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The PC Repair Toolkit in your Pocket: Boot CD on a USB Stick
Several times I’ve been called upon at a moment’s notice to troubleshoot a misbehaving PC system either at work or at a friend’s or relative’s home. Being the “go to” guy for these sorts of problems is both a curse and a blessing, but I guess that is besides the point.
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Moonlight (Silverlight for Linux) Released
In another “not quite Windows Live but still cool” post, Moonlight, an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Unix systems, is now available in both Silverlight v1.o and 2.0 builds.
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Splashtop Linux desktop to appear on every Asus motherboard!
DeviceVM, the makers of Splashtop, just made a big announcement though. Their technology will no longer be restricted to the top-shelf motherboards and will see a much wider release. At first it will be featured on Asus’ P5Q (high-efficiency design, Intel P45 chipset) family of motherboards, starting with the P5Q Deluxe, P5Q-WS, P5Q3 Deluxe....
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NPR news station WBUR is now streaming in Ogg Vorbis!
Please show your support and stream from http://wbur.org/listen/feed/ogg.m3u so other stations will follow their lead.\\r
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Linux gains action RPG
Linux Game Publishing has announced a Linux port of \"Sacred Gold,\" an action role-playing game first published for Windows three years ago. The U.K.-based game publisher plans to ship the title in August of this year, priced at 27 GBP (~ $50).
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Fedora 9 Gives Ubuntu a Run For Its Money
Fedora 9 is a significant upgrade and packs in a number of new features. Perhaps the best part of Fedora 9 is the new live USB options. After playing with the release candidate for a week or so I’m happy to report that Fedora 9 has made some significant strides and gives Ubuntu a serious run for its money when it comes ot user-friendliness.
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Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love
The ninth release of Fedora ushers in a number of changes aimed at making the venerable distribution a more newbie-friendly desktop, but longtime users needn\'t fear a great dumbing down; version 9 packs plenty of power user punch as well.
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DefectiveByDesign.org Action Alert: Libraries, No DRM!
We ask that libraries immediately embargo the use of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) on their collections and establish formal policies against it. There are many challenges facing libraries today, but few can be as important as the way they define themselves and their role in our digital age.\\r
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Fedora 9 Sulphur Released!
KDE4, persistent USB key support, updated packages, FreeIPA support are just a few of the major changes in this release. Get it while its hot!
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What A New OS Needs
Could there be a bigger threat than Linux to Microsoft\'s OS dominance? If an open-source version of Windows can be developed that is totally compatible with the abundance of Windows drivers—the idea behind ReactOS—then Microsoft will have to go back to work.
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Fedora 9 released ! we have the first screenshots of Sulphur
Here are some shots from the install. I will not go into detail when it comes to these. One thing that has changed is the encryption option (i did not test this), that allows you to make and install to an encrypted partition.\\r\\runame -a\\rLinux localhost.localdomain 2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:28:41 EDT 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
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How the NSA took Linux to the next level
You know SELinux is built to be virtually attack-proof, but do you know how the National Security Agency (NSA) accomplish it? Take a closer look at the SELinux kernel architecture, why this is important, and what makes SELinux one of the most secure implementations of Linux available.
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Microsoft U-turn to stop Linux dominating ultra low cost PCs
Microsoft is launching a programme to promote the use of its Windows OS in ultra low-cost PCs but only tose with limited hardware capabilities. In its effort to undermine Linux it is condemning people to machines with poorer functionality and performance than the open source alternative
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Revolutionary Scrollbar Concept
A video demo and Python-GTK script of a new kind of scrollbar that should be faster to use and look more neat.
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Sync your iPhone Wirelessly in Linux
Apple may open up its iPhone and iPod touch devices to third-party apps next month, but the chances that Linux users will get invited to the party are slim at best. That hasn\'t stopped some intrepid hackers from coming up with a better music-syncing solution than the one Mac and Windows users have—a two-way wireless transfer
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Wine 1.0-rc1 Released
What\'s new in this release: Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.\\r
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Microsoft tax evasion: Get gNewSense preinstalled
Los Alamos Computers is now selling laptops, desktops and servers preinstalled with gNewSense, the fully free GNU/Linux distribution. This is even better than what larger companies like Dell and Lenovo have been offering -- and they are also donating a portion of their sales to the Free Software Foundation.
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GPL wins in Skype case
Harald Welte has posted an update on the GPL-compliance case hearing held on May 8. In the end, Skype dropped all of its arguments and gave up its appeal. \"This means that the previous court decision is legally binding to Skype, and we have successfully won what has probably been the most lengthy and time consuming case so far.\"\\r
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