testfreaks.com - 9/27/2009
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TUX thumb Linux, Linux, Linux, so whats the big deal? Microsoft is starting to ramp up a massive offensive against Linux, your IT people either love or hate it, you’ll occasionally see someone with a penguin T-shirt that says “Linux”, and every so often, you’ll see computers being sold with ...
phoronix.com - 9/24/2009
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phoronix.com —
Earlier this month we provided a launch-day preview
of the P55 Chipset on Linux along with benchmarks
from the Core i5 750 and Core i7 870 , which are the new quad-core Lynnfield processors. We noticed some odd performance issues under Linux when ...
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[Phoronix] Another Look At Intel's Lynnfield Linux ...
anandtech.com - 9/22/2009
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anandtech.com —
What's the best OS for your laptop? Does
your choice of operating system affect battery life? How
does it affect overall performance? Today we have numbers showing just how much of a difference a change in OS can make, though we may end up with more ...
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OS Mobility Explored
news.cnet.com - 9/22/2009
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news.cnet.com —
Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, made
a startling comment at LinuxCon in Portland, Ore., on
Monday: "Linux is bloated." While the open-source community has long pointed the finger at Microsoft's Windows as bloated , it appears that with ...
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Linus Torvalds: 'Linux is bloated'
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