While visiting Craigslist today before signing in I noticed that I the picture they used to display cautionary directions about scam addresses is most likely an Ubuntu screenshot of Firefox.
Read more »Linux 2.6.33 Kernel Released, Woohoo!
Now that Linus Torvalds is done rewiring part of his house, he has put out the Linux 2.6.33 kernel release. This update to the Linux kernel that's coming three months after the release of Linux 2.6.32 delivers the Nouveau DRM GPU code in the staging area, many Radeon KMS improvements and it has left the staging area, the new VMware DRM, and much more.
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When will Microsoft sue Google over Linux?
Microsoft once made the mistake of broad-brushing Linux as an intellectual property quagmire. It made Microsoft headlines, but few friends: lawyers didn't believe it, customers didn't want to hear it, and competitors dared it to sue.
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Built to last
It has now been almost exactly five years since kernel development community tentatively started using the git source code management system with the 2.6.12-rc2 commit. That was an uncertain time...
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Microsoft’s Deal With Amazon is Extortion and Should Get Reported
Analysis of the patent deal with Amazon and why it is a breach of some laws and should therefore be reported to authorities or regulators
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Amazon pays Microsoft for Linux
What was Jeff Bezos, Amazon's CEO, thinking? Amazon just signed a patent cross-licensing deal that pays Microsoft intellectual property fees for, among other things, patents that cover Amazon's Linux-based Kindle e-reader and its Linux servers.
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How to disable 60 sec shutdown delay in Ubuntu 9.10
After considerable searching, head-scratching and digging, I finally found that it is accessible via a Gnome configuration setting.
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A Linux Story
I was on a BBS in 1995 and I saw this post about Linux. I had heard about Linux before. I had seen it on other BBSs. I even heard about it from a distant cousin. It was really popular.
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Linux Kernel 2.6.33 Released
This version features Nouveau (a reverse-engineered driver for Nvidia graphic cards), Nintendo Wii and Gamecube support, DRDB (Distributed Replicated Block Device), a security extension for TCP called "cookie transactions", a syscall for batching recvmsg() calls, several new perf subcommands (perf probe, perf bench, perf kmem, perf diff)...
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Gnome Shell 2.29.0 Released [What's New And Screenshots Inside]
Gnome Shell is the new core user interface for Gnome 3 which provides switching windows and applications but you've probably already heard of it by now so I'll skip the introduction.
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How to make ubuntu shutdown after a particular time
How you can assign ubuntu to shutdown after a particular time
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How to install coverflow in ubuntu
Although a new name has yet to be decided for Nautilus-Elementary's CoverFlow view you're probably itching to try it out, huh?
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BleachBit- Quickly frees disk space, removes hidden junk, and easily guards your privacy
BleachBit quickly frees disk space, removes hidden junk, and easily guards your privacy. Erase cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, remove unused localizations, shred logs, and delete temporary files. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean 70 applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Adobe Reader, APT, and more.
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40 Fast Facts on Linux
The open source software turned 18 last year, and its maturity is evident to hackers and corporate types alike.[A slideshow with some debatable facts inside. - Scott]
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Stop Fighting Linux and Learn Your Distro
Is Linux frustrating for you? Do you find yourself spending time trying to figure out why package updates broke or undid changes you've made? You're not alone, but we have good news: it doesn't have to be that way.
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