Today we'll be looking at SAM Linux 2007 test-1, a Linux distribution (also called a distro) from Germany. It is based on PCLinuxOS, featuring the Xfce4 window manager.
SAM Linux is a very ambitious undertaking, and one of those odd distros that falls somewhere in the middle of being a lightweight distro for slower machines, and a full-featured one for upscale computers.
Linux: SAM
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Does Mozilla Need an IDE?
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"...there is also Eclipse: Europa (Eclipse Platform Runtime Binaries) + ATF + XULBooster + DLTK + CDT.
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Bringing the Browser to the Server
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"This weekend I took a big step in upping the ante for JavaScript as a Language. At some point last Friday evening I started coding and didn't stop until sometime mid-Monday. The result is a good-enough browser/DOM environment, written in JavaScript, that runs on top of Rhino; capable of running jQuery, Prototype, and MochiKit (at the very least).
Read more »KTrafficAnalyzer - a useful Internet traffic monitor for Linux
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Ever since I moved to broadband I've been looking for a traffic monitor that will show me a breakdown of my usage for not just my current session, but for the entire month (as I am on a capped plan). It hasn't been easy finding one that works in Linux as most are for system administrators, not normal end-users.
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Eben Moglen on WAMU 88.5 FM American University Radio
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Open source software is built on the idea of cooperation: it's distributed for free, with code made available for everyone to improve. But there's debate about the future of this collaborative enterprise, with some players making deals with IT giants like Microsoft. We look at an industry at a crossroads and the evolving relationship between transparency and profit in software.
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How Microsoft conquered China
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Or is it the other way around? Fortune's David Kirkpatrick goes on the road to Beijing with Bill Gates, who threw his business model out the window.
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Welcome to Gobuntu
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It’s official: the free (as in freedom) edition of Ubuntu has been named Gobuntu.
Read more »Using nice to control CPU usage
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Managing tasks that use up a lot of CPU time can be quite a task and if you’re working in a shared environment where you don’t want to be antisocial and use all the available resources, it can be necessary to manage the tasks you are running to ensure you are being nice.
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Serial entrepreneurs find OSS "a no-brainer"
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Together, Isaac Garcia and Arnulf Hsu have launched several successful businesses, including two that were eventually purchased by CNET. Garcia and Hsu were firmly in the Microsoft development camp, but recently they noticed what they call the increasing maturity of open source software. They decided to launch their latest endeavor, CentralDesktop.com (CD), using an open source platform.
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Siag Office is far from pathetic
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Siag Office is an office suite for Unix systems which contains a spreadsheet, (Siag), a word processor, (Pathetic Writer) and an image animation program, (Egon) as well as a file manager, (XFiler), a text editor, (XedPlus) and a postscript document viewer (Gvu).
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Master Your Linux Keyboard (And Fix Caps Lock Forever)
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Want to get rid of the evil caps lock key without mutilating your keyboard? Want to give those silly Windows keys useful jobs, or put all those extra multi-media keys to work? Want to become a powerhouse keyboarding commando?
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EnGarde Secure Linux: Launch Adds New Open Source Security
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Today Guardian Digital announces the launch of the next generation of EnGarde Secure Linux, the first secure pure open source platform for managing the threats of the Internet in enterprise-class environments.
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Lenovo Unveils Its Highest Performing Notebook: A Linux Workstation
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The ThinkPad T61p is built for data-intensive work requiring 3-D graphics. The 15.4-inch widescreen machine runs 10% cooler than previous models and three decibels quieter, the company said.
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Red Hat High 2007: Getting Started
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"Today, Sunday, is the first day of Red Hat High, and I’m expecting 47 kids. It’s 4:00 in the afternoon, and orientation starts at 4:30."
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Sun's handling of Java security update prompts concerns
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Sun Microsystems in the next few days plans to issue an update that plugs a serious security hole in the most recent version of its Java Runtime Environment, more than a week after providing a fix for the same vulnerability in an earlier version of the program.
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