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The NY Times discovers the virtues of desktop Linux

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In today's open source roundup: An overview of desktop Linux at the NY Times. Plus: Technology experts that don't understand Linux, and did open source cause the Heartbleed bug?

I'm always pleased to see positive articles about Linux that appeare outside of the usual technology press. The NY Times takes a look at desktop Linux and offers a surprisingly positive view of it, along with suggestions for which distros to use. The article even mentions VirtualBox as a way to run Linux on Windows or OS X systems.

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Comments (5)

notbob ·
I didn't even hafta login. "Amazing". Sounds like there might be a couple OSS advocates lurking in the NYT subterrainia. Dya think we might see an enterprise shift in the NYT's future?
BernardSwiss ·
@notbob -- Nope. These days the NYT generously allows non-subscribers the privilege of reading 5 articles per month.
notbob ·
Interesting. How do they know? I don't allow cookies or client side scripts.
BernardSwiss ·
IP address? Web bugs (ie. 1-pixel transparent GIFs)?

You can generally get around it by coming in from Google (it's the main reason I still have google available, even though it's not my default search engine).
gus3 ·
Blocking by IP address would affect people readers behind a proxied firewall (academia, libraries, coffee shops, etc.).

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