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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: OpenBSD Size: 249.87 MB Status: 1 seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2007-05-05 09:12:45

Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: OpenBSD Size: 235.27 MB Status: 6 seeders and 2 leechers Added: 2007-05-05 09:09:06

Source: Linux Today

The Distrogue: "I might be using Mandriva as my main system. Yeah, Spring Edition is that good "

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DesktopLinux: "With the release of Ubuntu 7.04, aka Feisty Fawn, I naturally couldn't resist taking Kubuntu, my preferred Ubuntu version, for a quick spin on my trusty old Thinkpad testbed "

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News Blaze: "Can Linux change my business? Can Linux improve my business? Is my Ipod safe to use with Linux? And what about the movies I stored the last couple of years ?"

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VietNamNet Bridge: "For local companies with limited budgets, using open-source software is the best way to cut costs and comply with Vietnam's commitments to the World Trade Organization "

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Blog of Helios: "Usually, one's claim to superiority has nothing to do with how good the distro is. It's the specific alignment of the planets inside your computer "

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iTWire: "Call me cynical but the decision that Dell has taken--to offer Ubuntu installed on some of its PCs and laptops--is driven by just one thing--money. Or at least the hope of making money "

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Editor's Note: Who's the biggest enemy of Linux? Microsoft? After this week, your editor wonders if the enemy is really looking back at us in a mirror.

Source: Slashdot: Linux

John Siracusa writes a brief article at Ars Technica pointing out an exchange between Andrew Morton, a lead developer of the Linux kernel, and a ZFS developer. Morton accused ZFS of being a "rampant layering violation." Siracusa states that this attitude of refusing to think holistically ("across layers") is responsible for all of the current failings of Linux — desktop adoption, user-friendliness, consumer software, and gaming. ZFS is effective because it crosses the lines set by conventional wisdom. Siracusa ultimately believes that the ability to achieve such a break is more likely to emerge within an authoritative, top-down organization than from a grass-roots, fractious community such as Linux.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Source: Slashdot: Linux

apokryphos writes "openSUSE have announced that the results from the openSUSE survey are now online. The survey was live for almost 3 months and more than 27,000 users participated, making it one of the largest Linux distribution surveys ever."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Source: Slashdot: Linux

An anonymous reader writes "Robert Love who was the Chief Architect of Novell's Linux Desktop has resigned today. Robert is a prominent Linux kernel hacker, author and journalist in the Linux community. His blog doesn't specify why he resigned, but after colleague and friend Jeremy Allison's departure from Novell in protest of the Microsoft-Novell deal, this might be the latest fallout from it."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Fahrvergnuugen writes "Wired is running a story about how an ex-lover of the missing wife of accused spouse killer Hans Reiser has confessed to killing eight people unrelated to the case. While Reiser will still stand trial for the murder, this development will undoubtedly complicate things."Read more of this story at Slashdot.