I just flashed the latest Nokia OS2008 image on my N800 Internet Tablet. This is supposed to be the last image N800/810 users will need to flash on their tablets.
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Mono is Too Controversial for Debian
The Debian project appears to be cleaning itself off of Mono.
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Guide To Faster Ubuntu
Know the hidden tricks to optimize your debian based system.
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Learn IP Networking
A nice article for freshers who want to start a career in IP Networking and computer security.
Read more »Conkeror in the Debian NEW queue
"I already mentioned a few times in the blog that I’m working on a Debian package of the Conkeror web browser. And now, after a lot of fine-tuning (and I still further new ideas how to improve the package ;-) Conkeror is finally in the NEW queue and hopefully will hit unstable in a few days..."
Read more »Debian To Replace Xandros on the Eee PC?
This message on the Debian Eee PC mailing list reveals that Asus and Debian are working together, or at least planning to, on software for the Eee PC. This, presumably, means that future versions of the Eee PC could run a modified version of Debian, rather than a modified version of Xandros, as they currently do.
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Nexenta: Power of OpenSolaris with usability of Linux
While going through the backlog of blogs and news clambering around my newsfeed (I'm really worried how fast I became a workaholic, not having enough time to check the news, in just a few days time) I stumbled upon this post to the opensolaris-discuss mailing list two days ago: NexentaCore 2.0 Alpha1 "Hardy" Released.
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Why Many Projects Is Better Than a Few
An essay regarding why a big number of projects is better than just a few, as some suggest. "I kept reading opinions regarding the big number of Linux distributions out there, most of them saying that we have a huge number of distros, each one with its own package management system, keeping Linux divided.
Read more »SSL Certificates Vulnerable to OpenSSL Flaw on Debian
Netcraft's June SSL Survey has found that a significant number of SSL certificates are affected by the Debian OpenSSL vulnerability, including Extended Validation SSL certificates and certificates belonging to banks.
Read more »How to prevent a package from being updated in Debian
If you want to update all the packages other than one in your debian server follow this procedure...
Read more »Linux Pros - Reasons to Use Linux
The article includes several reasons to use Linux. 1. Linux and most of the Linux applications are open-source 2. Hundreds of good distributions from which to choose from 3. High security 4. No costs 5. No patent restrictions
Read more »Debian GNU/Linux powers Max Planck Institute 32.8 TFlops supercomputer
A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics have created Germany's 4th largest supercomputer by using Debian GNU/Linux.
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ocaml 3.10.2 is in testing
"As per title: OCaml 3.10.2 (... and friends of course) today has entered testing, as such it will be released with Debian Lenny. Yay..."
Read more »How-To: Change Console Resolution
The standard size of the console is 80 columns and 25 lines, which is too big if you want to work easily in console and don't even use a desktop environment (or use one but also prefer to do things in console rather than an X terminal). It will also look nicer when booting up the system.
Read more »Banshee 1.0 Released! Here's the Review
Banshee 1.0 comes with many features, like a pretty good collection management, audio and video libraries, support for podcasts and many plugins, a notable one being the Last.fm integration and song submission.
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