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Linux and Open Source News for 29th August 2006

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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Debian Size: 623.35 MB Status: 2 seeders and 2 leechers Added: 2006-08-29 22:45:16


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: StartCom Size: 1.90 GB Status: 1 seeders and 2 leechers Added: 2006-08-29 13:03:16


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Linux Live CDs Size: 699.30 MB Status: 10 seeders and 3 leechers Added: 2006-08-29 11:45:05


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Berry Size: 524.73 MB Status: 5 seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2006-08-29 05:49:12


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Mandriva Size: 1.93 GB Status: 2 seeders and 4 leechers Added: 2006-08-29 02:21:19


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Category: Fedora Size: 342.19 MB Status: no seeders and no leecher Added: 2006-08-29 02:09:14


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Source: vlos

The third beta of VLOS 1.3 has been released for download and testing. The most notable changes include: "Fix unable to switch to console when in X Window; fix ugly fonts in KDE; build KDE with Zeroconf and Arts support; added bcm43xx and ipw2100 firmware; added KDE ebuilds .


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Source: startcom

Eddy Nigg has released an updated version of StartCom Enterprise Linux 3 series: "The legendary StartCom Enterprise Linux AS-3 is the first updated distribution release after the summer break, out of a series of update releases scheduled for the coming month. The release of AS-3.0.6 (Maccabee) features about .



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Source: Linux Today

Google Apps for Your Domain is not a Microsoft challenger. Deal with it


Source: Linux Today

Why oh why do people jump to conclusions without properly investigating things ?


Source: Linux Today

The licence under which Sun Microsystems chooses to publish the open source Java code will cater to enterprises or the open source community, but will be unable to please both groups


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Source: Linux Today

Like cold fusion or a painless weight-loss plan, a user-friendly version of Linux remains elusive


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Source: Linux Today

Instalinux.com is a handy Web site from which users can create customized installation images for a handful of different Linux distributions


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Source: Linux Today

The PHP company plans to expand professional services, web application framework development, and the European sales force


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Source: Linux Today

"The GNU General Public License (GPL) is one of the most widely used software licenses--and, undoubtedly, the most misunderstood.


Source: Linux Today

Volunteer hackers still play an important role in open-source software development despite the many companies that pay developers to work on open-source products


Source: Linux Today

Although server virtualization is an equal opportunity platform for all operating systems, it is and will continue to be a boon to enterprise Linux adoption


Source: Linux Today

Software veteran Novell is set to report earnings for third-quarter 2006 after the closing bell Tuesday afternoon. We're here to check up on the company's past performance, and get a feel for what to expect [tonight]


Source: Linux Today

Access is betting that the Palm community could use a little push from a penguin


Source: Linux Today

But a company called Jitterbit is betting that its open source integration suite, combined with Web Services technology, will ease the development process


Source: Linux Today

The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project reported Aug. 27 that Brazil is finalizing plans for 'all aspects' of its $100 laptop roll-out


Source: Linux Today

When faced with the aftermath of a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina or the Boxing Day tsunami, you might assume that having Internet access would be the last thing on victims' or rescuers' minds


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Source: Linux Today

BackTrack is actually an entire Slackware Linux-based operating system with a suite of security tools that even the most die-hard Windows-o-files can appreciate and benefit from


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Source: Linux Today

iRex used Linux and an electronic paper display (EPD) to build a portable reading device available now for personal and business-to-business applications


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Source: Linux Today

Why, SUSE Linux 10.1 has more software in it than any desktop Linux user and developer could possibly want


Source: Linux Today

OpenUsability, the organization of software interface usability experts, has begun taking applications for the first in a series of funded student projects


Source: Linux Today

Technologic Systems is offering a freely downloadable, Debian-based Linux OS image said to boot from an SD card in less than two seconds


Source: Linux Today

Don't be fooled; Firefox is no more secure than Opera or Internet Explorer says security expert James Turnbull


Source: Linux Today

Recently I wanted to make sure I had enough space to back up my home digital videos and pictures, so I purchased a new hard drive to add to my home Linux server


Source: Linux Today

In this howto we will install 2 bind dns servers, one as the master and the other as a slave server. For security reasons we will chroot bind9 in its own jail


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Source: Linux Today

Today's security advisories: mozilla-thunderbird (Debian GNU/Linux); X.org and some X.org libraries (Gentoo Linux); and seamonkey and kdegraphics (Red Hat Linux).


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Source: Linux Today

Since the beginning of June we have had the Tyan Tempest i5000XL S2692 in our labs, and through its stay, we have continued to be impressed by this well designed motherboard for Intel's Bensley Platform


Source: Linux Today

I recently downloaded the latest offering of Debian which goes in the garb of Debian Etch Beta 3


Source: Linux Today

The question is the following: Does GIMP have what it takes to dethrone Adobe Photoshop as the standard ?


Source: Linux Today

Open source software and traditional knowledge are close cousins in the same family of shared human knowledge. In the digital age, misapplication of concepts of property rights may strain the natural harmony of the family


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Source: Linux Today

One of the most disturbing ideas I've encountered in intellectual property law is the peculiar idea of owning and being able to patent naturally occuring gene sequences, such as those in the Human Genome project


Source: Linux Today

When OSDL announced the first release of its Portland initiative at LinuxWorld Boston in April, heralding it 'a breakthrough in desktop Linux,' I muttered my skepticism to a co-worker



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

An anonymous reader writes "The All about Linux blog has a down-to-earth review of the latest Linux offering from Debian — Etch Beta 3 which optionally sports a very intuitive GUI installer. The review looks ar the pros and cons of Debian Etch Beta 3 as well as what the Debian team could do to make this not-for-profit Linux distribution even more popular."



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Source: ONLamp.com

The Chicago Perl Mongers and
The Perl Foundation are proud to announce the Fall 2006 Chicago Hackathon, the
weekend of November 10-12, 2006 in suburban Crystal Lake, IL. It will be
a round-the-clock weekend of programming on Perl-related projects with
your colleagues in the open source community. Dozens of programmers
from the open source community in the midwest, as well as others from
around the US, will be getting together to share ideas, work on code,
and move their
Perl-related projects forward.


The participants set the agenda for what we’ll be working on, but Perl
6 and Parrot are already on the roster of projects. Chip Salzenberg,
pumpking for the
Parrot project, will be on hand
to help with Parrot and Perl 6. Andy Lester will also be driving
some Parrot maintenance tasks, and other midwest programmers will
be working on their own projects. There’s sure to be something
interesting for everyone!

Participation in the hackathon costs nothing.
The Perl Foundation
is even providing hotel rooms at a special rate if you want to spend
the night. Even if you’re in the area for just an hour, stop by,
grab a snack or some pizza and talk with other people interested
in Perl. You might contribute more than you think just by talking with
other programmers.


To find out more, visit http://hackathon.info.
If you’ll be attending, please sign in on the
Attendees
wiki page, and/or email
rsvp@hackathon.info.
You can also send questions to Andy Lester at
andy@hackathon.info



Updated: Wed Aug 30 23:55:03 2006


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