success story

BBC's iPlayer: A Success Story

Topix - Linux  Wed, 11/26/2008 - 05:39

Submitted by Snurb on Wed, 26/11/2008 - 10:50. Sydney. The next speaker at the Australasian Media & Broadcasting Congress 2008 is Tiffany Hall, Technology Controller of Nations & Regions at the BBC.


 

TV-B-Gone: Not Your Average Open Source Success Story

Linux Today  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 06:04

OStatic: "Have you ever heard of TV-B-Gone? I hadn't, until today. It's an invention from Mitch Altman that works like a universal remote, except that it has only one purpose: turning off any TV that is on anywhere, especially in public places."


 

Linux *is* Granny-Compatible

Linux Today  Mon, 11/03/2008 - 10:03

wolfgang.lonien.de: "He had some problems installing Ubuntu on our aunt's computer, and asked for help. In the end, it was a success story.

But it’s a quite lengthy one; it actually started years ago."


 

Mandriva One 2009 - KDE4 - RC1

Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Fri, 09/12/2008 - 16:36

With its complete hardware detection, out of the box support and all in one stop control center and no major bugs, this release is going to be another success story for Mandriva.


 

How to Get a Refund for Windows in Poland?

Linux Today  Sun, 08/31/2008 - 13:03

Polish Linux: "Reading the Slashdot article about Dave Mitchell from Great Britain, who got a 47 pounds refund from Dell for returning his copy of Windows was an inspiration for me to check, if it is possible in Poland, too.

This is my success story."


 

Success Story: Ubuntu 8.0.4.1 amd64 on a HP Pavilion dv2940se

Linux Today  Wed, 08/20/2008 - 12:34

LinLap: "Who says that Linux isn't ready for the Desktop? I successfully installed Ubuntu 8.0.4.1 amd64 Desktop Edition on my brand new HP pavilion dv2940se laptop.

The result? Almost everything worked from scratch..."


 

Perl Success Story: Perl Keeps Golf Dream Alive

Topix - Unix  Wed, 07/30/2008 - 17:12

Our company is a public records search company that cut it's teeth on computers made by a company known as GE.