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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Dimitris Papadatos has announced the release of Monomaxos 5.0, a Greek Ubuntu-based desktop distribution on a DVD: "This is the fifth release of the Monomaxos Linux operating system localized for the Greek language that comes as a live DVD. It supports playback of every kind of multimedia material .

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Around the Web: "After considerable searching, head-scratching and digging, I finally found that it is accessible via a Gnome configuration setting."

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Wolfire Blog: "We've always advocated cross-platform development -- in fact, last year, we wrote a post explaining why you should support Mac OS X and Linux"

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V3.co.uk: "Symantec Hosted Services warns that port 25 could be the problem"

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The H Open: "The AMD and Intel graphics drivers now support a wider range of chips and make better use of power saving features on the older chips."

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Network World: "Two law professors from UC Berkeley have come up with a novel idea to protect open source developers from patent bullies. They call it the Defensive Patent License. They hope the DPL can address the objections FOSS developers have with patents the way the GPL addressed them for copyright."

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Webopedia: "When the word 'enterprise' is combined with 'application,' it usually refers to a software platform that is too large and too complex for individual or small business use."

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Network World: "Talend is an open source data integration company that is a poster child for successful open source business models. In just a few short years they have risen to be one of the up and coming stars in a 13b dollar market."

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My Thoughts Blog: "The Ubuntu kernel developers have decided to change things up yet again for the Ubuntu Lucid kernel. The steps in this article will be significantly different from previous Ubuntu releases."

Source: Slashdot: Linux

DeviceGuru writes "Grace Digital Audio has just released a new device that functions like an Internet radio tuner in a whole-house audio system and is being sold at a surprisingly affordable pricepoint. The Solo WiFi Receiver works in tandem with Reciva's Internet radio station selection web service, provides excellent Pandora support, and also supports optional Internet services such as Live365, MP3tunes, Aupeo, and Sirius. It has built-in buttons and a display for easy control, comes with a dedicated IR-remote, and is supported by a free iPhone remote access/control app. We hear a lot about the high-end Sonos gear, but at just over $100, this little gadget seems like a breakthrough in cost-effective Internet radio, much as the Roku Netflix player broke ground in low-cost Internet video streaming."

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An anonymous reader writes "Ever wonder what happened to PXE? Intel's popular standard for diskless booting hasn't been updated since 1999, and has missed out on such revolutions as wireless Ethernet, cloud computing, and iSCSI. An open source project called Etherboot has been trying to drag PXE into the 21st century. One of their programmers explains how to set up diskless booting for your cloud, using copy-on-write to save space."

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Source: Security DevCenter

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