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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Kubuntu Size: 697.29 MB Status: 9 seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2006-10-20 19:00:21

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Category: Ubuntu Size: 667.79 MB Status: 6 seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2006-10-20 18:55:28

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Category: Kubuntu Size: 694.11 MB Status: 62 seeders and 28 leechers Added: 2006-10-20 18:47:53

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Category: Ubuntu Size: 672.28 MB Status: 170 seeders and 70 leechers Added: 2006-10-20 18:09:43

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Category: Kubuntu Size: 693.08 MB Status: 13 seeders and 6 leechers Added: 2006-10-20 17:30:32

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Category: Ubuntu Size: 670.62 MB Status: 31 seeders and 7 leechers Added: 2006-10-20 17:14:08

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Category: Annvix Size: 194.85 MB Status: 3 seeders and no leecher Added: 2006-10-20 16:45:03

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Category: Annvix Size: 175.61 MB Status: 3 seeders and no leecher Added: 2006-10-20 16:39:44

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Category: Trinity Rescue Kit Size: 102.57 MB Status: 2 seeders and no leecher Added: 2006-10-20 04:48:16

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Category: Trinity Rescue Kit Size: 103.96 MB Status: 3 seeders and no leecher Added: 2006-10-20 04:43:44

Source: insert

The INSERT project has released a new version of Inside Security Rescue Toolkit, a Debian-based mini-distribution designed as a multi-functional, multi-purpose disaster recovery and network analysis system. INSERT 1.3.8 comes with the following changes and new features: "Most of the software packages and the Linux kernel (2.6.16.27) have .

Source: astaro

Astaro, a commercial producer of a Linux-based firewall, gateway and integrated security solutions, has released a public beta of Astaro Security Gateway 7.0: "We released Astaro Security Gateway (ASG) V7 ISO and VMware public images for everybody who is interested. The images will allow an installation of ASG .

Source: Linux Today

Let's face facts: unless one desktop or another comes up with some radical innovation that blows away its competitor, there are no clear advantages for the end-user to choosing KDE over GNOME

Source: Linux Today

The new Adempiere project was set up on SourceForge in September

Source: Linux Today

Developers are being urged to join the new Linux Standard Base Developer Network, a developers' website designed to rival the Microsoft Developers Network

Source: Linux Today

According to the Adobe Labs Web site, the big new features in Flash 9 are a full-screen display and a version that runs under Linux

Source: Linux Today

Discussion draft 3 of GPLv3 is due in early November, approximately. Before that is finalised, I'd like to review the debate over DRM and the Linux kernel developers

Source: Linux Today

A month after it was announced, Dunc-Tank, the unofficial organization to fund selected projects in Debian, is on track with its first experiments

Source: Linux Today

Incremental changelog, links within.

Source: Linux Today

On October 18, Linux distributor Xandros was reorganized, resulting in the loss of at least five jobs and a change in CFOs

Source: Linux Today

The ECHO Joint Agreement agency serves exceptional children in the Chicago public school district. With offices in six separate locations, the agency was spending a lot of money on phone service

Source: Linux Today

I was thinking about how schools and 6th Form colleges could teach programming students the benefits of developing free software, over propietary applications--without being too biased

Source: Linux Today

Now that Slackware 11.0 is out, you may wonder what is the best way to update the distribution

Source: Linux Today

OPUCE project to produce next generation open standards-based telecoms service delivery platform

Source: Linux Today

Frugalware is an independent GNU/Linux distribution similar to Slackware, aiming at simplicity, speed and multimedia support

Source: Linux Today

Tools like the GIMP and similar graphical applications are great for modifying and manipulating images. Sometimes, however, they can be overkill for little things that need to be done

Source: Linux Today

OpenOffice.org's OOoBasic gives users tools to programmatically access and manipulate files

Source: Linux Today

Today's security advisories: clamav (Debian GNU/Linux); Python (Gentoo Linux); kdelibs (Mandriva Linux); kernel (Red Hat Linux); kdelibs (rPath Linux); clamav, kernel, php, php4, python, and xorg-x11 (Trustix Secure Linux); and binutils and pike7.6 (Ubuntu).

