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Why aren't schools adopting open source? Outside the U.S. schools are doing so, but not inside.

Top 25 OpenOffice extensions. Here are many good ways to get more out of the open source app suite.

Eyeing Google, Splashtop partners with Yahoo for instant-on web search. It's a pre-emptive strike against Chrome OS.

Open source advocates still called zealots. That's the moniker that a New York Times blog post chooses.

Installing VirtualBox 3.0 on a Fedora 11 desktop. Here's a tutorial that will allow you to run multiple operating systems concurrently.

There is an old joke, popular among venture capitalists, that goes like this: Two guys are walking in the wilderness, when they spot a huge bear speeding toward them, gnashing its teeth. One of the guys pulls a pair of running shoes out of his backpack and starts putting them on.

? What are you doing? You can't outrun a bear, says the other guy.

I don't need to outrun the bear, comes the answer. I just need to outrun you.

That joke is about knowing precisely who the competition is. That's why I thought of it when I read Matt Asay's post about Mark Shuttleworth identifying the Mac OS, and not Windows, as the desktop operating system to beat. Shuttleworth made comments to that effect in this Datamation interview, and I agree with him.

There is an old joke, popular among venture capitalists, that goes like this: Two guys are walking in the wilderness, when they spot a huge bear speeding toward them, gnashing its teeth. One of the guys pulls a pair of running shoes out of his backpack and starts putting them on.

? What are you doing? You can't outrun a bear, says the other guy.

I don't need to outrun the bear, comes the answer. I just need to outrun you.

That joke is about knowing precisely who the competition is. That's why I thought of it when I read Matt Asay's post from last year about Mark Shuttleworth identifying the Mac OS, and not Windows, as the desktop operating system to beat. Shuttleworth made comments to that effect in this Datamation interview, and I agree with him. It's right now, though, that we are really seeing the Linux desktop realize its potential, with the Mac OS still setting a good pace in the race.

Microsoft search to be powered by open source. The company's new Kumo search technology is filled with open source.

What you should expect from Fedora 11. Here's a screenshot-driven tour of it, scheduled for release on May 26th.

Beyond Firefox: 10 other great Linux browsers. Have you tried Midori, Seamonkey, and Arora?

Novell throws support behind Moblin Linux for Intel Atom netbooks, devices. Eschewing its own SUSE Linux, Novell will back Intel's Moblin Linux for netbooks and smartphones.?

Google adds all-important Java support to AppEngine. It's part of a major upgrade to AppEngine.

New Gmail interface for iPhone and Android. A mobile-browser optimized version of Gmail from Google for both phone platforms.

Zend targets Java with growing PHP community. Zend Server takes the Zend Framework's Java-bashing crusade a step further.

How to upgrade to Fedora 10 from an older version. Simple up-front steps make the process easier.

Dell: The top reseller of JBoss middleware? The VAR guy says Dell gets the nod.

Red Hat CEO sees open source as a 'model for government.' Jim Whitehurst also applauds the Obama administration's interest in it.

Sun CEO: Open source equals free advertising. By being freely distributed, our products build their own audiences, says Jonathan Schwartz.

Another 100,000+ week for Fedora 10. It's been gaining users at impressive rates.

How to install Google Earth 5.0 on Ubuntu. It's not available by default in the Ubuntu repositories, but here's how to manually get it going.

Round two of a long-time Windows user's switch to Linux. The second installment is here, and the first here.

10 top Linux applications. Banshee (music management), Tomboy (note-taking), and F-Spot (online photos) make this list of top apps, and you'll find 10 more good offbeat Linux apps here.

Bruce Perens: Combining GPL and proprietary software. Thoughts from the creator of the Open Source Definition.

Fedora as a basis for Russia's national OS? Red Hat has spoken with senior government officials.

Monty Widenius talks about why he left Sun Microsystems. The MySQL development organization was not functioning well under it?s capacity.

Mozilla doesn't need an EU bail-out. It has the market share to prove it.

Fennec rising. Here's video of Mozilla's mobile browser handling gestures.