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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Kurumin Size: 525.71 MB Status: 2 seeders and no leecher Added: 2006-08-28 21:57:00


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: KnoppMyth Size: 635.16 MB Status: 6 seeders and 1 leechers Added: 2006-08-28 16:23:26


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Source: LinuxTracker.org

Category: Slackware Size: 1.37 GB Status: 10 seeders and 6 leechers Added: 2006-08-28 04:16:48


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Source: berry

Yuichiro Nakada has announced a new release of Berry Linux, version 0.73. The latest release is based on kernel 2.6.17.11 SMP, with ndev/udev and bootsplash patches. Most of the base components come from Fedora Core 5, but the more visible software packages have been upgraded to newer versions; .


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Source: weekly

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: News: Kubuntu vs openSUSE, proprietary kernel modules, Mandriva and Fedora updates, Gentoo pains Commentary: Quo vadis, Linux distribution? Released last week: PCLinuxOS 0.93a "Big Daddy", T2 6.0.0 Upcoming releases: Gentoo Linux 2006.1 New distribution: gNewSense Reader comments Read more in this week's .



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Source: Linux Today

Red Hat has long been considered the leading enterprise Linux vendor. It's a position that Red Hat CTO and Vice President Engineering Brian Stevens is aiming to maintain


Source: Linux Today

The Vietnamese Communist Party's decision to move its computer systems to open-source software got a boost on Friday from Intel, the world's largest chip maker


Source: Linux Today

Red Hat has matured to the point where it finds itself seeding other companies with execs from within its ranks. One recent startup counts a quarter of its employees as former Red Hat staff


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Although he's comfortable with both operating systems, Darby freely admits he prefers one over the other. 'I am a complete Linux fan boy,' he says, with a laugh. 'Totally '


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Source: Linux Today

Open source software is a given in most enterprise data centers, so it's not surprising to see the ranks of open source companies and projects swell


Source: Linux Today

Imagine a world without Microsoft software. Impossible? Not according to solution providers who say a soup-to-nuts, non-Microsoft stack is here


Source: Linux Today

Whether 'Oracle/Linux' is coming is anyone's guess. Common sense says 'it is NOT coming' but then, there is common sense and there is what Larry Ellison wants


Source: Linux Today

Open source software is a viable option for emerging enterprises, but a majority just don't trust it. Are these fears unfounded


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Recently, however, Raymond shows signs of once more playing a bigger role in open-source circles


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After the cola ban, it is now the turn of Microsoft to log out of Kerala. Children in 12,500 high schools in the state, India's most literate, will not be taught Windows. Instead, instructors are lining up Linux for them


Source: Linux Today

And it's different not only because its thinking is original and its applications unique--witness search queries morphed into a lobby display of bursting color--but because the company's unconventional IT strategy makes it so


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Source: Linux Today

My apologies to those who have been affected, I know that a blue screen of death is the very last thing anybody ever wants to see on Linux desktops and that any downtime caused by mistakes on our part, even measured in minutes, is unacceptable


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With a 500-unit field test ready to begin in September, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program has announced that the much-anticipated, now-$140 laptop will be called Children's Machine 1 (CM1)


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Starting Monday, Google will offer Google Apps for Your Domain, a free package of programs for businesses, universities and other organizations


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Source: Linux Today

Linux 2.6.18-rc5 is out there now, both in git form and as patches and tar-balls


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Source: Linux Today

There are three projects in the Ruby world that really stood out this summer: JRuby, Mongrel, and Ruport


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Source: Linux Today

Last week we learned all about Soekris hardware and what you need to make it go. Today we'll hook it up and take it for a spin, and then install Pyramid Linux


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Source: Linux Today

Why would you want to dump your word processor? For a number of reasons


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In this tip, Haugland helps users deal with databases one form at a time and describes two separate methods for creating data lists using secondary tables


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In the beginning, the web was simple. You used Mosaic to browse it


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The ability to install and create plug-ins is one of the most anticipated new features in the Apache Geronimo 1.1 release "


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Source: Linux Today

This weekend's security advisories: kdebase, ruby1.8, and streamripper (Debian GNU/Linux); AlsaPlayer (Gentoo Linux); kernel and wireshark (Mandriva Linux); and imagemagick, kernel, php, and php4 (Trustix Secure Linux).


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Source: Linux Today

Changelog, links within.


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While VARs (value-added resellers) want to know all that information as well, their bottom line is, well, their bottom line


Source: Linux Today

Japan's largest mobile operator will power-up a 3.5G network next week, and launch a Linux-based phone capable of using it



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

An anonymous reader writes "A look at 9 open source companies to watch, focusing on everything from systems management to portals to apps servers. " Silly bits like where their names come from to less silly bits like how much VC they got and what they actually do. I haven't heard of many of these, but it's encouraging to see a growing number of businesses being built around Open Source.


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Source: Slashdot: Linux

ro1 writes to mention a story on Linux.com about the NYT's confusing video policies. Essentially, if you're running Linux you can only see videos running on the frontpage of the site. Videos 'further down' in the site require Windows or OSX. Roblimo has a video tour of the NYT site, to explain the issue in detail. Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.



Updated: Tue Aug 29 23:55:03 2006


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