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Source: lfs

Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) is a project that provides instruction for extending a Linux From Scratch (LFS) installation into a full desktop or server distribution. The first release candidate for version 6.3 has been released: "BLFS version 6.3 is the complement to the LFS 6.3 book. The .


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Source: mint

Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of the first development release of Linux Mint 5.0, code name "Elyssa" and based on the recently released Ubuntu 8.04: "After many sleepless nights and a lot of work, I am delighted to announce that the first release candidate for Linux Mint .


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Source: weekly

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: First impressions of Fedora 9 with KDE 4 News: Fedora 9 arrives early, Ubuntu prepares for Intrepid Ibex, Attila Craciun introduces Bluewhite64, PC-BSD 7 delivers new artwork, Oracle EL and OpenSolaris updates, new BSD forum Released last week: OpenSolaris 2008.05, Parted Magic .



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Linux Journal: "If somebody accidentally drops a critical table in MySQL, the application no longer works. The solution to this problem is to utilize the (open source) Zmanda Recovery Manager "


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HowtoForge: "This document describes how to reconfigure the default language and the keyboard layout on various distributions so that they suit your location "


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Source: Linux Today

The Linux Distillery: "With Ubuntu 8.04 now on the streets, it's time to catch a breather and reflect on just why Ubuntu gets all the hype. Why is Ubuntu the hottest brand in Linuxdom at this time ?"


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Computerworld: "Sometimes, no matter how much you try to protect your computer, you need to get down and dirty with the hardware. Sometimes it's the obvious "


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Practical Technology: "Oracle's Unbreakable Linux is something of an odd-duck in Linux distribution circles "


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vizZzion.org: "Tom and Aaron discuss timing and release schedules, and development cycles. Aaron talks about trunk/ and freezes therein should follow a natural lifecycle "


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Computerworld Australia: "The proposed IEEE wireless LAN mesh specification is already getting some traction, though still over 18 months from final ratification, thanks to early experimentation by the One Laptop Per Child Foundation and a recently launched open source project "


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Enterprise Storage Forum: "Linux file systems have a number of limitations that make them a poor choice for large and high-performance computing environments "


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here be dragons: "As a result, we can commit that the next LTS release of Ubuntu will be 10.04 LTS, in April 2010 "


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DesktopLinux: "How many are self-employed in the United States? No one knows for sure, but estimates range around twenty million "


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Computerwork Australia: "In an interview, Ian Murdock, formerly with the Linux Foundation and now with Sun, discusses the company's open-source efforts and how to monetize them "


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Groklaw: "Microsoft has just approached the Blender guys, and I would assume have or will approach other FOSS projects since we learn that Microsoft has assigned a guy to work with Open Source projects, with a request for information on how to make Blender run better on Windows "


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ZDNet: "Mozilla now expects Firefox 3 RC1 will be ready to go in late May "


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MITSloan/Wall Street Journal: "But does giving ideas away help--or hurt--the company's stock price? Will investors reward openness by driving up the company's shares--or punish it by knocking the stock down ?"


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Free Software Magazine: "In this opening salvo, I will reprise the technical terms and history of DRM and thereafter I will try to keep you abreast of the issues for computer users in general and free software in particular "


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Source: Linux Today

Linux Tutorials: "Since Amarok 2 is on its way with all the fuss around it and the currently stable 1.4.9.1 version will probably be the last in the 1.x series, I decided to make a review of the last stable Amarok "


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atomic: "In our Linux gaming feature a couple of months ago we looked at Wine, the Windows compatibility layer that allows Linux users to run a number of Windows games, including recent hits like Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4 "



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

aacc1313 writes "An article that details how Open Source is being hijacked by Microsoft and the sort via 'Shared Source' licenses and how Open Source licenses have become so much more confusing. From the article, "The confusion stems from the fact that Microsoft's 'shared source' program includes three proprietary licenses as well, whose names are similar in some ways to the open-source licenses. Thus, while the Microsoft Reciprocal License has been approved by OSI, the Microsoft Limited Reciprocal License (Ms-LRL) is not, because it allows users to modify and redistribute the software only on the Windows platform" and "The 'shared source' program was and is Microsoft's way of fighting the open source world, allowing customers to inspect Microsoft source code without giving those customers the right to modify or redistribute the code. In other words, "shared source" is not open source, and shouldn't be confused with it.""Read more of this story at Slashdot.



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On a recent consulting gig, a client had the requirement that a JavaScript deliverable needed to run in a self-enclosed script tag that would be arbitrarily placed within the body of a page. In other words, I needed to deliver a JavaScript


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Microsoft's Patch Tuesday will be upon us soon patching 3 critical and 1 moderate security problems. Security issues aren't just a problem for Microsoft software of course. And, I recently learned about oCERT: Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team which describes itself



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My main computer these days is a laptop from System76. I was very happy to support a vendor willing to ship and support a laptop without the Microsoft or Apple tax, and very pleased to have hardware supported by a



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