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Have Mac, will open source. If you're a Mac user, check out this list of top open source applications.

5 things Microsoft does not want you to know about Windows. What gets swept under the rug?

Linux Mint 7 (XFCE) review. It's easy to install, and you can use either KDE or GNOME. Here's more on what's under the hood.

Will mobile Linux distros hang separately? Will you be able to move software between Moblin, Android, LiMo and Maemo platforms?

Danish FreeBSD developer sues Lenovo over Microsoft tax. Poul-Henning Kamp is suing over Lenovo's refusal to refund the Windows Vista Business license, though he declined the EULA during installation.

?Boxee raises $6 million, announces other deals. The company behind the well-liked open source media center app is on a roll.

Investor reveals secret to $1.6 billion in open source success. VC Peter Fenton has spurred on four big open-source sales--JBoss ($350 million), Zimbra ($350 million), XenSource ($500 million), and SpringSource ($420 million).

If you have a proprietary partner is it still open source? Jaspersoft and Talend are teaming with two proprietary vendors to deliver a business intelligence solution for clouds.

Hands on with SUSE Studio. Novell's service allows you to create your own Linux distro respin using nothing more than a web browser.

Consider Linux for secure online banking. Because it isn't a big target for hackers, and for other reasons, it's an ideal platform.

A Moblin netbook by this fall? The first netbook pre-installed with the Moblin v2 operating system technology may reach market in October--on Asus' Seashell system.

There is a lot of hubbub about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system and its prospects on netbooks, which remain a hot-selling hardware category, but what about Linux on netbooks? Asus and others were early to deliver Linux-based netbooks, Dell continues to offer Ubuntu-based systems, and there are new, Linux-based operating systems that may have bright netbook futures.

We've made the point several times?that Linux and open source applications can get a big boost by being successful on lightweight, inexpensive portable systems.? Still, if you go to a retail outlet to shop for a netbook, you rarely see Linux. Why is that, and what prospects does Linux really have on netbooks?