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Dell expands Ubuntu Linux desktop offerings

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Cyber Cynic: “The latest panic in desktop-Linux-land was that Dell would no longer be selling Ubuntu pre-installed on laptops and netbooks. Alas, for those who love drama, it wasn’t true. In fact, Dell is expanding its Ubuntu desktop offerings.” (more…) Related items Canonical’s new COO gets religion on Linux desktop (Ars Technica) Why Ubuntu server installations will surge...
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Dell drops Ubuntu Linux PCs from website

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Despite previously claiming that Linux systems are safer than those running Windows, PC maker Dell has stopped selling computers preinstalled with the Ubuntu operating system via its website – the principle source of orders for the company. (more…) Related items Dell expands Ubuntu Linux desktop offerings Installing Ubuntu Linux on a Netbook (Linux Today) Install Linux, Void Your Netbook’s...
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Dell drops Ubuntu PCs

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Dell has stopped selling home computers pre-installed with the Ubuntu operating system, a version of Linux (more…) Related items Dell expands Ubuntu Linux desktop offerings Dell drops Ubuntu Linux PCs from website Installer Software facilitates Plug Computing deployment. Ubuntu 10.10 Will Have a Revamped Installer 12 Interesting, Unusual Linux Distros
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Installer Software facilitates Plug Computing deployment.

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With open source Easy Plug Computer Installer, users can install Linux distributions, file systems, file system images, or single applications. Program provides USB key and HTTP-based list retrieval, further expanding ways in which developers can access and update Plug Computers. Application is compatible with 32- and 64-bit Fedora 11, 32- bit Ubuntu 9.04, Windows...
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Open Source OCR That Makes Searchable PDFs

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An anonymous reader writes “In my job all of our multifunction copiers scan to PDF but many of our users want and expect those PDFs to be text searchable. I looked around for software that would create text searchable pdfs but most are very expensive and I couldn’t find any that were open source...
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Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Debian Lenny

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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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Elementary Project Brings Mac-style Self-Contained Apps to Linux

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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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Jolicloud 1.0 Has an HTML5 UI

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kai_hiwatari writes “Jolicloud 1.0, a Linux based OS for netbooks, was launched a few days back. In this new release, the developers have completely replaced the old interface based on Ubuntu Netbook Remix in favor of a new one based on HTML5. Jolicloud 1.0 also features a new syncing feature using which you can...
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Damn Vulnerable Linux — Most Vulnerable Linux Ever

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An anonymous reader writes “Usually, when installing a new operating system, the hope is that it’s as up-to-date as possible. After installation there’s bound to be a few updates required, but no more than a few megabytes. Damn Vulnerable Linux is different; it’s shipped in as vulnerable a state as possible. As the DVL...
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Ten extensions that give Firefox new reach

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ZDNet: “1. Reference Desk– Reference Desk is good for students or anyone who needs to research information. It installs DeeperWeb, which navigates through Google search results using tag-cloud techniques” (read on…) Related items Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.04 (LAMP) Open source Linux wins Quebec court case against Microsoft (AFP) New Handheld...
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