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Comment Re:But does it run... (Score 1) 351

by TelJanin on Saturday June 03, 2006 @06:40PM (#15463649) Attached to: Ubuntu 6.06 Reviewed

XGL is implemented fine. It currently uses an existing X server as a backend, but also supports something called EGL for those drivers that support it.

Negroponte says Linux too 'Fat' 839

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday April 09, 2006 @04:52PM from the not-looking-hard-enough dept.

Cadef writes "According to a story on CNet News.com, Nicholas Negroponte says that Linux has gotten too fat, and will have to be slimmed down before it will be practical for the $100 laptop project. From the article: 'Suddenly it's like a very fat person [who] uses most of the energy to move the fat. And Linux is no exception. Linux has gotten fat, too.'"

Cringely Predicts Apple to Ship OS X for Any PC 789

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday April 08, 2006 @11:10AM from the aqua-for-all dept.

boosman writes "In his current column, and in a similar op-ed piece in The New York Times, Robert X. Cringely predicts that Apple 'will announce a product similar to Boot Camp to allow OS X to run on bog-standard 32-bit PC hardware.' I dissect why this is unthinkable and challenge Cringely to a public bet on the subject."

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