concerning which system to use, especially under Linux -- and maybe that's the problem. This article will illustrate free sound architectures under Linux, as well as the different interfaces a programmer can use.