How to move from Windows to Linux?

URL: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/how-to-move-from-windows-to-linux/

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rincewind asks:

I need to reconcile these 2 facts:

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Linux Played a Vital Role In Discovery of Higgs Boson

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_luPCWpRBUE/linux-played-a-vital-role-in-discovery-of-higgs-boson

An anonymous reader writes "Scientific Linux and Ubuntu had a vital role in the discovery of the new boson at CERN. Linux systems are used every day in their analysis, together with hosts of open software, such as ROOT. Linux plays a major role in the running of their networks of computers (in the grid etc.) and it is used for the intensive work in their calculations."

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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.

The Facebook Phone Will Use Linux

URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Phoronix/~3/mMZ2bPXufG8/vr.php

This shouldn't come as a terrible surprise, but the Facebook Phone looks like it will be running atop Linux...

DRM books need to disappear. NOW. (Or, my horrific experience with www.kalahari.com)

URL: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/drm_books_need_disappear_now_or_my_horrific_experience_wwwkalaharicom

DRM turned a 10 minute purchase into a 2 and a half nightmare (and counting). I wanted to buy a book: I ended up in a journey which made it dead clear that in a sane world, there is absolutely no space for DRM-protected contents. The only real warning I have about this article is that it may make you feel sick.

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