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Source: DistroWatch.com: News

Jan Paul Tuecking has announced the availability of the first release candidate for IPFire 2.7, a Linux-based firewall distribution that focusses on easy setup and high level of security: "After the approval by the release manager we are going to release IPFire 2.7rc1 today. This version is only .


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Artyom Zorin has announced the release of Zorin OS 3, an Ubuntu-based distribution designed for Linux beginners: "Welcome to Zorin OS 3. The Zorin OS Team are very proud to release this software to you. We hope you will enjoy your experience with this new Zorin OS release ..



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eSecurity Planet: "AT&T; has 'turned off the feature' that made it possible for an independent security watchdog group to easily penetrate the telco's data networks to access the e-mail addresses of more than 114,000 Apple iPad 3G owners."


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Handle With Linux: "This network camera runs uClinux the smallest Linux distribution in the world. The network cameras build by Axis are intelligent and even have a shell scripting environment on board."


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Datamation: "Two and a half years after the KDE 4 series of releases began, many users are still using KDE 3. A preference for the familiar seems to motivate some; while others seem influenced by the rumors that began with the botched 4.0 release."


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Cyber Cynic: "I'm encouraged by such moves as Google's Android team working more closely with the mainstream Linux developers."


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LinuxPlanet: "When you add text to a photo in GIMP, sometimes it comes out looking flat and boring. Today, let's explore three ways of adding an extra dimensions to your images and text."


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HowtoForge: "This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database."


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ServerWatch: "You can use an on online attack as an opportunity to check that your security systems detect when a server is being bombarded with unsuccessful login attempts, and that individual accounts lock after a small number of unsuccessful login attempts."


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The Register: "Apple, not Windows, is Linux's prime competitor on smart phones, according to a top Linux representative."


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Linux Journal: "In preparation for this year's annual motorcycle trip, I purchased an Acer Aspire One Intel Atom N450 netbook. What follows are a few notes and suggestions for installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) 10.04 on this model."


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TechWorld: "In a swift decision Sony effectively put a price on one of its user communities. It terminated a sought-after feature in one of its products and with it went a vibrant end-user community."


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The VAR Guy: "Novell is using a surround-and-conquer strategy to compete against RHEV, which is still a fledgling virtualization option."


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Wired: "Open source hardware hobbyists now have a chipset to play with that's comparable to the powerful processors found in smartphones such as the Nexus One or HTC Incredible."


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Network World: "DJ Walker-Morgan over on the Open H has a post up saying that the open source developer community should thank Apple for raising the competitive bar and in using some open source technology in its products. I say rubbish!"


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PACKT Publishing: "With Amazon SimpleDB you can scale your application's database on the cloud. We are going to sign up for an AWS account, download and install the necessary libraries, and create little code snippets for exploring SimpleDB."


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HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 10.04 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support."


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LinuxBSDos: "One of the best features introduced in Sabayon 5.3, the latest upgrade to the Gentoo-based, multi-purpose Linux distribution is the installer."


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Free Software Magazine: " I'm working on not one, but two animated science-fiction films using free software tools, intended for a free-licensed release on the internet under new distribution models. And, being a writer, I'm going to write about it."


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Webopedia: "Open-source CRM has been making headlines this week, so for those not in the sales or service business, here is the official definition from the tech dictionary, Webopedia.com."


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Tech Drive-in: "A month ago we celebrated the release of Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" with an incredible collection of Ubuntu Lucid Wallpapers. Now it's time for some more Ubuntu wallpapers coming your way."


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SourceForge.net: "PLplot is a cross-platform software package for creating scientific plots. This is a development release of PLplot. It represents the ongoing efforts of the community to improve the PLplot plotting package."


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Handle With Linux: "If you are looking for a dual screen ebook reader/netbook which is available now, the enTourage eDge may be exactly what you need."



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An anonymous reader writes "The recent critical zero-day security flaw in Flash 10 may have fast-tracked the release of Flash 10.1 today. Adobe 10.1 boasts the much anticipated H.264 hardware acceleration. Except for Linux and Mac OS (PDF): 'Flash Player 10.1, H.264 hardware acceleration is not supported under Linux and Mac OS. Linux currently lacks a developed standard API that supports H.264 hardware video decoding, and Mac OS X does not expose access to the required APIs.' Your humble anonymous reporter, who is using Fedora Linux with a ATI IGP 340M, is very pleased that the developers of the OSS drivers have provided hardware acceleration for my GPU ('glxinfo : direct rendering: Yes,' 'OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R100 (RS200 4337) 20090101 NO-TCL DRI2'), but even if Adobe did provide hardware acceleration for H.264 on Linux, they wouldn't provide it for me because they disable it for GPUs with SGI in the Client vendor string. Adobe 10.1, with all its goodness, now gives me around 95% CPU usage as opposed to about 75% with the previous release. Good times. I anticipate my Windows friends will have a much better experience."

