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This install of Windows will self destruct in 30 days
Ed Bott at ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft will soon make installation of WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) mandatory. Not only will it become a mandatory install, if WGA isn’t installed within 30 days, the install of Windows will cease to … Continue reading
Posted in SGB News, SGB Software
Tagged apple, kill switch, Linux, Microsoft, MS, WGA, Windows Genuine Advantage
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Windows phone home
Appearantly, Windows Genuine Advantage calls home every day. Microsoft Corp. acknowledged Wednesday that it needs to better inform users that its tool for determining whether a computer is running a pirated copy of Windows also quietly checks in daily with … Continue reading
The Open CD (theopencd.org)
The OpenCD is a useful tool for getting people to experience open source software. The CD comes with a variety of open source programs from productivity to design which can be run from windows. It also includes a live version … Continue reading
Posted in SGB News, Utilities
Tagged Linux, Live CD, Notepad2, open source, The Open CD, ubuntu
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Steve Ballmer Suggests Microsoft May Go After Linux for Patent Infringement…
…and then proceeds to throw a chair, run around the room screaming like a gorilla, and chant like a cultist. But seriously. In an interview with Forbes Steve Ballmer suggested that Microsoft may intend to start enforcing its patents against … Continue reading
Posted in SGB News
Tagged forbes, Free Software, Linux, Microsoft, open source, patent infringement, steve ballmer
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Windows-like Desktop Enviroment for Linux
I guess I’m on a Linux streak today but this one looks really nice so I thought I had to mention it. This is a desktop enviroment that is made to replicate windows. Now us hardcore Linux users may scoff … Continue reading
Posted in SGB News
Tagged desktop enviroment, gnome, kde, Linux, x-windows, xpde, xwindows
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Read and Write Linux Ext2/3 Drives in Windows
Okay this thing is really handy! It’s a drive for Windows that will enable you to read and write to Linux Ext2 or Ext3 filesystems natively. This is great if you have a dual boot and you no longer need … Continue reading
Posted in SGB News
Tagged ext2, ext2 in windows, ext3, ext3 in windows, Linux, linux filesystem, linux in windows, windows
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Symphony OS… Linux without Gnome or KDE
So this is pretty cool. The beta 1 ISO is available for Symphony OS a Debian/Knoppix-based Linux distro with a brand new window manager. They did away with KDE and Gnome in favor of starting from scratch so that they … Continue reading