One of the topics I've seen of late is that, according to general sales numbers, Netbooks soared and were a huge success, while Mobile Internet Devices (MID) more or less did an epic faceplant and a fail of monumental proportions.Yet, I don't think we are ready to count out MIDs just yet. In fact, I ...

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Here's an interesting little article discussing Gnome Zeitgeist (bless you! ), a new took due out in Gnome 3 that stands to offer the end user a whole bunch of useful features.

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From the Linux Today blog, here's a cool way to introduce people to Linux by using the "Show, don't tell" philosophy.  Also, don't forget to read the comments as well for some insightful additions to the article by readers.

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Here's an interesting series of articles that overviews the release of KDE 4.3 RC1, the ability to put plasmoids in the system tray now, and a screencast covering many of the new features coming in this next release of KDE4.

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Here's a cool article that lists 6 of the best disk burning applications for Linux.

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Here's a cool article that talks about how one Linux advocacy group is pitching Linux on netbooks to mobile carriers who are considering offering subsidized netbooks with their cellular plans.

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Here's a great article from the Linux Foundation on how Linux acts as a messenger of freedom.

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John Spencer of ComputerWorldUK speculates on whether or not we're possibly selling FOSS in the wrong way, and if that may be doing more harm than good.

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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) turned down open source when it came to choosing the platform for its trading system.  Well, they've now payed the price:
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Meanwhile the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the New York Stock Exhange continue on without a blip, showing that open source is more stable than proprietary systems.

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It appears that Sun's work on Virtualbox will soon be yielding some welcome benefits in the form of 3D and OpenGL 2.0 support.  I know a lot of people that will love to see those included.

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Here's a great reiteration of a long stated fact that it costs more to run WIndows than Linux in the long term and the bigger picture.  This has a couple of great, but simple facts to use when forming a rebuttal against "Windows being cheaper to run" or any similar FUD.

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