The most recent pvops kernel 2.6.32.19 allows to enable kernel modesetting (KMS) under Xen 4.0.1-rc6 on top of Ubuntu Lucid Server and Fedora 13. Actually , current setup of Xen 4.0.1&PVOPS on top of Ubuntu 10.04 Server is different from http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/Xen4.0 : How to install Xen 4.0 (1) and brief instructions follow bellow.
Read more »3D Desktop at Xen 4.0.1-rc6 (2.6.32.19) on top of Ubuntu 10.04 Server
Busyhot - A Nice Little Gnome Panel Applet to Show Real Time CPU Load and Temperature
Busyhot is a nice little Gnome panel applet for showing real time CPU load time and temperature from click of a mouse in your desktop.
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SCO Ordered to File Objections to Novell's Bill of Costs. Novell Files Motion to Dismiss with SCOTUS
The chickens have flown home and are circling SCO, looking for a place to roost, with SCO doing its dance to postpone the inevitable. Judge Ted Stewart, who presided over the SCO v. Novell second trial has denied SCO's motion to stay taxation of costs, a motion which Novell opposed.
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Testdrive Let You Test Ubuntu With A Single Click
Test Drive is a package for Ubuntu that allows you to test drive the daily build of Ubuntu with little effort on the user side. With a single click, you can get the application to download the ISO from the web and run it in your virtual machine.
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Cut Costs by Using Linux Appliances for Branch Offices
If a department or a branch office just needs one or two specific server jobs, there are plenty of obsolete PCs and easy-to-set-up, special-purpose Linux servers that can fill the bill for little or no cost. Dedicated Linux appliances, instead of giving you everything, give you just enough to fill a particular need.
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VMware Server 2.0.2-x On Ubuntu Server 10.04 With VMware Remote Console Plug-in
Today I will tell you how to set up a new Ubuntu 10.04 server which runs VMware server 2.0.2-x and the VMware Remote Console Plug-in. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system.
Read more »Android: Solving the Malware Puzzle
There has been a spate of security reports recently about Android apps being malware or suspicious. Most of these were found baseless but at least one was indeed correct (e.g. The Russian Trojan app). We also know that Android has a very good security model but even then, the rest of the reports also makes one think and focus on why an apps requires the permissions that it states it needs?
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Linux defense group invests in mobile ID security
Linux patent defense organization Open Invention Network (OIN) announced a partnership with Arizona State University's Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) office, focused on mobile device identity management research.
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Mandriva 2010.1 XfceLive Screenshots
A live CD version of Mandriva 2010.1 XfceLive was released over the weekend. Please enjoy these screenshots of this live lightweight Mandriva release.
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Open source is fundamentally incapable of handling user interfaces
...because any time "shut up and show me the code" is not the correct response to the problem at hand (which it isn't for the touchy-feely "usability" stuff), the open source development model melts down into one of three distinct failure modes...
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OpenOffice Base – A Simple And Useful Database Management Tool
When most people think OpenOffice, they think of word processing or spreadsheets. What many people do not realize is that OpenOffice also includes Base, a database system roughly equivalent to MS Access.
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openSUSE 11.3
SUSE Linux was one of my very first distros; I used to buy it from CompUSA and other places back when I first got started with Linux. These days, of course, one can simply use openSUSE instead of buying it at a store. This week I decided to look at openSUSE 11.3, the latest and greatest version.
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Cheap Linux wall warts small on size, big on possibilities
Every geek and technology lover will undoubtedly have stumbled across online adverts for tiny headless Linux-powered devices that are barely larger than the power point they plug into. What can you actually do with them? Plenty, it seems!
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N-imal?
Oh yes, it's that time of year again, when numerate pollsters make nasal proclamations about the naming of the next next version of Ubuntu. When gazers of balls crystal provide nifty suggestions for new new features and, of course, suitable nomenclature to match.
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Rocking out with Minitunes
Since you've upgraded to KDE 4.5 and started to suddenly feel the need for speed, you aren't quite happy with Amarok 2 or Banshee anymore. "I want something faster, lighter" you think to yourself. Meet Minitunes.
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