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Forget about the art, what really matters is why some tree roots buried in the ground accurately represent Fedora 10.

Everyone knows that UMPCs, particularly Linux-based ones, are popping up every other day, but did you know just how many of them there are?

Intuit, maker of Quicken, TurboTax, and other software, seems to be inching closer to the open-source world. Most recently, Intuit has launched the Linux Business Resource Center.

Counter to what many people seem to think, Shuttleworth seems to believe that Apple, not Microsoft, is Linux's main competition, and he is right for a number of reasons.

As computing moves to the web, either a monopoly will form or a set of open standards will be adopted. If a set of open standards does not appear soon, though, it might be too late.

Like it or not, OpenOffice has to be able to read Microsoft Office files. With import support for Microsoft's new .docx format added in OpenOffice 3, currently in beta, how well does it work?

The Ubuntu Eee project has started selling SD cards preinstalled with Eee Ubuntu. While this is cool, it would be even cooler if they managed to get them in stores.

Specifications have been released for two new models of the Asus Eee PC, the ultra-popular, ultra-mobile PC that runs Linux, as well as Windows.

Just a few days ago, the news appeared that there was a boxed version of Ubuntu being sold at Best Buy stores. While I, and just about everyone else, was excited, there is a reality, as a WorksWithU article pointed out, that just having the software hidden away on some shelf is highly unlikely to attract new Ubuntu users. This made me wonder if it would be a smart move for Canonical to introduce an Ubuntu PC, probably a laptop?

In addition to being a good tutorial for anyone new to Ubuntu, this article makes a good point that it is probably far easier to transition from Windows to Linux than from Windows to the Mac.

Best Buy is now selling a boxed version of Ubuntu in stores. Though the placement could be better, the marketing on the box is really good.

"When in the Course of geeky events it becomes necessary for one project to fork..." beings the geek version of the Declaration of Independence.

You may have seen some screenshots of the first alpha of Intrepid Ibex, but have you seen all the new features? Everything from a better Flash experience to encryption is part of the plan.

Technology Review interviewed Mitchell Baker, chairman of Mozilla, about plans for a mobile version of Firefox, which might be available later this year.

One of Firefox's key promotional advantages is that it runs on Windows. Ubuntu, too, can make itself run "on" Windows, at least for trying it out.

Whatever you think about Microsoft, they seem to be losing a lot of market share recently, the question is, how can Linux capture those users?

Finally, in Ubuntu 8.04, it looks like all the major news video players work under Ubuntu Linux.

In an under-reported story this week, it appears that Debian could eventually replace Xandros as the default Linux OS on the Eee PC.

As Apple, Microsoft, and other big companies create sets of products designed to work with each other, Linux could come up with something far, far better.

This is an interesting interview with Mark Shuttleworth covering his views on everything from Hardy Heron to hardware to the Microsoft-Novel deal.