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Source: dragonflybsd

Matthew Dillon has announced the release of DragonFly BSD 1.12, a BSD operating system originally forked from FreeBSD 4 in order to develop a radically different approach to concurrency, SMP, and most other kernel sub-systems. "We are happy to say that the 1.12 release is now available! This .



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Linux.com: "Parsix is a GNOME-based distro based on the testing branch of Debian GNU/Linux with elements from Kanotix. It makes an attractive alternative to Ubuntu "


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HowtoForge: In this article I will describe how you can monitor your Mandriva 2008.0 server with munin and monit "


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The VAR Guy: "But in the shadow of Windows Vista, a rather remarkable trend--known as an InstallFest--continues to transform Linux from a fringe desktop option into a mainstream Windows alternative "


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Source: Linux Today

451 CAOS Theory: "I was initially skeptical of this service that looked like a cross between instant messaging and blogging--something people often refer to as 'micro-blogging '"


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Source: Linux Today

Community: " OSS makers should care, as SaaS may finally give them a business model that may finally bring them some money "


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InformationWeek: "What is it about Ubuntu that has generated such excitement about Linux? To steal a word from Obama's playbook, 'Change '"


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Source: Linux Today

IT Week: "Mobile Linux is gaining attention but handset capabilities are more important than the software platform "


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The VAR Guy: " The open source industry may miss yet another opportunity to prove its vertical market expertise "


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internetnews.com: "I've been covering Summer of Code since its inception in 2005 and I've seen it grow by leaps and bounds every year "


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The Open Road: "I was really excited to hear about ExtJS the other day. It was billed as an open-source JavaScript framework for building web applications. Great !"


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Source: Linux Today

iTWire: "Given that Hobart is a quieter place than any of the other cities which have played host, the conference will proportionally be a much more noticeable event "


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Linux.com: "Recently, Linux.com had the chance to ask Mozilla evangelist Chris Blizzard his thoughts about the past, present, and future of Mozilla, the force behind the successful Firefox browser and Thunderbird email application "


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Source: Linux Today

Once More Unto the Breach: "Microsoft had a perfect opportunity to participate in the Open Document Format standard's development at OASIS. They ignored that opportunity "


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internetnews.com: Though virtualization deals with 'virtual' bits, the business of virtualization is certainly real for Novell "


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Source: Linux Today

ZDNet UK: "Google has claimed that Microsoft's proposed Office Open XML document standard is unnecessary and should be rolled into the rival OpenDocument Format "


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TorrentFreak: "When the news started to break in December last year, it looked bleak for the real Shareaza project "


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Computerworld Australia: "Following a Computerworld report on the appointment of a Microsoft consultant as part of Standard Australia's delegation for this month's Ballot Resolution Meeting in Geneva, the organization's CEO has defended the objectivity of the decision "


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Source: Linux Today

Reuters/internetnews.com: "Mozilla, which develops open source Web browser Firefox, the biggest alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, aims to at least double its share this year in China, which is set to become the world's largest Web market "


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Source: Linux Today

ZDNet UK: "Mike Banahan, chief technology officer of OpenForum Europe, once described the UK as a 'third-world country' compared with the rest of Europe when it comes to public- and private-sector interest in open-source software "


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Phoronix: "For the past several weeks we have been referencing AMD's 'tcore' in several of our articles, which is a user-space software suite that has been developed and used internally at ATI by engineers to work on various aspects of their binary drivers "


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Datamation: "Budget-minded small business owners can choose from a number of free, open-source applications designed for Windows that will reliably handle their productivity needs "


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LinuxWorld: "Linux security experts are reporting a growing list of real-world security situations in which the US National Security Agency's SELinux security framework contains the damage resulting from a flaw in other software "


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "Few features are as essential to modern Web browsing as feeds. With the rise of social networking and file sharing sites, feeds have become the only way for many people to keep up-to-date with all the sites that interest them "


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DevX: "Most likely, the first time you heard about image filters was when you had to edit your vacation pictures to remove the 'red eye' effect or an undesirable face "


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Techthrob: "Preload is in the package repositories of many different managers, so users of other distributions should check their appropriate package managers to see if it's available.



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I presented Bad Sushi: Beating Phishers at their Own Game with Billy Rios last week at the Black Hat Briefings in DC. The best part of the experience was the opportunity to talk to people in the audience after the presentation, and to hear their perspectives on the subject.


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After much anticipation, FreeBSD is approaching a milestone release, 7.0. As with all major happenings in the BSD world, Federico Biancuzzi, our man in the streets, has interviewed dozens of major contributors to put together this report on what's new and hot.



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Source: developerWorks : Linux : Technical library

A typical UNIX or Linux machine creates many log files during the course of its
operation. Some of these contain useful information; others can be used to help you
with capacity and resource planning. This article looks at the fundamental information recorded within the different log files, their location, and how that information can be used to your benefit to work out what is going on within your system.


Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking Web site that allows users to create and
share browser-independent bookmarks, accessible directly over the Internet, in ways
your browser won't allow. The traditional hierarchical organization of browser bookmarks is overhauled, allowing users to instead associate each and every bookmark with any number of descriptive tags. Imagine a single page where you and your friends can surf the Web and have your del.icio.us tags, links, and functions handy, or a single page where you can save the site you're browsing directly into your del.icio.us account, along with comments and chosen tags. This tutorial shows you how to use Ajax to build just such a page using a PHP script as the server-side proxy.


Source: developerWorks : Open source : Technical library

Android is Google's oft-discussed mobile, wireless, computer, and communications
platform. You can take advantage of the powerful Eclipse environment to build Android
applications using the Android Eclipse plug-in. This tutorial introduces Android
application development with the Eclipse plug-in, otherwise known as Android
Development Tools. The tutorial provides an introduction to Android development with a
quick introduction to the platform, a tour of Android Development Tools, and includes
the construction of two example applications.



Updated: Wed Feb 27 23:55:02 2008


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