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The problem? Underfunded school needed computers for the classroom. Budget? $0. Staff involved? Just one: Robert Litt, a sixth-grade teacher.

Explore how the principles behind open source--collaboration, transparency, and rapid prototyping--are proven catalysts for innovation.

Summary: Microsoft is insisting that users and vendors do things its way with Windows 8 and some of them aren't going to take it anymore.

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An anonymous reader writes "Gabe Newell wants to support Linux because he think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in PC space. He wants to move away from a closed ecosystem of Microsoft Windows 8. He recently made a rare appearance at Casual Connect, an annual videogame conference in Seattle....

Chief executive Gabe Newell talks about gaming innovations and life at Valve.

Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution.

When you think of Open Source software and Linux, you probably think of legions of independent developers and scruffy enthusiasts scattered across the globe - pounding out code and annihilating bugs with the words “Linux Forever” and a Penguin tattooed on their forearms. Sure, those people exist, but they’re being crowded out by serious IT professionals dressed in business casual.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientific Linux and Ubuntu had a vital role in the discovery of the new boson at CERN. Linux systems are used every day in their analysis, together with hosts of open software, such as ROOT. Linux plays a major role in the running of their networks of computers (in the g...