Domestic IT community has asked the president to support the idea of the operating system. Future developers Russian «national operating system» can get support in the form of federal target programs. In any case, the authors expect this letter to President Dmitry Medvedev, who is now preparing for the State Duma.
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This is not a review of gNewSense
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A long thread at LXer about whether or not Debian should include unsourced binary blobs in its kernel had some commenters if not exactly singing the praises of totally free GNU/Linux distro gNewSense, then at least humming those praises.
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A rolling distro gathers no moss.
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There are 10 sorts of distributions in the world. Those that have specific releases, where it is better to reformat and reload with each new release and rolling distributions.
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Seven Most Influential GNU/Linux Distributions
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GNU/Linux offers a bewildering variety of flavors -- or distributions, as they're called. To a newcomer's eye, many of these seem virtually identical to each other. Yet, the more you learn about a distribution and the community that surrounds it, the more different they become. Here, in alphabetical order, is a list of the seven distributions that have most affected GNU/Linux as a whole
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Why am I moving to Gentoo?
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I think of this question again and again. For one because because people are asking me. People who love Debian, people who dislike continuous compilation.
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Any .1 release of a Linux distribution is generally meant to fix bugs which were present in the .0 release, not to introduce new features.
In this respect, OpenSUSE 11.1 differs sharply from other distributions. And the news is not all good either. Novell acolytes please note, this is NOT a review, just some sundry observations.
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Review : Arch Linux - A sleek, fast Linux distribution
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I had always wanted to try Arch Linux. Mainly because, most people who used it became its ardent followers and, I wished to know what was the magic that pulled a Linux user to go the Arch Linux way.
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Linux distributions ranked for speed, security, support, performance: Whirlwind Tech Tour
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After a Thanksgiving break, the Whirlwind Tech Tour is back on the move. This week, we address the issue of how Linux distributions compare in performance under different enterprise conditions.
Read more »A Gentoo User Gives Debian a Go Around
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A few weeks ago, I installed Debian for the first time on the desktop. Once, a friend and I installed a console-only version on another desktop and we connected remotely to his hosted game server which also ran Debian, so I hoped I should be a bit familiar with it.
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Distribution Release: Musix GNU+Linux 1.0R6
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"After 3 months of testing, the Stable release of Musix Live-DVD 1.0 R6 is out. It's a 100% free operating system for artists focused on music production, graphic design and video edition, based on Debian ETCH and KNOPPIX..." -- via DistroWatch
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Ubuntu or Fedora?
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How does Fedora 10 stack up against Ubuntu 8.10? Last week Fedora Linux released its latest version, Fedora 10. We take a look at how it stacks up against Ubuntu 8.10, released a month before.
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Fedora 10 proves infrastructure matter
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Glancing at the features list for Fedora 10, at first you might be unimpressed. Many of the features are basically infrastructure improvements, fixing known problems and enhancing performance while laying the groundwork for future developments.
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Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 1.2.1-17
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"Steven Shiau has announced the release of Clonezilla Live 1.2.1-17, a Debian-based live CD designed for hard disk cloning and partitioning tasks: ..."
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Debian Pure Blends
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«The Debian project announced yesterday that it has renamed the former “Custom Debian Distribution” concept (under which Debian projects such as Debian Edu, Debian Jr, Debian Med, Debian GIS and Debian Science were collectively known) to the catchier name “Debian Pure Blends.” ...»
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7 Reasons to Pick Ubuntu and When Not to Choose It
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I guess most of the readers are already familiar with Ubuntu, but I'm also writing this for new users, which use Linux for the first time. I use Debian for over a year now, but I used both Ubuntu and Kubuntu in the past (especially Dapper Drake and Edgy Eft) and also 8.04 and 8.10 Beta.
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