Linux in every lap
Stars of the original Mac development team try to solve one of the hottest puzzles in technology today: How to make the Linux desktop user-friendly.
Thursday, Feb 24, 2000 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Apple, Linux
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Entertainment Apple, Linux
DeCSS decoy
A free-software fanatic unleashes a "useless" program to foil investigators looking for the DeCSS DVD decryption code.
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2000 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
The shape of open source to come
VA Linux purchases Andover.net, corporate parent to Slashdot. Will the "news for nerds" site maintain its editorial independence?
Thursday, Feb 3, 2000 6:30 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
The best game ever
No graphics, no sound, no razzle-dazzle -- but Nethack is still one of the finest gaming experiences the computing world has to offer.
Thursday, Jan 27, 2000 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
The Transmeta energizer
Silicon Valley's most secretive start-up finally unveils its product -- a cool chip design that'll keep your laptop battery going and going and going.
Thursday, Jan 20, 2000 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
Scoop: Why Bill Gates stepped down
Ten reasons why the Microsoft founder is handing off the CEO torch.
Thursday, Jan 13, 2000 11:30 AM UTCEntertainment Microsoft, Linux
Can Linux billionaires carry the free-software torch?
As dot-com mania sends shares in open-source companies soaring, the movement searches its soul.
Thursday, Dec 23, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
Microsoft, Mahir and money, money, money
A software superpower is declared a monopoly, free software rakes in billions and money makes the world go round: The year in tech.
Wednesday, Dec 15, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Microsoft, Apple, Gaming, Linux
Code critic
John Lions wrote the first, and perhaps only, literary criticism of Unix, sparking one of open source's first legal battles.
Tuesday, Nov 30, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
Letters to the Editor
In Texas, AIDS issues are about race, not sexuality
Plus: Remembering James Bond's glory days; why let a cheating husband off the hook?
All Salon George W. Bush, Microsoft, AIDS
Letters to the Editor
Is it time for a female vice president? Plus: Get that spam out of my mailbox; "Millionaire" contestant gives Philbin the thumbs-up.
Monday, Nov 22, 1999 5:00 PM UTCAll Salon Microsoft, Linux
Who controls free software?
Does Red Hat's aquisition of Cygnus give the company the final say on free software's future?
Thursday, Nov 18, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
How the Web was almost won
Just how close did we come to a Net ruled by Microsoft? The "server wars" show a grim counterpart to the browser wars.
Tuesday, Nov 16, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Microsoft
Why Microsoft really does suck
All the warm, fuzzy feelings evoked by my gorgeous new laptop went up in smoke when I discovered the evil that lurked inside.
Monday, Nov 15, 1999 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Microsoft, Linux
Letters to the Editor
What's to become of Microsoft? Plus: Putting McKinney's life in Judy Shepard's hands; who unearthed the L.A. Times controversy?
Friday, Nov 12, 1999 5:00 PM UTCAll Salon Microsoft, Rudy Giuliani, Linux
Is Linux the real remedy?
The open-source camp welcomes the findings of fact. But some think that Linux doesn't need the courts to beat Redmond.
Saturday, Nov 6, 1999 2:00 PM UTCEntertainment Microsoft, Linux
Cartoon for coders
"User Friendly" taps the open-source movement's collective funny bone.
Wednesday, Oct 27, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
Casting an academic eye on Linux
Researchers at the University of Michigan want to know how the open-source community "gets things done."
Thursday, Oct 21, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Linux
The Red Hat diaries
Are Linux coders and Linux companies on different paths? A slapdash new book and a recent flurry of corporate maneuvers suggest just that.
Thursday, Oct 14, 1999 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Microsoft, Linux, Business, Books
Letters to the Editor
Apple is too strong to be Linux's lunch; DEA Museum shows only one side of drug wars; does LAPD behavior shed light on O.J. case?
Tuesday, Oct 5, 1999 4:00 PM UTCAll Salon Apple, John McCain, R-Ariz.
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