Source: Linux Today

Auto shops basically told me that the part was very specific to the manufacturer of the car. There were no specifications available, and the only solution was to buy the original proprietary part

Source: Linux Today

Maybe China isn't completely at fault for the lack of enthusiasm for open source development

Source: Linux Today

Years ago I used to read a periodical called 'Inside NetWare.' It wasn't great, but it was all about my favorite network operating system

Source: Linux Today

With Microsoft's Vista looking more like a joke everyday, there is a real opportunity for Linux to make a true attempt to go for the mainstream user. Unfortunately, it's their openness and freedom that is holding them back

Source: Linux Today

While some of my associates dislike the Ubuntu naming conventions I find them charming

Source: Slashdot: Linux

Slashback tonight brings some clarifications and updates to previous Slashdot stories, including: The facts about Debian Iceweasel; A closer look at Folding@home's GPU client; David Brin's lament; Online gambling ban may violate international law; Human species may do whatnow?; and Another RIAA lawsuit dropped. Read on for details.

Source: ONLamp.com

Dear McAfee,

Thanks for the e-mail advertising your products to help me remove viruses from my computer. I’m sure they would be very valuable. However, I think you may have made a slight mistake.

I never sent you this message containing the virus.

You say:

From: Virus Research
To: chromatic

File Name Findings Detection Type Extra
--------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------|------------|-----
document0.pif |current detection |w32/netsky.t@mm |Virus |no current detection [document0.pif]


The file received is infected and can be detected and removed with our current DAT files and engine.

This indicates that you believe that I sent you a message containing the W32/Netsky virus. According to several vendor web sites — including your own, this virus spoofs the From: address.

I don’t want to get too technical here; mail is complex stuff.

When a virus “spoofs” an address, it makes up a “fake” one and uses that instead of the real one.

A “fake” address is not real. That’s why we call it a fake one.

If it’s not real, the mail did not really come from the person with that address.

I know, I know — that’s a lot of complicated words (or “jargon”). Unfortunately, I can’t make it much simpler than that without resorting to caveman-like pointing and grunting. (OGG NO SEND YOU MAIL; OGG NO USE WINDOWS. OGG NO HAVE FLEAS. WHY YOU HATE OGG?)

The point, however, is simple. You are smart enough to recognize that the mail you received contains a virus. You are smart enough to recognize the particular type of virus. At least the part of your company that writes reports on these viruses is smart enough to know that the From: line in the message does not actually reflect the actual sender of the message.

Why, then, autorespond to spoofed addresses? Surely you’re smart enough to realize that responding to a random address would give you a better chance of hitting the addressee! (Might I suggest disassembling a virus to find a good algorithm for choosing random e-mail addresses — I hear that W32/Netsky does that pretty effectively. I’d send you a copy if I had one, but unfortunately I don’t. Sorry.) The only thing you do know about the From: address is that it’s wrong.

I’m sure you’re very proud of your product. I certainly can’t recognize a virus by looking at it. However, that one little flaw makes me distrust it just a little bit.

Again, thanks for the unsolicited commercial e-mail. I’m really not sure what you want me to do with it, but I know you had the absolute best of intentions in sending it to me.

Please don’t do it again.

Source: ONLamp.com

I apparently missed the announcement until this morning while listening to a couple of podcasts which mentioned the new beta of Flash 9 for Linux. Apparently, chromatic is less than pleased with the general “Linux” label since this release is only for 32-bit x86 Linux.
Here is a page from Penguin.swf, apparently an Adobe employee involved with the Linux port. There are links in there to the download, install, and FAQ page.
I installed it and tested it on GooTube. One of the issues with Flash 7 for Linux is the audio/video synchronization problem. I first watched the angry cat video to see if this issue has been resolved in Flash 9. It played fine. It looked and sounded like the video and audio were in sync, but with cat videos, you never know. So, I decided to check out an episode of Hope is Emo to see if there was proper synchronization. So far, it looks good.

Source: ONLamp.com

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