Why Microsoft's Metro Push Is Good for Linux

URL: http://www.linuxtoday.com/upload/why-microsofts-metro-push-is-good-for-linux.html

Datamation: The Windows 8 interface may prompt a certain group of users to adopt the Linux desktop.

Stuxnet/Flame/Duqu Uses GPL Code

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/r69bm9gdxJ8/stuxnetflameduqu-uses-gpl-code

David Gerard writes "It seems the authors of Stuxnet/Duqu/Flame used the LZO library, which is straight-up GPL. And so, someone has asked the U.S. government to release the code under the GPL. (Other code uses various permissive licenses. As works of the U.S. federal government, the rest is of course public domain.) Perhaps the author could enlist the SFLC to send a copyright notice to the U.S. government..."

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Why Linux Doesn't Need Defragmenting

URL: http://www.linuxtoday.com/storage/why-linux-doesnt-need-defragmenting.html

HowToGeek: If you're a Linux user, you’ve probably heard that you don't need to defragment your Linux file systems.