Linux is in violation of nearly 300 patents owned by Microsoft but the distributors and users of Linux haven’t paid a single cent in royalties to Microsoft. In fact, a lot of distributors of Linux offer their OS for free so the users are just as bad as software pirates who are causing Microsoft to lose money and have to charge more for people who legally buy Microsoft Windows instead of people who use Linux or a bootlegged copy of Windows. Why is it legal for Linux to do this?
Here’s a source to an older article. I can’t remember the link from PC World that indicates that Linux is in violation of at least 253 patents owned by Microsoft.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/

I have a Compaq that has been acting up lately. I had Windows XP Home Ed. installed on it. I was having problems because windows would not even load up. I attempted to perform full recovery on the hard drive. But it would freeze on the process. I assumed it must have been a windows, so I decided wipe everything and install Linux Mandrake on that machine. The computer still freezes during the linux intallation process. What could be causing this?

Something that can rip blu-ray to high quality MKV for either windows or linux.

I have a small blog. Currently I run my own Linux server, but it’s a bit of a constant headache and costs /month in dedicated server (cloud VPS) charges.

I’d like to migrate this to a managed platform where somebody else is worrying about server upgrades, protection from hackers, etc, and I just get full admin rights to my own WordPress instance.

It’s important for me to keep my own domain name and to have NO third-party advertising on the site (I sell my own ads). And I’d like to keep under /month, otherwise, it becomes a hard choice compared to the dedicated server.

Is there any web hosting company that satisfies these requirements?

Thanks

When I start Debian all I get is the shell. I have KDE and I typed startx and nothing happened. Also I downloaded the nvidia linux drivers but the file is .run and i am a total noob to UNIX-like systems. How do I install it?

I am trying to create a desktop entry for Lightscribe SimpleLabeler to add it to my Applications menu in Fedora 12. However, I can’t seem to get the "Exec=" line to work. I realize this is a novice question, but what do I put in that field, and how do I find it?
This IS a Linux version of the software. The software is NOT the issue, simply creating a desktop entry for the program IS.

I want to download suse linux 10.1 i found my mirror but i dont know which option to chose,
x86 or x86-64 or ppc or Checksums or what?

I want to participate in an open source project, but don’t have a strong Linux background, but want to really learn it in detail nor have a programming background. I am an OCP (DBA and DEVELOPER), MCSE,MCDBA.

Can you suggest me on how can I participate ?

hi friends i am mandrake linux 9.1 and i don’t idea how to go to bsnl broadband and somebody is telling you can go to broadband by useing ethernet but how to i enable it and how i find the ethernet card on my system pls tell me

is it possible to instill linux mint 7 on the same HD with Windows XP?

I am starting a website for people that think really far outside the box and want to share their intuition with the world in hopes of changing peoples lives. I am looking for open-source software to install in my Linux/mysql server. I am looking for one that has a blog, forum, member log in, RSS feeds, and also a place where you can put up videos. I have heard of many out there but i am having a hard time narrowing it down. I would live your guys opinions. Any ideas?

I’m testing Linux Suse in VM and I’m not familiar with the OS. I’d like some direction on a good utility similar to Ccleaner for windows to help keep temp files and crud down. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also wondering about anti-virus programs and antimaleware programs for suse.

I am used to working with linux and some programs are easier to download via terminal and now that I’ve switched to mac I haven’t found any information regarding download programs through apple terminal

any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Why not work with open-source Linux/Ubuntu or cheap and common Windows?

I’m sick of microsoft, but don’t know Linux very well. Here’s my plan: I want to put Linux and windows on both computers. I want to network the two with Linux (I’ll only be using windows for offline work). Will windows interfere with me using Linux as my preferred OS? Any other problems I might face? Is Ubuntu easy to network with?

What type of application software that are compatible with windows and linux

I just installed Linux Mint Debian Edition(LMDE). Unlike the Ubuntu based Mint, This one can’t automatically detect the graphics card and doesn’t show the notification in the tray, so I can’t use animations and Compiz effects.

Any help?

Ok im duel booting with windows and Suse Linux 10.3 , and i got my internet to work fine on windows but, heres my problem on Linux.

Ok i have Att.net for my internet, ( hopefully switching soon ) and i connect like this. First i connect to my wireless router, ( with a wep encryption) then att.net ( PPPOE ). But on linux, i have NO clue how to get this to work. P.S At@t SUCKS!!! so they dont have any linux support,

anything built for Linux will run on Fedora? are there any open source for XP software? I want to know what happens to all my software that I bought if I have an open source operating system

i have a linux server, what is the easiest way (language) to build a website?
i think PHP is an overkill, any other idea?

the website should work over SSL and have nice forms, but not so complicated.
any suggestion?

the only important thing is the webpage should be able to run applications on the server.

Hi folks,
I wanna download a free video cum audio player for RedHat Linux version 5. So, pls help me pals…let me know the link that I gotta go with.

Hey there.
I need some explanation about linux debian and everything about <home, usr, var, etc,mnt) directory. Will be better if you give some links for that

I’m planning to use three 10,000 rpm Western Digital Rapters in RAID 5 for my dream PC that I’m getting ready to build. I want the quickest possible boot and load times from my hard drives but I also want some protection against data loss (bad experience with RAID 0). I also want to have tri-boot system (Linux, XP and eventually Vista) and am concerned that three partitions would reduce or eliminate the performance gains from my RAID array. Is this true? Any suggestions and advice would be much appreciated. (Storage and back up is provided by a 2Terabyte NAS so I don’t need a huge amount of local strorage)

hi!!! i just want to know which is better to use the debian linux or the Mandrake linux… if debian linux is much more better to use..
Why is it..it is better to use?? and what is the advantage of debian linux to mandrake linux.. need it today pls……. help me!!!

What’s a good webcam that I can use right out of the box in Ubuntu Linux for applications such as Skype, VLC, and also chatting websites?

Anything that’s around 30 dollars.
All answers are appreciated. Thank you.