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An anonymous reader writes "A judge has rejected SCO's motion for a new trial in the company's dispute over UNIX intellectual property ownership. The ruling validates a verdict that was issued in April by a jury which determined that Novell, and not SCO, is the rightful owner of the UNIX SVRX copyrights. This means that SCO cannot continue to pursue its litigation against IBM and other Linux users. 'There was substantial evidence that Novell made an intentional decision to retain ownership of the copyrights,' the judge wrote in his decision. 'The Court finds that the verdict is not clearly, decidedly, or overwhelmingly against the weight of the evidence. Therefore, SCO is not entitled to a new trial.'"

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The smart way to learn the latest version of Word 2010-one step at a time! Build exactly the skills you need by working at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on practice files available online.


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The smart way to learn the latest version of Excel 2010-one step at a time! Build exactly the skills you need by working at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on practice files available online.


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The smart way to learn the latest version of Microsoft Project 2010-one step at a time! Build exactly the skills you need by working at your own pace through easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on practice files available online.


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So you've got an idea for an iPhone app -- along with everyone else on the planet. Set your app apart with elegant design, efficient usability, and a healthy dollop of personality. Tapworthy takes you from concept to polished interface design with plain-spoken principles and a rich collection of visual examples for designing exceptional interfaces for the iPhone and iPod Touch.


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With this full color, no-nonsense guide, you'll learn the quickest ways to solve a problem or learn a skill with Microsoft Outlook 2010. Easy-to-follow steps and concise, straightforward language make learning plain and simple!


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Get the essential information you need to use Excel Services to add Microsoft Office Excel functionality to your applications. This guide delivers practical examples and plenty of code samples in Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Basic.


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Get a head start working with Windows Server code name “Longhorn” —with insights from the experts who know the technology best. Preview and evaluate the latest features, capabilities, and improvements to Longhorn—and hit the ground running.


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Get hands-on guidance for developing smart client applications using Windows Forms with CAB and the Smart Client Software Factory. This guide offers a proven building-block approach to gaining smart client development skills.


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The WEB SERVICE SECURITY guide provides guidance for applying security to Web services by using WSE 3.0 and Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.


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Make information work for you with the FileMaker Pro 11 desktop database and FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual. This book helps you get started, build your database, and produce results, whether you're running a business, pursuing a hobby, or planning your retirement. It's a thorough, accessible guide for new, non-technical users, as well as those with more experience.


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Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Successful user experience strategy and planning are essential as users increasingly expect effortless, engaging interaction with desktop, Web and mobile applications. Pulling key concepts from the book, Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software, published by O'Reilly Media, co-author and EffectiveUI lead user experience architect John McRee will define the measures of successful user experience design (UX) and key principals or "laws" that enable an organization to achieve maximum results in designing and developing successful software. About John McRee John McRee is a husband and father, banjo picker and guitar player, homebrew-beer enthusiast and renaissance man living 8,600 feet above sea level in the foothills outside Denver, Colo. He's contemplative and analytical and considers himself a craftsman in all that he does. John has been designing experiences for users since 2000. Acquiring and mastering user-centered design (UCD) methodologies along the way, he has designed travel and e-commerce Web sites, CD-ROM-based experiences, shrink-wrapped desktop software and mobile applications. In his role as a lead experience architect at EffectiveUI, John specializes in design process management, user research, persona development, information architecture and interaction design. He has had the pleasure of working with telecommunications organizations, desktop publishing companies, financial institutions, automotive businesses, network security agencies and companies within a variety of other verticals.


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This book shows you how to develop applications instrumentation software with Python that lets you monitor or control devices in the physical world. Whether you need to acquire data from a hardware device or automate its functions, you get step-by-step instructions, clear working examples, hands-on tips and hints for interfacing a PC to instruments and devices, along with advice to help you avoid common pitfalls.


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"New Community Rules" author Tamar Weinberg discusses Facebook's relationship with privacy and the broader implications of privacy's adaptation in this Q&A. She also offers privacy tips for businesses entering the social media fray.


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Gallery: Digitizing the Past and Present at the Library of Congress (BoingBoing) -- amazing pictures and stories about preserving and protecting the Library of Congress, it's papery past and its pixellated future. We can't afford any damage to anything," said Eric Hansen, chief of the Preservation Research and Testing Division. "Never take a sample; be completely nondestructive. We


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Digital video streamlines the craft of filmmaking and makes a professional look available to the amateur film maker. It's a very cool time to be a visual storyteller on a budget.



Updated: Fri Jun 11 23:55:01 2010


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