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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Kubuntu Size: 4.35 GB Status: no seeders and no leecher Added: 2007-09-27 22:44:09


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Kubuntu Size: 4.29 GB Status: no seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2007-09-27 22:42:29


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Ubuntu Size: 687.50 MB Status: 7 seeders and 30 leechers Added: 2007-09-27 16:49:07


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: edubuntu Size: 694.60 MB Status: no seeders and no leecher Added: 2007-09-27 15:53:41


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: edubuntu Size: 697.67 MB Status: no seeders and no leecher Added: 2007-09-27 15:51:03


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Category: Kubuntu Size: 678.37 MB Status: no seeders and 4 leechers Added: 2007-09-27 15:48:23


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Category: Ubuntu Size: 678.30 MB Status: 1 seeders and 2 leechers Added: 2007-09-27 15:44:49


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Category: Kubuntu Size: 688.51 MB Status: no seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2007-09-27 15:37:25


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Ubuntu Size: 687.50 MB Status: 10 seeders and 44 leechers Added: 2007-09-27 14:54:25


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Source: mepis

Warren Woodford has announced the first release candidate of MEPIS antiX 7.0, a light-weight, SimplyMEPIS-based distribution designed for older computers: "Anti and Warren announce the 7.0 RC1 release of antiX, a light-weight derivative of MEPIS Linux. AntiX 7.0 RC1 is like antiX 7.0 Beta 2 except that the .


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Source: ubuntu

Steve Langasek has announced the availability of a beta release of Ubuntu 7.10: "The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.10 and its variants, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. Code-named 'Gutsy Gibbon', 7.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open .



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Source: Linux Today

HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to set up a Gentoo 2007.0 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters "


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Source: Linux Today

Editor's Note: It began with a short 27-word announcement. Nine years and 77,000+ stories later, Linux Today is stronger than ever.


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Source: Linux Today

Enterprise Linux Log: "What surprised me today is that the old axiom 'SELinux is so difficult to use that most IT managers just switch it off' has bubbled to the surface again over at Kerneltrap.org "


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Source: Linux Today

ZDNet: "Turns out open source and Microsoft have more in common than thought: both have it wrong, one prominent software developer claimed at MIT's Emerging Technologies conference "


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Journal: "The Internet most of us experience is not the World of Ends suggested by the end-to-end system design concepts around which the Net was originally architected and built "


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Source: Linux Today

ZDNet UK: "The days of the monolithic upgrade are over. Five years, $6bn later and what do the ingrates do? Ask for a downgrade to Windows XP "


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Source: Linux Today

ServerWatch: "It's a little disconcerting writing your own obituary, but recent pronouncements from Gartner's analyst-guru George Weiss compel me to tell you there will be no more Enterprise Unix Roundup after 2009 "


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Source: Linux Today

ZDNet: "Evans Data surveyed 380 open source developers, and the headline was that two-thirds will avoid GPLv3 over the next year, and 43% now say they'll never use it "


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Source: Linux Today

InformationWeek: "This week, I tried it with a notebook that's about seven or eight years old. Windows XP barely ran. Linux gave it a new lease on life "


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Source: Linux Today

LinuxPlanet: "The most recent release of StartCom Enterprise Linux is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 and provides all the base functionality you'll find in that distribution "


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Freedom to Tinker: "After my first review, the administrators at OLPC were kind enough to send Mr. Felten the newer model of the computer, the B4, for me to review "


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Source: Linux Today

linuxgames: "Below are addictive 3d games for linux users to fill their time with "


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Source: Linux Today

Softpedia: "The final version of Linux Mint 3.1 (codename Celena) burst onto the Linux scene two days ago. It's based on Cassandra and is compatible with Ubuntu Feisty and its repositories "


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PC World: "Once upon a time in the 20th century, so long ago that folks weren't even using Windows in large numbers yet, there was an office suite called Symphony from a software company named Lotus "


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Source: Linux Today

internetnews.com: "The future of VoIP is about more than simply providing voice connectivity, it's about realizing the dream that is unified communications "


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CIO: "For open-source developers, the time reported between bug reports and the community's response is far, far less "


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Groklaw: "How different reality often is from flame wars, particularly when the subject is legal "


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Source: Linux Today

Ubuntu: "The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.10 and its variants, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu "


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Source: Linux Today

Tuxmachines: "OpenSUSE 10.3 final is due out in just a few days, so let's take a look at the progress "


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Source: Linux Today

The Inquirer: "So how would it work for a DRM-free Linux user? It turns out that very well "


