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Source: systemrescue

SystemRescueCd 1.1.0, a major new version of the popular hard disk partitioning and data rescue live CD, has been released. What's new? "New features introduced in SystemRescueCd-1.1.0: advanced customization - you can now install new packages to SystemRescueCd by doing an advanced customization; kernel recompilation - there is .

Source: magic

The second release candidate for Magic Linux 2.1, a Chinese community distribution which uses the RPM package management system and which is optimised for the i686 processor architecture, is out. Some of the changes since RC1 include: various improvements and bug fixes applied to the system installer; upgrade .

Source: ultima

Martin Ultima has announced the availability of the second beta release of Ultima Linux 8.4, a Slackware-inspired distribution for desktops and servers: "This is planned as the last beta release before 8.4 final. All packages are built (although most are only available from the repository, not on the .

Source: Linux Today

Phoronix: "What is the performance cost for fully encrypting a hard drive on one of these Intel Atom computers? In this article we are looking at the performance impact of fully encrypting the solid-state storage versus an unencrypted LVM within Ubuntu Linux."

Source: Linux Today

Information Week: "If MS-OOXML can be approved, I'd like to see what will be rejected in the future. Sorta feels like you're watching an NBA game where the officials have already placed their bets!"

Source: Linux Today

The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "HIGH SCHOOL/JR.HIGH:



10 PRINT "HELLO WORLD"
20 END"

Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "LatencyTOP is a command-line tool and kernel patch that lets you see what is causing latency in the applications on your system."

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Ubuntu Geek: "A graphical tool to make file backup simpler. Provides a user-friendly interface which allows you to back up your files easily to an archive, to a CD/DVD or to a remote location using SSH."

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OStatic: "If so, OStatic is proud to announce that we're offering the first chapter of John K. VanDyk's newly updated book Pro Drupal Development, published by Apress, and out now."

Source: Linux Today

Linux Loop: "Fedora has a long track record of producing amazing themes and it is obvious to me that this release will live up to that expectation."

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Linux Journal: "I've wanted to write this article for quite a while. Over the years I've noted that Java-based music and sound applications have increased in number and quality, yet no comprehensive list or summaries have covered these advances. And so at long last I present this survey of music and sound applications that require Java."

Source: Linux Today

Computing Tech: "On large systems with many users, you need to control the amount of disk space a user has access to. Disk quotas are designed specifically for this purpose."

Source: Linux Today

Sourceforge: "Our good friend Joe Brockmeier, community manager for openSUSE, has just started blogging for ZDnet. In one of his inaugural posts, he ruminates over where a community manager belongs in corporate structure: engineering or marketing?"