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Linux and Open Source News for 8th September 2008

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Source: frugalware

Miklós Vajna has announced the release of Frugalware Linux 0.9, code name "Solaria": "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.9, our ninth stable release. No new features have been added since 0.9rc2, but about 40 changes have been made to fix .


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Source: pardus

Ekin Mero lu has announced the availability of a release candidate for Pardus Linux 2008.1: "We're happy to announce Pardus 2008.1 RC, the last test release for the upcoming Pardus 2008.1. This release candidate includes a major difference form earlier versions of Pardus Linux - from now on, it .


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Source: mint

Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 5 "Xfce" edition: "We are proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 5 Xfce Community edition." Some of the new features found in this release include: miscellaneous improvements to Mint tools, such as a new layout and more .


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Source: weekly

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 on ASUS Eee PC News: Google Chrome, Dell Inspiron Mini 9, Mandriva Linux 2009 RC1, Fedora update status and ext4 testing, openSUSE with Enlightenment, interview with Clement Lefebvre Released last week: Scientific Linux 4.7, Midnight BSD 0.2.1 Upcoming releases: .



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Source: Linux Today

Debian News: "The SERPRO board decided that Debian GNU/Linux is more suitable for its new corporate goals. SERPRO has decided to increase supplier independence, flexibility, agility, and participation in technical solutions by direct interaction with the Debian Project community."


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Source: Linux Today

IT Wire: "He said that learning something new was all too difficult and he'd just stick with Internet Explorer. "


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Computing Tech: "A well-organized set of notes allows you to test a theory about the cause of a performance problem by simply looking at your notes rather than rerunning tests."


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Source: Linux Today

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "For our purposes, we'll reduce it to something that looks like regular mathematics (which it is) and tie it back into our series of posts from last week."


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Source: Linux Today

Groklaw: "I know some of you have wondered if that success inspired Caldera to sue IBM to try to get lightning to strike twice."


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Source: Linux Today

Web Application Security Consortium: "The Web Application Security Consortium (WASC) is pleased to announce the WASC Web Application Security Statistics Project 2007."


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Source: Linux Today

IT Pro: "The first thing they wouldn’t have recommended is to try replacing the stock distribution on an EeePC."


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Source: Linux Today

IT Wire: "After my last, rather lengthy, article about useful graphical tools, I am going to talk about another aspect of the Linux graphical user interface that I also find rather useful: Virtual Desktops."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com "Download management is one of the larger categories on the Firefox Add-ons site, but while hundreds of extensions fall under this category, they are a mixed lot at best However, with patience, you can find some programs worth exploring -- and even a few small treasures -- in this category."


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Source: Linux Today

Miguel de Icaza's web log: "As a .NET developer, you should avoid using the newly released Managed Extensibility Framework as its license prevents its use beyond the Windows platform. This will prevent your .NET software from running on Linux or MacOS in the future."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Today Blog: "This True IT Tale of Horror takes place in an American public school district. It is my hope that this reassures parents everywhere that their precious future generations are being well-prepared for life by the finest and most dedicated minds in education. Dedicated to what, you ask? Well um "


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "The new generation of inexpensive netbooks may be wonderful, but for my main desktop I want a real machine -- something I can open up, clean, and add to. So I was extremely tickled recently to trade for a new LinPC, an economical personal computer that features PCLinuxOS MiniMe 2008 preinstalled and ready to go."


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Source: Linux Today

Techworld: "Programming is about the language you enjoy developing with, so if .Net can run on Linux it is a good thing, according to one Microsoft development evangelist."


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Source: Linux Today

Datamation: "Guerilla warfare. I'm recommending that we attack stupid, greedy, deranged executives with every weapon we can find."


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Source: Linux Today

Desktop Linux: "
Chinese PC manufacturing giant Lenovo, which years ago purchased IBM's personal computer business, appears to have quietly stopped offering Linux as a pre-installation option."


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Source: Linux Today

Boycott Novell: " many of those coupons that Microsoft and Novell had distributed were actually handed out to existing GNU/Linux users, some of whom Red Hat users."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Magazine: "Not only does green HPC save money and reduce power usage, it also increase reliability."


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Source: Linux Today

An Irishman's IT Diary: "Winexe is a very nice way to either avoid using pstools from another Windows machine or having to install cygwin SSH server, which to be honest is a bit of a pain unless you package it into your system imaging solution and have it on every machine by default."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Magazine: "There's more about ln, including some examples of how to use a data file and a combination of other utilities. And we'll see some examples of what the tiny editor sed can do -- like editing email as it pours through a mail server."


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Source: Linux Today

Phoronix: "Do you remember the days when we had America's Army for Linux? The first-person shooter game sponsored by the US government and uses Epic's Unreal Engine while being distributed freely? Well, it could come back to Linux!"


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Source: Linux Today

IT Wire: "The relatively small answer could easily have been nothing that exciting really, were it not for one thing: HTML 5 video support."


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Source: Linux Today

Computerworld: "The intent is to bring together sophisticated end-users and senior Linux developers to hopefully accelerate innovation and adoption of Linux."


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Source: Linux Today

CNet: "That's because Chrome users can type several commands into the browser's address box to uncovers a wealth of nitty-gritty detail and an amusing Easter egg."


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Source: Linux Today

Lazy Tech Guy: "PCLinuxOS was the perfect distribution in 2007. It had all the bells and whistles to be an excellent Windows XP alternative Alas! that was 2007, however, this is 2008 and almost end of 2008."


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Source: Linux Today

IT Wire: "In a departure from my usual articles aimed at Linux for Learners, I'd like to tell you about the most exciting day of the year which will soon be upon us."


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Source: Linux Today

Internet News: " it will be a Linux-based XO Laptop that will be offered as part of the global initiative "


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Source: Linux Today

ZDNet AU: "Ubuntu developer Steve Langasek overnight announced the Alpha 5 version of Ubuntu 8.10 was online and available for download, although he said the software was not intended for use in stable environments."


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Source: Linux Today

The Linux Distillery: "Windows Vista has been out for almost two years now but it still suffers from stability and compatibility issues, let alone an insatiable desire for beefier hardware. You don't have to live with it; here are five reasons why Linux makes a better choice for your computer."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Links: "To provide an insight into the quality of free to download proprietary software that is available, we have compiled a list of 21 of the best closed-source applications. Hopefully, there will be something of interest for anyone who does not loathe closed-source software."


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Source: Linux Today

HowtoForge: "MySQLTuner is a Perl script that analyzes your MySQL performance and, based on the statistics it gathers, gives recommendations which variables you should adjust in order to increase performance. That way, you can tune your my.cnf file to tease out the last bit of performance from your MySQL server and make it work more efficiently."



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Source: developerWorks : Web development : Technical library

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