As a Linux user you will have to ocasionally pay for the Proprietary sins of others. Usually this in the form of recieving an email attachment in a proprietary format. For example I was playing on my Linux system one day minding my own business when someone decides to send me an XLR document as [...]

Microsoft has been ordered to pay up as a result of patent infringement against i4i. More than that Microsoft is prohibited from selling Word as of January the 11th. Microsoft has promised a work around. If you already own Microsoft Word you will be able to continue using your current copy and Microsoft is still [...]

It seems that Best Buy or at least the Best Buy store that one individual purchased a Netbook from has come up with yet another reason to void a warranty. Most warranties are nearly pointless anyways. But recently a hardware warranty for a Laptop computer was voided as a result of an individual installing Linux [...]

The Software Freedom Law Center is in the process of suing 14 Companies for Violating the GPL. These Companies are accused of engaging in copyright infringment as a result of violating the Terms of the GPL version 2. For those of you who are new to the Linux Community the GPL is a License that [...]