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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Ubuntu Size: 648.12 MB Status: 26 seeders and 48 leechers Added: 2006-12-18 20:12:10


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: ParallelKnoppix Size: 681.21 MB Status: 1 seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2006-12-18 12:20:12


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Vector Size: 550.52 MB Status: 15 seeders and 3 leechers Added: 2006-12-18 10:41:04


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Linux Live CDs Size: 518.42 MB Status: 13 seeders and 10 leechers Added: 2006-12-18 09:37:04


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: SystemRescue Size: 141.38 MB Status: 14 seeders and 3 leechers Added: 2006-12-18 07:02:17


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Foresight Size: 1.17 GB Status: 1 seeders and 2 leechers Added: 2006-12-18 03:14:05


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Source: linuxtle

LinuxTLE is a community distribution developed in Thailand and targeting the Thai speaking audience. The project's latest release is a beta build of LinuxTLE 8.0 (code name "Patong"), a distribution now based on Ubuntu instead of Red Hat and Fedora Core as was the case with the previous .


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Source: arch

The first alpha release of Arch Linux 0.8 is ready for download and testing: "Hi Arch community, I'm sure you all saw the bump to 0.8 'Voodoo' yesterday; new release also means new installation ISOs. Short summary what happened and what still needs to be done: full mkinitcpio .


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Source: pardus

After several months of beta testing, Pardus Linux 2007 final has been released. Here is a brief list of the distribution's most interesting features: "Multilingual installer - it is possible to install Pardus in Turkish, English, Spanish, German or Dutch; smaller packages, faster updates - thanks to the .


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Source: weekly

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Feature: Distributions in 2006 News: Fedora revamps RPM, KNOPPIX 5.1, Debian release update, Arch Linux Office Install CD, Dreamlinux interview Released last week: SabayonLinux 3.2 "miniEdition", VectorLinux 5.8 Upcoming releases: Pardus Linux 2007, K12LTSP Linux 6.0 New distributions: Kuliax Reader comments Read more .


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Source: vector

VectorLinux 5.8 has been released: "The VectorLinux development team is proud to announce the release of VectorLinux 5.8 Standard, code named 'Santa' (Merry Christmas!). This is the fruit that has resulted from several months of coding, debugging and testing by the core development team and the VectorLinux community ..



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Source: Linux Today

I am planning on changing the world with this article. I can't do it on my own: I need your help


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Source: Linux Today

After getting a nudge from one of our DebCentral readers, I decided to give Debian another shot


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Source: Linux Today

The pace of change in the open source software business is likely to accelerate in 2007 as developers climb up the software stack from the operating system and databases to applications


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Source: Linux Today

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, codenamed Etch, had been due to arrive by December 4, 2006, but it's been delayed because some developers have deliberately slowed down their work


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Source: Linux Today

Managing hundreds or thousands of servers and desktops is a daunting job


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Source: Linux Today

Many small businesses have avoided Linux for a variety of reasons: not enough applications, complexity of installation or that it requires too much technical know-how to run


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Source: Linux Today

The Free Software Foundation has declared the Free Ryzom Campaign a high priority project for the future of the free software movement


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Source: Linux Today

The storage world is abuzz with the potential of open source storage projects such as Cleversafe and Amanda. What could they mean for enterprise storage ?


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Source: Linux Today

In contrast, on Linux, I click on the .bin, which downloads the file and up pops a text editor showing me a /bin/sh script


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Source: Linux Today

Yesterday's news about IAccessible2 was written mostly from press releases, but further details and insights didn't take long to hit the Web. Here are some of the more interesting ones that I've read so far


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Source: Linux Today

As consumers experiment with the Linux operating system and consider switching from Windows, the first carryover they expect to find is applications for virus and spyware protection. However, few exist because Linux does not need them


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Source: Linux Today

Maybe it's in response to the Ubuntu Christian Edition we wrote about a couple of months ago, or maybe it's simply humor. Maybe it's really evil


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Source: Linux Today

The key statistic: open source funding was up 131% to $404.5m in 2006


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Source: Linux Today

The Free Software Foundation has kicked off a campaign that aims to steer consumers and businesses away from Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system


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Source: Linux Today

Chad Agate is the co-founder and CEO of SIPBox, a provider of end-to-end telephony solutions for medium to large-sized enterprises


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Source: Linux Today

A few years ago there were two noticeable distributions in the western realm that wanted to cater to W2L migrators: Xandros and Lindows, later Linspire


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Source: Linux Today

My mom now owns 3 laptops and two desktops (one I've been using for a couple of years)--none of which are older than 5 years


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Source: Linux Today

It was originally called the Sun Yellow Pages, but eventually had to be renamed for legal reasons. NIS commands still begin with the letters yp, so it's hard to forget the original name


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Source: Linux Today

Early adopters of Microsoft's new Vista operating system may notice that it will not connect to Samba share folders out of the box


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Source: Linux Today

The picturesque village of Yankeetown on Florida's Nature Coast has been the recent target of a large time-sharing resort condominium development proposal



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

An anonymous reader, perhaps the blogger himself, writes to tell us about a new blog aimed at getting non-techies excited over the idea of running from a Live CD. The blogger doesn't call it that, preferring instead "Internet Freedom Disk"; Linux is never mentioned. The submitter adds: "This is just a great gift to drop on your non-geek friends and potentially wake up a sleeping giant." Cheap, last-minute, and you can make them yourself. The blogger isn't selling anything; he provides links to Ubuntu and Knoppix Live CDs. Or pick your favorite.


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Source: Slashdot: Linux

An anonymous reader sends note of a blog post on rootkit detection in GNU/Linux. The article mentions only two utilities for ferreting out rootkits — the first comment to the blog post lists three additional ones — but it could be useful for those who haven't thought about the problem much. From the article: "A rootkit is a collection of tools that a cracker installs on a victim's computer after gaining initial access. It generally consists of log cleaning scripts and trojaned replacements of core system utilities such as ps, top, ifconfig and so on."



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Source: Linux Magazine Online

Vendors develop a new benchmark methodology for loading virtual servers and gain insights in sizing systems.



Updated: Tue Dec 19 23:55:03 2006


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