This is the first maintenance release of the 1.9 branch of the X11 server. This release is functionally equivalent to the second release candiate announced last week. What follows is a summary of changes from 1.9.0 to 1.9.1. Most changes focus on stability and performance with a few enhancements targeted at specific architectures (the XQuartz DDX and nds32).
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tar-1.24 released
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This is to announce tar 1.24, a new stable release of GNU tar (an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile). This release fixes several bugs found in the previous 1.23. Thanks to everyone who reported bugs and suggestions. Special thanks to Paul Eggert for his hard work on this release.
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Last of DTrace's developers leaves Oracle
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In 1997, I decided to come join the kernel team at Sun Microsystems because I was eager to work on Solaris-- the best operating system on the planet. I was very privileged to work on some incredible technology over many years with some of the most talented engineers in the industry.
Read more »Google Custom Search Tweak ubuntu 10.10 with Ubuntu-Tweak
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Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provided many usefull desktop and system options that the default desktop environment isn’t provided. It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesn't provide.
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Ubuntu 11.04 will use Unity as the default desktop
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In his keynote address at the Ubuntu Developer Summit Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Ubuntu 11.04 will use a new desktop version of Unity for the default desktop environment. "Desktop Unity" will be installed as the default desktop for users whose hardware support it. Improved work on the hardware front will ensure as many users are able to benefit from the unified interface as possible.
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OpenOffice.org Council members resign
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Following the call that OpenOffice.org Council members which were also involved with The Document Foundation and LibreOffice development should resign due to a conflict of interest, two members have now officially stepped down.
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Firefox extension makes social network ID spoofing trivial
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By installing and running firesheep, anyone can "sniff out" the unencrypted HTTP sessions currently allowing users on that network segment to access social networks, online services and other website requiring a login, and simply hijack them and impersonate the user.
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Unity Default Desktop Interface In Ubuntu 11.04, To Use Compiz Instead Of Mutter
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The UDS-N (Ubuntu Developer Summit - Natty Narwhal) started today and Mark Shuttleworth already announced that Unity will be default for Ubuntu 11.04 desktop:
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Google custom search How to set your Desktop preferences in ubuntu 10.10 maverick meerkat
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In ubuntu 10.10 you can quite easily set your Desktop prefrences to "show home icon, trash icon, mounted volumes and computer icon in your ubuntu 10.10 desktop".
Here's how it's done:-
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On a tour of YALI
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YALI, Yet Another Linux Installer, is the installation program of Pardus, a desktop-oriented Linux distribution with roots in the National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), Turkey. The next stable release of Pardus will be Pardus 2011.
Read more »Compliance specialist OpenLogic joins the Linux Foundation
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OpenLogic was one of the founding members of the FOSSBazaar community, a Linux Foundation work group dedicated to open source governance.
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Sarkozy Exports Repressive Internet
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Sarkozy is trying to use the conference as a showcase to promote the French repressive schemes and to avoid turning it into a strong statement that online freedom of expression is a condition of democracy.
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Is Mac OS Lion More Advanced Than Linux?
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I just wanted to make a point that no, Mac is not the most advanced OS in the world. On the contrary it appears to me like one of the least capable OSes from among Windows, BSD and Linux.
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Using the KDE Netbook Desktop
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In this last (for now) post about the KDE Netbook Desktop, Jamie A. Watson focuses on what it is like to actually use it on a typical netbook. He will be using his Samsung N150 Plus, running PCLinuxOS 2010.7. This is a very typical netbook, with an Atom N450 CPU, 1 GB memory, 10" display, 1024x600 resolution.
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CodeWeavers Releases CrossOver and CrossOver Games 9.2
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Less than a month after Firaxis released its highly anticipated and acclaimed Civilization 5, CodeWeavers, Inc. today announced the release of CrossOver Games 9.2, enabling gamers to play the game on Linux and Mac operating systems.
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