Tags: os updates
Tags: os updates
Best Buy charges $20 for Ubuntu: Good news or bad for Linux?
Posted Friday July 11, 2008, 1:04 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Open Source Like many other versions of Linux, Ubuntu is available as a free download. But since it's available for free, why would you pay? Is the fact that Best Buy is carrying Ubuntu good news for the Linux distro and open source software in general?
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Windows XP ain't the only OS retiring this year: Goodbye Windows 3.11
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 3:55 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft Microsoft may have sent Windows XP into partial retirement in June, but did you know that you can still pick up a copy of Windows 3.11 for Workgroups? But Windows 3.11 for Workgroups will no longer be available after November 1, 2008.
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Xandros buys Linspire
Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Open Source Xandros isn't exactly a household name, but the little Linux distribution struck it big (well, biggish anyway) last year when Asus decided to slap a customized version of the operating system on its uber-popular Eee PC laptop lineup.
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Microsoft offers free phone support for Vista SP1
Posted Tuesday March 25, 2008, 8:34 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft While most Download Squad readers who took part in our informal poll say that Windows Vista SP1 has either improved their Vista performance, or at least hasn't broken their PCs, some folks are bound to have issues with any upgrade.
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Could Windows XP get another stay of execution?
Posted Tuesday March 25, 2008, 8:34 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
But Microsoft has already extended XP's lifetime due to widespread concerns over Windows Vista. Hundreds of thousands of these low cost notebooks have been sold over the past few months, and millions could be sold by the end of the year.
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Microsoft release yet another Windows XP SP3 RC build
Posted Tuesday March 25, 2008, 8:34 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
But today Microsoft released Windows XP SP3 RC2 refresh, which basically means it's a slightly modified version of the release candidate made available in February.
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