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Read more »Blockbuster box runs Linux
Blockbuster announced a branded version of a IP set-top box and media player from 2Wire that runs Linux on a MIPS-based Broadcom chipset. The Blockbuster version of the 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player is used to download videos from Blockbuster OnDemand via broadband, says Blockbuster.
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TooManyTabs Manages Firefox Tabs, Frees Up Memory
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Experimental Firefox extension TooManyTabs organizes extra browser tabs in Firefox, allowing you to store over 50 extra tabs in a special row for quick access at a later time.
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Microsoft Amends Music Player License
Under antitrust threat, company won't require vendors to agree to exclusive bundling deal.
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Xavier School Deploys 600 Ubuntu Linux Desktops
Xavier is the latest K-12 school to move Ubuntu Linux to the head of the class. In fact, the school has deployed more than 600 Ubuntu desktops, according to Pierre Tagle, Xavier’s consulting IT director.
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Steve Ballmer Loves Linux
Steve Ballmer called Linux a "Cancer" in the past, ranted about patent infringement, accused Linux programmers of ripping-off intellectual property, and penned a deal between rival Novell to sell Linux. Wait, that last one doesn't fit with the others.
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Open source identity: Asterisk founder and Digium CEO Mark Spencer
Imagine an IP voice and unified communications system that can be integrated into any application and customised to meet business needs. Sounds great, right? Well that project is the Asterisk IP-PBX and it's free to use and you get the source code.
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The Perfect Server - Fedora 10
This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 10 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP5/Ruby/Python, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.
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German traffic lights powered by Linux and real-time Java
A Greman vendor of city-wide traffic management systems is converting its flagship traffic light controller to Linux and real-time Java.
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openSUSE Sports a New License (Ding dong, the EULA’s dead…)
Just in time for openSUSE 11.1 RC 1, we’ve finished the new and improved license for openSUSE 11.1. The days of agreeing to a click-through EULA for openSUSE are over!
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The complete Christmas shopper's guide to Linux-based netbooks
Give a gift of a netbook this year; I will be. These ultra-light computing devices are versatile, affordable and appealing. But which one to buy? Should you pay more for a laptop? What are the pros and cons between different models? Never fear, here's how to work your way through the morass and buy with confidence!
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Sharing Linux Printers Across Multiple Subnets
All you need to make this work are a central Linux/CUPS printer server, and one Linux PC per subnet to act as a relay printer server.
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A future so bright Tux needs shades
To hear Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin tell it, the operating system war is over and Linux has won. “Linux represents the ultimate flight to safety in troubled times,” he said while offering some predictions for 2009.
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Proprietary Firmware and the Pursuit of a Free Kernel
Knowing when a GNU/Linux distribution is free used to be simple. If all its software had licenses approved by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) or the Open Source Initiative, then a distribution was free. Otherwise, it wasn't.
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ReactOS; a free alternative to Windows
“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction” is where ReactOS, what is essentially an attempt at a free Windows clone, derives its name. The project aims to be ‘binary compatible’ with Windows NT, which XP, Vista and the upcoming 7 are based on, meaning that users will be able to run native Windows applications without forking out for a licence from Microsoft...
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