The Étoilé project is pleased to announce the release of version 0.2 of the Étoilé User Environment for UNIX-like systems. The Étoilé project aims to produce a user environment for desktop and small form-factor devices, with tight integration between components. The 0.2 release is primarily targeted at developers interested in a GNUstep-based environment.
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Red Hat Launches New Package Repository for Enterprise Linux
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Red Hat has launched a new package repository for enterprise-class Linux (EL) distributions derived from Fedora, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux or CentOS, called EPEL.
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Sun's 'Project Copy Linux' not a Linux copy
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Sun's operating system chief and Debian author Ian Murdock was at the event, elaborating on Project Indiana. He covered, for the most part, ground we've already been over, which places Indiana as Sun's quasi copy of Red Hat's Fedora project. The core of the new project revolves around Sun's mission to release a fresh, supported version of OpenSolaris every six months.
Read more »Scratching an itch with Ubuntu
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I’m not sure why, but I have an itch to install Ubuntu on a real machine. I could install it in a VM in Parallels, but for some weird reason I want it on a dedicated machine.
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How-To: Install Ubuntu on LVM partitions.
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LVM (Logical Volume Manager) is a great piece of software which allow you to deal with Logical Volumes. Using LVM along with ext3 filesystem, you are allowed to extend the size of your logical drives which is pretty handy when running out of space.
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I did it! I installed Ubuntu Linux onto the Toshiba Portege 3490CT
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When I first got the Toshiba Portege 3490CT from an auction at work, my main goal for the machine was to install Linux on it. Searching the web for instructions didn’t give me enough details since I’ve never used Linux in the past.
Read more »Open source product review: Adium, the Mac-based instant messaging king
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Given all the great consumer-facing open source software available, I figured I'd try to evaluate and write reviews on those I use most often. Open source long ago stopped being about developers for other developers. Here's proof.
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64 Studio 2.0 'Electric' multimedia distro released
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The second major release of the Debian-based 64 Studio distro has been announced, featuring Etch compatibility, many new packages and hundreds of bug fixes. 32-bit and live CD versions are now available, to run the best in creative free software on almost all PC hardware. The company behind the distro has also launched subscription-based support services for end users.
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The truth about software low-hanging-fruit vulnerability
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Gunter Ollman, Director of Security Strategy at IBM Internet Security Systems has come up with a, frankly, surprising conclusion that as far as the top ten software vendors contributing to vulnerability disclosure statistics are concerned, the trend is actually a downwards one.
Read more »Congress moves to rewrite patent laws
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"Crustless peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches, a way to move sideways on a swing, a technique for exercising cats using a laser pointer — these are among the inventions patented in the United States over the years."
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Open source software gets a chance in Russia
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"CNews found out a pilot open source software project was to be launched in the educational institutions in Tomsk Region and Tatarstan. According to the Ministry of Communication plans, in case of its successful implementation up to the 2009 year end an alternative software package is to be installed in all the Russian schools."
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SCALE 6x Issues Call For Papers
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The Linux Expo of Southern California has opened the Call For Papers for the 6th Annual Southern California Linux Expo, to be held February 8th, 9th, & 10th, 2008
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Back up and restore your Firefox environment with FEBE
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The Firefox browser stores not only a user's bookmarks, history, saved forms, and usernames and passwords, but frequently also several extensions and themes. When you're switching computers or distro-hopping, replicating the browser environment can be tricky and time-consuming.
Read more »Microsoft’s Gates Plans Leave Amid Great Change
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Microsoft is beset with competition from all sides, unlike any it has seen in decades, and Bill Gates, who co-founded the company 32 years ago, still intends to step away next year as planned. But so far, Mr. Gates, Microsoft’s 51-year-old chairman, shows no sign of fading away.
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Making Linux systems that don't suck. Part II
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Welcome to part II of this series. Here is Part I and here is Part 0. Today we will talk about scheduling unattended tasks.
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