Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 2 includes a completely new installer, new printer configuration GUI, Firefox 3, OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta, and some improved hardware support. As always, Mandriva reminds you not to use pre-releases in any critical situation.
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Microsoft Tries Casting “Open Source” as “Open APIs”
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Microsoft is redefining "open source" using media muscle and sponsorships.
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Increased Investment in Microsoft SUSE
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Novell and Microsoft extend their relationship; another new article from Linux.com, which is about Scalix, but it mentions nothing about the software patents deal with Microsoft and its effect on the price/ethics of Scalix.
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Find the DVD containing those files with VVV
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The Virtual Volumes View (VVV) project lets you index your data DVDs and perform searches to figure out whether a given file is backed up and what disc contains it. If you routinely back up a large amount of data onto DVDs, you can simply number your discs and keep them in numerically sorted order.
Read more »AutoZone Stirrings
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Most of the attorneys who are listed as being involved in SCO v. AutoZone have been told that by the court they are in violation of Special Order 109, which is a requirement to participate in the electronic filing system.
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SMILE - Slideshow video creator for Linux in openSUSE 11.0
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SMILE, Slideshow Maker In Linux Environnement is a free opensource slideshow creating tool for GNU/Linux, although it also works on Mac OS/X. SMILE helps to create video slideshows from images, that can be played on almost all medias. The numerous features and the simplicity of use make it possible to create dynamic and rich slideshows
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A Storm In The Computing World: Stormy Peters
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The entity behind one of the most popular desktop interface, GNOME Foundation is doing the right thing at the right time. The foundation has hired Stormy Peters as the executive director.
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The Commercial Bear Hug Of Open Source
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the software created by open source communities became so powerful that commercial interests embraced those communities, supported them, learned from them and now are using the mechanisms of open source to make their businesses run better
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Open options for cloud computing
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Web developers may believe that, in order to use cloud computing, they must accept limitations in the way they write and build their applications. But that view is a misconception; open standards for cloud computing are already in place and are being tweaked.
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XBMC's Linux port lacks impressive features
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Linux has no shortage of audio and video players, but if you want to devote you whole system to multimedia use, you need the Xbox Media Center (XBMC).
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IPv6 Suffers from FUD and Lagging Because of Microsoft Windows
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New Scalix open source groupware is competition for Microsoft Exchange
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Scalix collaboration platform, with its latest release version 11.4, aims to be a good alternative to Microsoft Exchange.
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What does Michael Phelps have in common with Linus Torvalds?
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What does the most prolific Olympian of all time have in common with one of the greatest, if not the greatest computer programmer in history?
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Patents Roundup: Open Invention Network, Subpixel Hinting, and Patent Trolls
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OIN has been a rather low-profile establishment, whose function is unknown to many people.
From Linux.com:
Linux.com correspondent R. Scott Belford caught up with Open Invention Network CEO Keith Bergelt at the 2008 LinuxWorld Expo and had a pleasant (on-camera) conversation with him.
OIN has been a rather low-profile establishment, whose function is [...]
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A tour of Empathy IM client
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Listed on the roadmap to Gnome 2.24 is the integration with Empathy, a multi-protocol IM client. This integration could be a sign of a replacement for Pidgin and Ekiga with one single SIP and multi-protocol IM application.
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