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Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs: Dec 15, 2007 10:33am 6 reviews software, linux, open-source, freetools
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2414535067.html; Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs in DesktopLinux by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
In the next few quarters, low-end Linux-based PCs are going to quickly take over the bottom rung of computing. Then, as businesses continue to get comfortable with SAAS (software as a service) and open-source software, the price benefits will start leading them toward switching to the new Linux/SAAS office model. You'll see this really kick into gear once Vista Service Pack 1 appears and business customers start seriously looking at what it will cost to migrate to Vista. That Tiffany-level price tag will make all but the most Microsoft-centric businesses start considering the Linux/SAAS alternative. Microsoft will fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the point where it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows XP is going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to. Still, it won't be enough. By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice of the desktop market pie. Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs Everex TC2502 Green gPC w/ Via C7-D Processor sold at Walmart for $ 199. Did you notice how the SAAS initiative is coming not from the US but from the EU? Microsoft's last decade costly monopoly on software seems to come to an end. The cost structure of Linux + SAAS is so advantageous that it simply can't be missed by individuals and small companies and Microsoft has no way of answering that challenge with its bulky and costly products.

Linux search Engine: Aug 21, 2007 8:43am 1 review software, linux
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=002165917076592449621%3Ay8jmiivon3o; Linux search Engine on Google
on Google Coop by Vivek Gite
Linux and BSD search from nixCraft Linux search Engine searches 60 sites, including: www.tuxmachines.org, www.reallylinux.com, www.desktoplinux.com, www.linux-watch.com, freshmeat.net Linux search Engine on Google One of the best tools out there for Linux users. This is the place where I go when I wish to find an open-source application for Linux...

Linux desktop revolution: Aug 8, 2007 11:38am 1 review linux, open-source
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4537608418.html; Linux desktop revolution in Linux Desktop by Steven J. Vaughan Nichols
Why is this finally happening? I could go on and on, but I think it's a combination of two major factors. The first is simply that the Linux desktop has gotten to the point where anyone or any business can use it to do useful work. The other is that Microsoft -- and I don't care what numbers people quote -- has a lemon in Vista. Linux desktop revolution Windows users you better read that article if you want to stay ahead of the curve, for, as Steven writes "As for Microsoft and Windows, maybe the real reason Microsoft has been making deals with Linux companies isn't to entrap them into helping with patent FUD. Maybe the real answer is that Microsoft wants to make darn sure it's on the winning side too. MS-Linux? No, you won't see that anytime soon, but come the 2010s... well, let's just say I wouldn't be surprised to see it."

The Linux Alternative Project - linuxalt.com: Jun 30, 2007 5:41pm 70 reviews linux, freetools
http://www.linuxalt.com/; The Linux Alternative Project in The Linux Alternative Project Linux Alternative Project (formally the Linux Equivalent Project). The goal is to provide an informational and available website for all linux users.
The Linux Alternative Project
An indispensable bookmark for Linux users. Its gives all the Linux aternatives for Micrisoft applications.

http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/27/2035215&from=rss: May 11, 2007 8:35pm 1 review linux, open-source, archives, freetools
http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/27/2035215&from=rss; Open Office Extensions repository
As with Firefox, you can add new features and extend OpenOffice.org's functionality by installing extensions. Visit the Extensions Repository page of the OpenOffice.org wiki. Open Office Extensions repository
A good extension archive for those who use Open Office as i do. Great.

The Simple eXperience: Mar 5, 2007 3:04pm 9 reviews software, linux, open-source, freetools
http://tsx.nl/index.php?p=winexs; WineXS in The Simple Experience, Frank Hendriksen's website.
... I'm working hard on howtos to get Windows applications and games working on Linux using Wine. WineXS is a fun project and was made to make using Wine a little easier. WineXS The easy, Wine way to run Windows apps on Linux

Wow! Great. At last I'm finding my way with wine and Windows applications on Ubuntu... Thanks Frank, this is a great tool indeed.

403 Forbidden: May 29, 2006 6:29pm 9 reviews linux, video
http://video.stumbleupon.com/?p=da2sqftc9k

UK-funded project aims Linux at local governments: Mar 5, 2006 12:05pm 1 review linux
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9727775758.html; Linux goes mainstream in Public Institutions
Public institutions around the world are switching to Linux. This should garantee the imposition of ODT as defacto Open Document Format.
in DesktopLinux:
""" The UK's Open Source Academy (OSA), a project funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, is promoting Linux and open-source software within local government, """"

URL: UK-funded project aims Linux at local governments