Video editor for Linux with a lot of potential. It is currently in development and more features are coming.
Read more »Intel reveals new OS for netbooks
Intel has announced a beta version of a Linux OS for netbooks, one that it hopes will end the dominance of Windows on the low-cost devices.
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Will Microsoft give away its software for free?
The Linux desktop market share is increasing. Will Microsoft feel threatened? Would they give away their software or operating system for free to limit the spread of free and open source software?
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The best Linux disk cloning software - Mephisto Backup v1.5
This program can do simple backups and syncs over a network or locally.It uses tar and rsync in the background. Mephisto Backup was made with the Java programming language. The key feature of this program is the ability to backup your system to an image and copy it to a Linux Live DVD for future restoration. The user can then take that cd and move his or her system to any PC.
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System 76: Making pre-installed Linux hardware a reality
Recently I came upon a company called System 76 promising to bring pre-installed Linux hardware to the masses. At first I was a bit skeptical as I’ve seen this promise time and time again. So I requested review hardware thinking it would be nothing more than vapor ware. Surprisingly, however, the hardware arrived. Even more surprising was that the hardware was really quite nice.
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Microsoft now all about cooperation? Yes, thanks to patents
Far from being the evil monopolist, Microsoft has in many ways become the cooperative giant—and it's all thanks to intellectual property. The company's IP czar takes us inside the corporate transformation in a new book, Burning the Ships, to show us how it happened (and to take a few potshots at Richard Stallman).
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Video: Open source government
Open source is answering the call at government agencies on all levels as they look for opportunities to carve out costs and improve security, transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Why?
Read more »Sugar Wins! Nobody Buying Windows XO Laptops
It was almost exactly one year ago that Nicholas Negroponte announced an agreement between OLPC and Microsoft to bring Windows XP to the XO-1 to great turmoil. I vividly remember the late-night flood of e-mails and IRC chats where everyone was trying to figure out just what that announcement really meant.
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How to: Mount an ISO image under Linux without burning a cd
An ISO image is an archive of an optical disk in a format ISO, the files typically have a file extension of .ISO.
Many Linux beginners still have the question, how to mount an ISO image under Linux , the answer is in this tutorial.
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How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.3
This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on a CentOS 5.3 server.
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At Microsoft, Interoperability Sabotage Goes All the Way to the Top
Direct link to deposition video | Full set of the deposition videos (including Ogg Theora versions)
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Finally, A Newbie’s Getting Started Guide to Linux [PDF]
You’ve probably heard about Linux, the free, open-source operating system that’s been pushing up against Microsoft.
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Who wants a giant poster of the history of Unix?
This one is strictly for the hardcore fan - for the very first time, it says here, you have the chance to purchase a giant poster showing the history and development of Unix. Debian, OpenServer, OpenBSD and Mac OSX all have their place in history shown.
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SIGINT: Ubuntu Privacy Remix
The Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR) project is presenting the second beta version of its live CD, at SIGINT 09, a conference organized in Cologne by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC).
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The Future Of Gnome DE Looks Promising
One thing we have learned from KDE4 is that its not a good idea to make drastic change to a desktop environment that the users have been used to for a long time. Hopefully the Gnome developers will keep that in mind as they work on Gnome 3.0 release for next year.
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