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The start-up that was going to make Linux dead-easy is dead. Eazel closed its doors this week after 16 months of developing a Linux interface for the consumer market. The company had spent the last ...

Hopefully the final push that makes you go open source.

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Linux Mint isn’t chasing touch interfaces, rethinking the way we use the desktop, or enacting any other grand experiment. It’s just a polished, modern Linux desktop system—and that’s why people love ...

Jack Wallen shows you how simple it is to get a powerful, reliable backup solution installed on your Linux servers. Image: ribkhan/Adobe Stock Do you have a reliable backup solution running on your ...

“Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” The question seemingly has no real answer, and biologists can argue either reply ad nauseam. The computer world has an equally pervasive question that ...