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Bruce Byfield

Bruce Byfield (born May 13, 1958) is a Canadian journalist who specializes in writing about free and open source software. He has been a contributing editor at Linux.com, and his articles have appeared on the Datamation, LWN, Linux Developer Network, and LinuxPlanet sites.

Xfce Linux Desktop: Better Than KDE or GNOME?

A few years ago, Xfce had a reputation as a lightweight desktop that made few concessions to...

Inside the Linux Foundation Purchase of Linux.com

Two months after SourceForge’s Linux.com site stopped publishing new stories, the reason has finally been made public:...

Novell-Red Hat Conundrum: What’s a FOSS Supporter to Do?

When you are a free and open source software (FOSS) supporter, life often seems black and white....

KDE 4.2: Ten Tips for Getting Started

Over the last year, the KDE 4 releases have suffered frequently hostile receptions. Part of that hostility...

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0: Flexible and (Almost) Free

You can count on two things for every Debian release: It will be later than expected, and...

Looking Inside Microsoft’s Open Source Repository

What Microsoft does when it is not attacking free and open source software (FOSS) usually exists in...

KDE on Windows: Subversive, but Useful

KDE on Windows is such a subversive project that it is impossible to resist. Who else except...

NixOS: A Distro Focused on Next-Generation Package Management

NixOS is not about to challenge Ubuntu or Fedora as a desktop distribution any time soon. But,...

KDE 4.2: Usability Makes a Comeback

Linus Torvalds may have switched too soon from the KDE 4 desktop because of usability problems. Less...

Torvalds, KDE 4, and the Media Circus

Just as KDE 4 is poised to prove itself with the user-friendly 4.2 release, the year-long controversy...