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Source: partedmagic

Patrick Verner has announced the release of Parted Magic 2.2, a specialist live CD distribution designed to facilitate hard disk management tasks: "This is another update / bugfix in the 2.0 series. I dropped VisParted because strong development is coming from the GParted camp once again. Recent updated .



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developerWorks: "Linux supports several different file systems. Some are specialized network file systems or file systems developed for other operating systems, but a surprising number may be used as Linux native file systems "


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Conversas do Bruno: "As I became more familiar with GNU/Linux and free operating systems in general, I became aware of the Open Source movement. Later, I became aware of the Free Software movement "


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The VAR Guy: "Here are five reasons you should care about the Ubuntu distribution of Linux, and the Ubuntu Live conference "


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FOSSBazaar: "Software as a service entered the IT landscape in 2000 and has revolutionized the deployment models of many software companies and even entire industries, such as Internet search "


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Managing L'unix: "Nathan's basic question, however, can be paraphrased as something that's both serious and interesting: why do so many MCSEs have such a hard time learning to use Linux ?"


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Free Software Magazine: "For many years, there has been a growing concern about the emergence of a 'digital divide' between rich and poor "


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Datamation: "Ask average computer users what FOSS is about, and, if they've even heard of it, they'll probably say something about the source code being publicly available "


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The Open Road: "Sifting through the news from JavaOne this week, I can't help but wonder when we'll stop developing our personal silos and truly get into community "


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The Naked CIO: "Is the debate about open source finally over? The practicalities of managing open source in a business context became clear years ago "


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TechieMoe: "If there's one thing I've learned from past experience, it's that Slackware fans are a loyal group. To say anything disparaging about their leader is to risk their internet wrath "


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Ars Technica: "Trolltech has announced the official release of Qt 4.4, a much-anticipated update to their popular, cross-platform software development framework "


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SearchEnterpriseLinux: "In late April, Red Hat Inc. set two new benchmarks in financial services: processing transactions in less than a millisecond with greater accuracy than previously recorded "


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internetnews.com: "Where in the world's largest database vendor does open source fit? At the very heart, according to Wim Coekaerts, Director of Linux Engineering at database giant Oracle "


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LinuxInsider: "IBM plans to launch an initiative that centers on a Linux-based platform and a Web-based marketplace tailored for small and medium-sized businesses "


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Groklaw: "Yesterday, I wrote in a comment that indeed Sun's performance in 2003 in signing the agreement with SCO, highlighted in the trial testimony, was making it look really bad "


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Phoronix: "Among the Valve Source titles are Counter-Strike: Source, Half-Life 2, Day of Defeat: Source, Portal, and Team Fortress 2 "


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HowtoForge: "Project management is becoming an increasingly important part of the Sys Admin's life "


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APC Magazine: "Is ASUS in bed with Microsoft? The new XP-based EeePC 900 will actually be cheaper than the Linux-based version "


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ZDNet: "One Oracle exec said there should be only one Linux distribution-- Red Hat--and claimed there will be no fragmentation of that code base "


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announce@openoffice.org: "The OpenOffice.org Community is pleased to announce that the public beta release of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now available "


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The Open Road: "The Sun faithful who attended the CommunityOne Conference this morning may not have noticed, but Sun and its MySQL executives were very clear about Sun's open-source strategy going forward "


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Tectonic: "Entrepreneurs in Kenya are putting Linux to work to cut costs and maximise profits as they look for new ways to bring computing to users "


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Ars Technica: "We like to keep a close eye on Linux desktop distribution alphas and betas so we can give you the goods and show you what is coming long before the official release "


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dria.org: "Ensuring that users are safe, secure, and protected while they browse the Web is one of the greatest challenges facing browser makers "


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Free Software Magazine: "Using browsers which are Web 2.0 enabled whenever you just what to Google something is like calling out the Fire Brigade when you have just burned the toast. Definitive overkill "


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Worker's Edge: "Any task you perform on the Web can be automated by writing a script. But you don't have to know how to use Javascript or some other scripting language to create your own custom scripts "



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

perlow writes "Using the free System Rescue CD you can perform bare-metal backups and restores of many types of computer systems. In this article, ZDNet columnist Jason Perlow explains the multi-step procedure in detail on an LVM-based system."Read more of this story at Slashdot.



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Source: ONLamp.com

OK, I know this is NOT the Inside MySQL blog area. But, MySQL is the "M" in both LAMP and WAMP. And, as one of the people who wasn't very happy by MySQL's decision to close source parts of the upcoming MySQL


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Source: ONLamp.com

The third Ignite Boston will be on Thursday, May 29, from 6 to 10pm in Harvard Square.



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