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Linux Mint 9 (Debian) Review

11 hours 39 min ago
Desktop Linux Reviews: "This time around though, we've gotten a delightful surprise from the Linux Mint developers. A Debian version of Linux Mint! Yes, there is now a rolling release Linux Mint distro!"


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Mozilla Labs Announces Gaming Platform

Thu, 09/09/2010 - 00:35
Linux Pro Magazine: "Mozilla Labs announced its newest initiative, a gaming platform appropriately named Mozilla Labs: Gaming. The goal of the platform is to create browser-based games built on Open Web standards."


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More Android tablets break cover

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 23:05
LinuxDevices: "Navigation device manufacturer Rydeen Mobile Electronics announced a seven-inch, Android-based tablet called the "gPad GCOM701" at last weekend's IFA show in Berlin."


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GNOME 3 at Xen 4.0.1 (2.6.32.21 pvops) on top of F14 (rawhide)

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 21:35
Xen Virtualization on Linux and Solaris: "In meantime Xen 4.0.1 is available via rawhide repositories . Been installed along with 2.6.32.21 pvops kernel and the most recent libvirt 0.8.3 on top of F14 (rawhide) via just several yum install commands,it doesn't require any longer to build xen rpms using corresponding xen-4.0.1-1.f14.src.rpm."


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Old Generals Never Die - They just Wear a Red Hat

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 20:05
Linux Journal: "The Red Hat board of directors announced a new chairman Monday, August 30, to replace outgoing Matthew Szulik. Henry Hugh Shelton, retired Special Forces general, has been serving on the board since 2003 after leaving the elite Army division."


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How Stock Photo Agency YayMicro.com was Created Using Only Open Source Technology.

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 19:33
LinuxPR: Instead, every piece of technology was chosen from the open source community. Here is the story of the technology behind stock photo agency YayMicro.com.


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Samsung Opens The Door To 1080p On Smartphones

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 19:03
Conceivably Tech: "Following Qualcomm, Samsung is also close to be launching a new smartphone processor with two cores. Based on ARM architecture, the new processor promises five times the graphics performance of current chips and enable 1080p video recording and playback."


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The Alexandria Project: Prologue

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 18:33
Standards Blog: "I've been re-working The Alexandria Project in preparation for approaching a literary agent. One thing I'm toying with is whether the book needs to get to a quicker, edgier start than the original first chapter provides - such as what follows below. What's your opinion?"


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OrangeHRM clamors to join million-dollar club

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 18:03
ZDNet Asia: "OrangeHRM, the open source human resource management (HRM) software company, wants to join the million-dollar revenue club by 2011."


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A Look at KDE Desktop Effects

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 17:33
MakeTechEasier: "With the coming of KDE 4, the number of effects has multiplied, and KWin (KDE's window manager) is now on par with Compiz (a window manager with numerous desktop effects). Moreover, KWin's primary advantage over Compiz is that it is part of KDE and integrates perfectly with the rest of the desktop."


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Experiment: I've Got My Editor Using Linux

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 17:03
Digital Versus: "What is using Linux like in 2010? Can anybody pick it it? What about giving it a trial run first? Well, we're going to find out."


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OS Turf Wars Move to Mobile

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 16:33
Serverwatch: "Love Microsoft or hate it, there are two things about the Redmond enterprise OS maker you can't deny: It's very, very big, and it likes to get its fingers into every pie around."


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Zorin 3 - A great distro for newbies

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 16:03
Dedoimedo: "Several readers contacted me, urging me to review Zorin. My interest piqued, I set about the lanes of Google, searching for more information. The initial findings were quite positive. Zorin was praised in the reviews I read. The official website looked posh, sending a subliminal message that it was a kind of a freebie Mac OSX. "


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Firefox 4 Set to Improve Security

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 15:33
Datamation: "The race to accelerate browser features continues as Mozilla developers race towards the finish line to get the finished version of the Firefox 4 Web browser out the door."


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The Effect of Snake Oil Security

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 15:03
Threat Post: "Bad security isn't just bad because it allows you to be exploited. It's also a long term cost center. But more interestingly, even the most worthless security tools can be proven to �work� if you look at the numbers. Here's how."


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Wine 1.3.2 has been Released

Wed, 09/08/2010 - 01:02
Wine-Reviews: "Whats new in this release: * Update of the Gecko engine, now including a 64-bit version. * New implementation of console support on Unix terminals."


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Linuxables: Compiz window switcher

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 23:02
Linux.com: "Thanks to Compiz you have better, slicker, and more efficient ways to switch from one application to another. Take a look at Compiz Switchers, and you'll never want to go back to the boring old panel buttons!"


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Alien - Use Any Package On Any Distribution

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 21:32
Linux Journal: "Sometimes, a utility or an application that you want to install is impossible to find in the format of your distribution. Alien is a utility that can convert one package type into another."


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NVIDIA Puts Out A Major Beta Linux Driver Update

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 20:02
Phoronix: "...for those wishing to live on the bleeding edge of NVIDIA's proprietary Linux driver development, the first beta release in the 260.xx series is now available for testing."


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The Value of Clear Code is Clear

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 19:05
Computerworld UK: "This might sound far from enterprise open source, but the way the Climate Code Foundation is proceeding shows the connection:"


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