5 reasons Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu

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	5 reasons Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu Here are five reasons Linux Mint beats Ubuntu - and five reasons it doesn't. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Five Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Download this paper by Riverbed and discover a clear 5-step approach to making sure every consolidation project is successful. Read Now. In this Issue Canonical demonstrates Ubuntu TV OpenStack Continues Momentum As AT&T Signs On When Open Source Doesn't Do It Anymore NASA Expands Open Source Activities WHITE PAPER: Raritan What to Look for in Smart Card Readers Deploy servers with PKI authentication without sacrificing convenience or security. Learn how modern KVM switches with smart card capabilities go beyond simply integrating card readers as an additional peripheral at the KVM workstation, but rather make necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. Learn More Canonical demonstrates Ubuntu TV Anticipating a growing market for smart television sets, Canonical will be demonstrating a version of its popular Ubuntu Linux OS that can be used for running TVs. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Taming the Cloud This whitepaper explores the components of the cloud computing ecosystem, demonstrates how Akamai is delivering services for cloud optimization, and looks forward into the evolution of this dynamic and growing market. Read now OpenStack Continues Momentum As AT&T Signs On OpenStack, the open source cloud architecture created by Rackspace and NASA (is there a more open source friendly US Government agency?), officially picked up another major supporter yesterday when Ma Bell herself, AT&T officially joined the project. AT&T becomes the first major US telecom provider to join the project, which already boasts over 140 corporate members. Read More WEBCAST: Aerohive Delivering Enterprise Applications Anywhere to Any Device Unprecedented adoption of wireless mobile devices, in the enterprise impacts every IT department as they must now deal with technologies that enable access to enterprise applications anywhere, anytime, from any device whether they be corporate issued or personally owned. Read now. When Open Source Doesn't Do It Anymore CouchDB and CouchOne founder Damien Katz has created a stir with his announcement that he and most of his team will be moving away from continuing to develop the Apache CouchDB NoSQL database and focusing extensively on the more commercially suited Couchbase Server 2.0. Read More NASA Expands Open Source Activities In a blog post, William Eshagh, a technologist working on Open Government and the Nebula Cloud Computing Platform out of the NASA Ames Research Center, explains. Read More
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