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Linux and Open Source News for 9th November 2008

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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Sun Microsystems has announced the availability of an update build of Solaris 10, release 10/08: "Sun announced the latest version of the Solaris 10 operating system - Solaris 10 10/08. The new version builds on the core strengths of the Solaris 10 to help customers maximize asset usage .


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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Volker Theile has announced the availability of the first release candidate for FreeNAS 0.69, a FreeBSD-based operating system which provides free Network-Attached Storage (NAS) services. From the changelog: "Modify password handling for user 'admin', because of that the password will be set back to the default which is .



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Source: Linux Today

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Notes from some recent archeological findings on the birth of the
UNIX cult on Sol 3 are presented.
Recently discovered electronic records have shed considerable light
on the beginnings of the cult.
A sketchy history of the cult is attempted."


Source: Linux Today

LWN.net: "A seemingly innocuous change to the networking code that went into the 2.6.27 kernel is now causing trouble for various distributions Unfortunately, if the problem is not addressed, some users may never be able to download a fix because their TCP/IP won't interoperate with some broken equipment on the internet."


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "The library needed a print queue to enable library staff to control patrons' print jobs. It needed to be easy to set up and maintain and cost nothing. We found the answer in using Linux as a print server."


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Source: Linux Today

Locus Magazine: "Why does all this copyright reform stuff matter, anyway? What's at stake?

Everything. "


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Source: Linux Today

Polish Linux: "In this article I'm going to go through some details about what is going on under the hood when you run a Python program, as well how those details have changed over the years in different python's implementations ranging from original CPython (Python implementation in C) all the way to the newest implementations like PyPy."


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Source: Linux Today

Phoronix: "We've checked out ATI's Radeon HD 4550 low-end graphics card already and found it to be a nice solution for Linux users on a budget, but how does NVIDIA's competitor contend? In this review we are looking at the NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT from Sparkle."



Updated: Mon Nov 10 23:55:01 2008


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