Microsoft breaks Hotmail for Linux users
linux-watch.com — A Linux-Watch reader today reported difficulties using Microsoft's Hotmail service with Firefox browsers running on Linux. We confirmed that creating a new Hotmail account was not possible, due to an error message suggesting a "browser upgrade." (Submitted by gadgeek) More...
Microsoft Tactics Push India Toward Linux
linux-watch.com — One of India's 28 states plans to distribute 100,000 Linux laptops to students there. It sounds like Tamil Nadu's volume purchasing agent decided to use Linux exclusively after being put off by Microsoft's bundling tactics for academic users. (Submitted by inactive) More...
Everything you know about networking just changed
linux-watch.com — The Samba Group and the Software Freedom Law Center managed to get Microsoft to place all of its network protocols needed for programs to work with Windows Server into the hands of the open-source-friendly Protocol Freedom Information Foundation. This is enormous. This is easily the most significant change for local area networking this century. (Submitted by echowarpt) More...
Software Wars view!
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First U.S. GPL lawsuit to settle out of court
linux-watch.com — The first U.S. GPL-related lawsuit appears to be headed for a quick out-of-court settlement. Device-maker Monsoon Multimedia admitted today that it has violated the GPLv2 (GNU General Public License version 2), and said it will release its modified BusyBox code in full compliance with the license. (Submitted by deviceguru) More...
Coming soon: automatic Linux driver upgrades
linux-watch.com — Linux users want two things for their hardware: drivers; and easy access to those drivers. The first is finally happening; and now, thanks to a Dell Linux project called DKMS (Dynamic Kernel Module Support), the other is on its way. (Submitted by deviceguru) More...
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