At Akademy in Tampere we interviewed Dirk Hohndel , Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist (we would call him ‘dude’) at Intel. He was present representing Intel and checking out what the KDE community is up to. (read on…) Related items Zorin 3 – A great distro for newbies Old Generals Never Die – They just Wear a...
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The new open source OS release delivers a “better” filesystem (Btrfs) for Linux while updating packages and performance. (read on…) Related items New Linux Kernel, Btrfs in Novell openSUSE 11.3 News OpenSUSE 11.3 ships with Btrfs, LXDE OpenSUSE 11.3 ships with Btrfs, LXDE 6 of the Best Free Linux Music Servers (Linux Today) Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux...
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DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new book “Linux Bible 2010 Edition: Boot Up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 13 Other Distributions” to their offering. (more here…) Related items Chrome Browser Runs on Mac, Extends Windows, Linux (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News) HP supporting Oregon State Linux portal (ZDNet) Research and...
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Howtoforge: “This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on a Debian Lenny system. PowerDNS is a high-performance, authoritative-only nameserver” (more here…) Related items Install Memcached With repcached "Built-In Server Side Replication" On Debian How To Relay Email On A Postfix Server (Linux Today) How To Set...
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How is a Linux distribution put together? For Novell’s openSUSE, it starts with its newly improved Build Service 2.0. (more here…) Related items Two Distributions Celebrate Birthdays Spotlight on Linux: openSUSE 11.3 KDE updates Plasma Workspaces for Desktop and Netbook Desktop Linux: When and how to add proprietary software Is Creating Graphical Environments an Artistic Endeavor?
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“The Portable Linux Apps project brings the ideal of “1 app, 1 file” to Linux. Applications are able to run on all major distributions irrespective of their packaging systems – everything the application needs to run is packaged up inside of it. There are no folders to extract, dependencies to install or commands to...
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Novell’s openSUSE community Linux distribution gets a lift from the recently unveiled openSUSE Build Service 2.0, which offers developers new features to improve their workflow. (more here…) Related items Two Distributions Celebrate Birthdays Spotlight on Linux: openSUSE 11.3 KDE updates Plasma Workspaces for Desktop and Netbook Desktop Linux: When and how to add proprietary software Is Creating Graphical Environments an Artistic...
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Microsoft’s decision to give the Russian intelligence services access to products including Windows 7 was commercial, according to a Whitehall source (to be continued…) Related items Zorin 3 – A great distro for newbies Old Generals Never Die – They just Wear a Red Hat Linux Mint 9 (Debian) Review Bruno Mars Premieres ‘Just The Way You Are’ Video Ubuntu 10.10...
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