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Linux and Open Source News for 7th February 2007

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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Open Source Software Size: 10.84 MB Status: 41 seeders and 2 leechers Added: 2007-02-07 22:11:12


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Category: Open Source Software Size: 7.34 MB Status: 15 seeders and no leecher Added: 2007-02-07 22:08:45


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Category: Open Source Software Size: 7.49 MB Status: 12 seeders and no leecher Added: 2007-02-07 22:07:25


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Category: Open Source Software Size: 9.47 MB Status: 26 seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2007-02-07 22:04:02


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Vector Size: 687.28 MB Status: 1 seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2007-02-07 21:09:54


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Vector Size: 686.27 MB Status: 7 seeders and 2 leechers Added: 2007-02-07 19:01:18


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Source: rpath

Michael K. Johnson has announced the second alpha release of rPath Linux 2.0 for i386 and x86_64 processors: "The second development snapshot in the rPath Linux 2 Alpha release process has been made available. Most of the software included in the distribution has been updated, and it has .


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Source: ubuntuce

Jereme Hancock has announced the availability of Ubuntu Christian Edition 2.1: "We are pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu CE v2.1 (Edgy). The main focus of this release was to enhance the DansGuardian GUI. There have been many user requests for a more polished DansGuardian GUI with .



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Source: Linux Today

Like many others I found myself reading a witty article on the Guardian from Charlie Brooker entitled I hate Macs It got me thinking, surely it must be really hard to actually HATE Linux


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Source: Linux Today

We hope you enjoyed the first batch of interviews, and we published the second batch of FOSDEM interviews today


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Source: Linux Today

There is no better way to start an argument among a group of developers than proclaiming Operating System A to be 'more secure' than Operating System B


Source: Linux Today

Linux administrators need not fear using Microsoft Active Directory (AD) with Linux server distributions like SUSE and Red Hat, says Samba developer Gerald Carter


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Tucson Amateur Packet Radio (TAPR) is sponsoring a plan to encourage and popularize the idea of open source--for hardware components


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Source: Linux Today

'I've got no intention of removing CDDL from OpenSolaris as it has been an ideal license for OpenSolaris,' Phipps told internetnews.com


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A Chinese PC maker today introduced a low-cost PC designed for customers in rural China that can be used with a television as a display


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This time around, Sunbelt Software is working with the Yankee Group, a research company with a poor reputation in Linux circles, to produce its 'yearly major survey comparing Windows to Linux.' Here we go again


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Linux is the clear winner out of a dispute between the Russian legal authorities and schools over who should carry the can over the use of pirated Windows software


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Sun announced today that it would make a 'preview' version of its Office to ODF plugin in 'mid February,' with the full version to follow 'later this spring '


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Source: Linux Today

The release of the upcoming version of Debian may slip to March, according to one of the two release managers for the Linux distribution


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Source: Linux Today

States may follow Mass. in ditching proprietary file formats in favor of more widely compatible ones


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Source: Linux Today

Novell Inc has moved to dispel suggestions that it might be prevented from distributing the Linux operating system following its patent deal with Microsoft Corp, insisting that it is business as usual until the Free Software Foundation tells it otherwise


Source: Linux Today

Last week I reported that the United States body reviewing OOXML had decided to take a conservative approach to defining what 'contradiction' should mean under the ISO/IEC process


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Source: Linux Today

A new open source advocacy group is about to launch with a focus on applications rather than open source standards, internetnews.com has learned .


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Source: Linux Today

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Tuesday called on the four major record companies to start selling songs online without copy protection software to thwart piracy known as digital rights management


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Source: Linux Today

Looking for an integrated development environment (IDE) for your PHP coding ?


Source: Linux Today

One of the big challenges of Linux that newbies face is compiling software. Generally, if you run a binary based distribution, you should try to avoid compiling software


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Source: Linux Today

With the release of Vista and the curiosity people have with trying other operating systems in light of its release, I have found myself knee deep in a number of operating systems over the course of the past few months. BSD, Linux, even OS X


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WordPress 2.1 was released a few weeks ago with a host of new features, including the ability to save pages as drafts, improvements for file uploading, import and export features, and performance improvements


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Source: Linux Today

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) is a simple, yet robust practice that can provide additional availability in your network


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A uniform file system namespace enables access to files from different clients under one global mounted directory


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Nagios is a free, open source enterprise monitoring tool designed to run on Linux


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Source: Linux Today

As luck would have it, GetDeb.net is back at work after the holidays, and while browsing their latest package additions, I happened upon an update to one of my all time favorite Linux games - SuperTux "


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Source: Linux Today

A clear sign that free and open source software (FOSS) has become mainstream is the growing number of small consultants who specialize in it


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Larry Augustin was in town over the weekend, so we met up at Deer Valley for lunch and gossip


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Source: Linux Today

Where can the average South African consumer get their hands on a new PC loaded with Linux instead of Windows? Not a lot of places, as it turns out


Source: Linux Today

The OpenDocument Format (ODF) just keeps on getting stronger. It is now an official ISO standard; there are numerous applications that support it, with varying degrees of fidelity, including Google's online word processor and spreadsheet


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Source: Linux Today

If it happens that you are a fan of both car racing and free software, you may well be interested in TORCS (The Open Racing Cars Simulator)



Updated: Thu Feb 8 23:55:04 2007


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