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Moblin: a First Look at Intel's Open-Source OS PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
Moblin is an Intel-created open-source operating system for netbooks and people who use them. On a technical level this means Moblin is built for the Atom x86 chip found in many netbooks, while on a practical level it means Moblin is an Internet- and multimedia-focused operating system.
 
New Kernel Vulnerabilities Affect Ubuntu 6.06, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04 OSes PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
Earlier today, Canonical has announced the availability of a major security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 8.10 and 9.04 (also applies to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu). The update patches no more than 15 security issues (see below for details) discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various hackers. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to update your system as soon as possible!
 
Best Linux PIM: Kontact or Evolution? PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
Some of us rely heavily on our personal information managers for keeping our appointment calendars, contacts, reminders, and notes. Gnome offers Evolution, and KDE has Kontact. Which one is better? Bruce Byfield takes a detailed look at both.
 
An Open Source Recipe for the iPhone PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
The platform that has defined ?cool? for years has not had a reputation for being an open platform, but that hasn?t discouraged a number of open source projects for iPhone/iPod Touch.
 
Xubuntu and low performance machines : The perfect match ! PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
When the machine gets old and becomes useless. You get short on options. You can't sell it because you are so emotionally attached to it and it doesn't worth that much and you can't run new applications on it because it can't afford them. But you can turn it into a beautiful workstation using xubuntu.
 
Counting The Days To Akademy 2009 PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
It is that time of the year again. Akademy 2009 is about to begin in only a few days. Held in the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium close to the beautiful beaches of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, this event is shaping up to be a special conference.
 
Course: Using LDAP PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
This course will help you understand the benefits of LDAP as well as implementation of LDAP. The OpenLDAP Project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully featured, and open source LDAP suite of applications and development tools. The project is managed by a worldwide community of volunteers that use the Internet to communicate, plan, and develop the OpenLDAP Suite and its related documentation.
 
Tech Tip: Color man Pages PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
To add a bit of color to your man pages install the most pager. Add the MANPAGER setting to your shell ~/.profile to make the setting available when you login.
 
Neverland is Your Virtual Linux Playground PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
Try the second star to the right and join me in my wish for a virtual lab.
 
Debian rejects open-source .NET threat claim PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
Debian, the foundation of Ubuntu, has rejected claims that it's potentially holding Linux's future hostage to Microsoft by including an open-source implementation of .NET in its code. A project spokesman has said GPL daddy Richard Stallman was wrong to say Mono will be featured in Debian's default installation, adding Mono would be used by just a mall number of users.
 
X Visual History Part 3 PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
In Part 1 of the series we looked at the early X window managers that ran on X display protocol based systems. The scale and range of them was from the very beginning where a user was presented with a menu and windows and little else. In Part 2 of the series we delved into desktop window manager environments, the area in between a full desktop system and a simple window manager; these were window managers which provided things like application bars, icon management of some sort and flexible interfaces to create modules or widgets for the environment but did not include (a lot of...) inherent applications. In the third part of the series we will examine the two main desktops in the X world, a look at the two newer desktop environments that are blurring between application centric/environment centric window managers, some core X technology that can enhance the X experience and finally a look ahead.
 
$250 Desktop Runs Ubuntu, Windows 7 and OS X? PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
Do you really need a top-of-the-line computer, or can you get by with something as cheap as this $90 CPU/motherboard combo?
 
Winning war won't secure peace for open source PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
According to Mahatma Gandhi: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."* So by that reckoning, it must be pretty much 'job done' for free software. Over the past few months I have experienced the eerie sensation that no one is fighting us any more. Not only are audiences polite, enthusiastic and well informed at conferences, they are almost all using free software already.
 
Netbooks: Five Reasons Why Windows Beats Linux PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
During some recent trips to retail stores across North America, The VAR Guy spotted five clear examples why Windows will continue to dominate Linux on Netbooks. Here?s the scoop.
 
Freedom is Not Embarrassing PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 03 July 2009
I'm not embarrassed to have ideals, I am proud. Ideals elevate us above situational ethics. Ideals guide us into trying to be better people, and give us strong bases for making difficult decisions. (Such as No, little Bill, it is not OK to do anything in the name of making a buck.)
 
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