Xandros CEO Andy Typaldos told DesktopLinux.com that his Ottawa-based Linux desktop and server company has acquired privately owned open-source e-mail and calendaring provider Scalix under terms that were undisclosed.
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Xandros bundles NoMachine thin-client server
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Linux distributor Xandros along with NoMachine, maker of NX virtualization desktop, remote access and server management software, will announce on July 18 that NoMachine's NX Enterprise Server will start shipping immediately with Xandros Server 2.0.
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App restores Linux desktops to pristine state
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Deep Freeze system consistency software, popular in Windows and Mac settings, is now available for Linux desktops. "Deep Freeze Linux" is said to reset a Linux workstation's boot process to a pristine state, enabling successive users to avoid misconfiguration by previous users of the computer.
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Sabayon Linux business desktop goes gold
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The Italy-based Sabayon Linux project has released version 1.0 of the new enterprise-oriented edition of its desktop operating system. Sabayon Business Edition Linux 1.0 features a 2.6.22 Linux kernel and both KDE and GNOME desktop environments, along with a comprehensive set of application software.
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Firefox 2.0.0.5 patches "critical" flaws
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Mozilla today released Firefox 2.0.0.5, the latest update to the group's flagship browser. The update patches eight security vulnerabilities, three of them "critical" and two "high," the group said.
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With new code base, Supergamer is fun again
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Supergamer is a unique Linux distribution whose primary focus is on fun -- specifically, gaming. Supergamer VL, now based on VectorLinux, is all new, with additional games, new code base, and new look and feel. Let the games begin.
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Pan - a feature-rich newsreader for Linux
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If you still visit Usenet or occasionally participate in its discussions and newsgroups, you can get by with Linux newsgroup readers that are integrated into browsers or email clients such as Thunderbird, Evolution, and the Opera Web browser. But if you're an advanced user who wants a more feature-rich newsreader, you need Pan.
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Xi Graphics, Inc. Releases Wall Display Graphics Support Software
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Xi Graphics, Inc. announced that it has added a new Series of software products to its Summit Series product line for X Window System ("X") users.
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GnuCash 2.2.0 released
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The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 2.2.0, the new stable release of the GnuCash Open Source Accounting Software. With this new release series, GnuCash is available on Microsoft Windows for the first time, and it also runs on GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris and Mac OSX.
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Menhir, the distribution of four free operating systems, is started
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If you look at the Free Software scene you see that most if not all projects - at the operating system level and at the application level - and magazines, blogs and newspapers concentrate on GNU/Linux. Also you can note that most people start with a Linux distribution and then lock himself in the GNU/Linux world.
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SFLC to host legal summit on software freedom
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Meeting Will Bring Together Prominent Lawyers of the Free and Open Source Software Community and Provide Free Legal Education to the Public
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openSUSE gets a new manager
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I'm glad to announce that I have given over my responsibilities for the openSUSE distribution to Stephan Kulow . As from now on Stephan is project manager for the openSUSE distribution.
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Howto: Add a new yum repository to install software under CentOS / Redhat Linux
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CentOS / Fedora Core / RHEL 5 uses yum for software management. Yum allows you to add a new repository as a source to install binary software.
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NVIDIA GeForce 8: Linux vs. Windows
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With the GeForce 8 series we have come across some unusual issues that are limiting the performance of the GeForce 8 series under Linux and Solaris. In this article, we have additional information on these austere performance problems along with benchmarks showing the frame-rate differences between Windows XP and Linux.
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Amarok and Digikam ports for KDE 4
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KDE 4 is coming closer, and the 3rd party programs are busy porting. Amarok now unveiled that they will reuse some Plasma techniques to create appealing effects while Digikam reported a first version running on KDE 4.
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