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Source: Linux Today

BR-Linux.org: "Two months ago, the Brazilian Linux community gathered around BR-Linux invited Novell to answer 10 questions sent and selected by the users "


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Source: Linux Today

Hoosier Penguin: "It must have been the fanboy mention, because some folks at OpenVZ let me in on a scoop for an announcement they plan to make sometime in the next few days "


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Source: Linux Today

eWeek Channel Insider: "Tech Data announced on Sept. 26 the availability of 25 Red Hat professional training courses leading to Red Hat Certified Technician and Red Hat Certified Engineer certifications "


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Source: Linux Today

KernelTrap: "'By popular demand, here is release -v22 of the CFS scheduler "


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Source: Linux Today

IT Pro: "Online gadget specialist I Want One of Those (IWOOT) has chosen to deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell as part of its ongoing open source strategy "


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Computerworld Australia: "Australia's $21 billion ICT trade deficit could be dramatically reduced if the local industry played to its strengths and exported services using open source software "


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Source: Linux Today

fsckin: "Why are there links for Search Engine Optimisation (or SEO) and website design on the footer of www.sco.com ?"


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Source: Linux Today

Australian PC World: "Novell's Linux business has soared 243 percent since last November when the company signed its controversial deal with Microsoft "


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DesktopLinux: "Linspire has announced the immediate availability of its first commercial paid support offerings for Freespire 2.0 users "


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "Now, a European nonprofit organization known as FOSS Bridge hopes that FOSS can be equally innovative in promoting cooperation between companies and in fostering investment in developing nations "


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Wine Review: "I'm aware there are many open source multimedia tools that will play most audio and video formats on Linux these days but many people have come to like Windows Media player over the years "


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Source: Linux Today

SearchEnterpriseLinux: "In this article, I'll discuss some of the ways SugarCRM and its partners have created solutions for migrating from other products "


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "At the large school in Mexico where I'm employed as a system manager, I proposed (and got) a Linux server to replace an old Windows 2000 file server and domain controller for the alumni "


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Blue-GNU: "So far, in our series of tutorials on phpGroupware, we have installed the system and worked through most of the administration and configuring applications "



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

Hyena writes "Linux guru Alan Cox is quoted as saying 'chroot is not and never has been a security tool' in a KernelTrap article summarizing a lengthy thread on the Linux Kernel mailing list. The discussion began with a patch attempting to 'fix a security hole' in the Unix chroot command, trying to improve the ability of chroot to contain a process. When it was pointed out that people have been using chroot as a security tool for years, another kernel hacker retorted, 'incompetent people implementing security solutions are a real problem.' A quick search on the terms 'chroot+security' quickly reveals that many people have long thought (wrongly) that chroot's purpose was for improving security."Read more of this story at Slashdot.


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Source: Slashdot: Linux

Michele Alessandrini writes "Having bought several TomTom One navigation systems at work, I was browsing their web site to find information about maps. There are several pages of documentation about their devices. In one of them, they proudly inform you that their devices use Linux, as a warranty of power and stability. They even prominently display their GPL compatibility. But, when you come to the software (the one used to manage updates, set locations, etc), they only support Windows and Mac OS. Not that surprising, and not a real necessity. Just the same, they probably saved millions of dollars using a free kernel and didn't think to support Linux users. As Linux gains ground in commercial applications like this, how often are we going to see actual users of the OS left out in the cold? Why don't more Linux-using shops reach out to the Linux-using community?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.


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Source: Slashdot: Linux

StonyandCher writes "Novell's divisive deal with Microsoft has apparently resulted in some financial success for the company. PC World is now reporting that the company's Linux business has risen about 250% since the deal was announced last November. From the article: '[Novell director of marketing Justin Steinman] said part of its growth was directly related to the Microsoft deal, adding that Novell has billed more than US$100 million in business through its Microsoft relationship. He added that the growth was also due to the halo effect of the arrangement. "When we're out there competing with Red Hat, [our salespeople] are saying, 'Our Linux is recommended by Microsoft,' and customers that already have a Windows investment say it seems to make sense to pick the Linux that works with Windows."'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.



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Source: ONLamp.com

Subversion is one of the leading source control systems in use today, but there are a bewildering assortment of add-ons and optional functionalities that you can integrate with it. Jeff Palmer recently implemented a full-blown SVN site on BSD, and has provided a step by step guide.



Updated: Fri Sep 28 23:55:04 2007


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