We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.8. This is our 28th release on CD-ROM (and 29th via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the default install. As in our previous releases, 4.8 provides significant improvements, including new features, in nearly all areas of the system.
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How to Create CDs and DVDs with Menu in Ubuntu 10.10 : DeVeDe
DeVeDe is a program to create video DVDs and CDs (VCD, SVCD or CVD), suitable for home players, from any video files in any of the formats supported by Mplayer.
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FSFE Newsletter - November 2010
This edition explains how we counter the lobby work of proprietary organisations at the European level, what we do at the United Nations level to inform more people about the dangers of software patents, what we are doing to get rid of non-free software advertisement on public websites, and what you can do to make a change.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 10.10
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 10.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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How to setup Static IP Address in Ubuntu 10.10
If you want to setup a Static IP Address in your system , Modify the file /etc/network/interfaces. If your First Ethernet Interface is eth0 ,
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Real men use Android: special forces favor Google phone
The Army is 20 years and a half-billion dollars into a star-crossed effort to build custom communications and digital-mapping gadgets for its soldiers. Special Operations Command, on the other hand, is taking a simpler approach: They’re planning to use Android phones.
Read more »DragonFlyBSD 2.8 released
The 2.8 release will again feature GUI USB stick images along with the standard ISO (std CD) and USB IMG (1G) files for both i386 and x86-64. The GUI USB stick image requires a 4G USB stick and features a basic, working X environment with firefox, fully broken out source and pkgsrc trees including the .git repo, and a larger set of pre-installed packages.
Read more »GNOME project receives $15,000 for accessibility work
The GNOME Project has received two grants for a total of $15,000 from Mozilla and from the F123.org-Mais Diferenças partnership for accessibility work. Mozilla has once again stepped up to support GNOME accessibility (a11y) work with a $10,000 grant. The F123-Mais Diferenças partnership has awarded a grant of $5,000 in total.
Read more »Oracle: Google 'directly copied' our Java code
Oracle has updated its lawsuit against Google to allege that parts of its Android mobile phone software "directly copied" Oracle's Java code.
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FreeBSD 2010 quarterly status report
This report covers FreeBSD-related projects between July and September 2010. It is the third of the four reports planned for 2010. During this period, we were victims of one of the biggest BSD events of the year -- EuroBSDCon. We hope that the ones of you who have been able to attend it have enjoyed your stay.
Read more »Google Custom Search How to install Unity interface on Ubuntu 10.10/10.04 desktop
Everyone of you should have heard about Unity replacing Gnome from "ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal" onwards. Well if you want to try Unity interface on your Ubuntu 10.10/10.04 Desktop well here's the easiest way to do it
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Linux Foundation and Consumer Electronics Linux Forum to merge
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, and the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF), a nonprofit organization and international open source software development community focused on embedded Linux, today announced they will merge organizations, resulting in the CE Linux Forum becoming a technical workgroup at The Linux Foundation.
Read more »How To Make An Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Resemble A Mac (With Elementary, Docky & Gloobus-Preview)
This article shows how you can change the appearance of your Ubuntu 10.10 desktop so that it resembles a Mac. This can be achieved with the help of Elementary, Docky, and Gloobus-Preview.
Read more »Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8200)
This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.
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Just one more turn
So we set out to make the newly released Civilization V would work in CrossOver a few weeks back. I felt it was my duty to help the QA staff with the testing.
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