When Oracle began the acquisition of Sun, few doubted that MySQL was the main asset of interest. With MySQL still breathing six months later, users hoped Sun's other projects would survive as well. Some are beginning to think OpenSolaris will be allowed to die a slow and quiet death.
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Will Oracle Let OpenSolaris Wither and Die?
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Mandriva Spring 2010
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I was a Mandrake user for several years, before Ubuntu and Fedora were even part of the Linux lexicon. At the time, Mandrake was one of the easiest distributions in the Linux community. Mandrake was derived from Redhat with a focus on ease of use and usability.
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Campsite 3.4.1 Security Update
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A potential XSS vulnerability has been fixed with the latest Campsite release, which also improves session handling to avoid logged user session grabbing via CSRF attack. The vulnerability was discovered by High-Tech Bridge SA, Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing.
Read more »Security vs. Convenience
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Although my intent is not to start the next GNOME/KDE-level war, it seems there must be a happy medium between total desktop insecurity and total desktop unusability.
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Start/Stop gdm & xorg in Fedora 13
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After searching for half an hour I got the commands to start/stop gdm/Xorg in Fedora 13. I am new to Fedora. I am using Debian & Ubuntu in my pc as the primary distros for long time. Now I've started to get familiarize with Fedora :)
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Is Linux Too Much for One Mere Mortal to Handle?
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Is it time for Linus Torvalds to share more of the responsibility for Linux that he's been shouldering? "If Linux wants to keep up with the competition there is much work to do, more than even a man of Linus's skill to accomplish," argued Slashdot blogger hairyfeet.
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Microsoft has a strange open source turn
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OPEN SOURCE seems to be getting some flippancy from software giant Microsoft and the organisation's attitude is not too welcome in some quarters.
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How to : Make Compiz smooth and fast without tearing in ubuntu 10.04
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With desktop effects switched on, I noticed tearing in areas of the screen with fast motion including in videos. I was fiddling with Compiz settings recently and managed to fix the problem entirely.
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Google cracks open Android's closed development
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Google will crack open more of Android's development process but keep new versions of its mobile OS closed for competitive reasons. The giant will change Android's Native code Development Kit (NDK) so that contributed code joins the publicly available Android source tree rather than going into Google's private tree.
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Hidden Linux : agt-get secrets
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apt-get is the package handling utility behind Debian-based Linux systems such as Ubuntu, Mint and Mepis. ...a couple of neat tricks up its sleeve.
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Microsoft Loves ‘Open’ Core
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Microsoft employees may be trying to annihilate software freedom as a phenomenon while they enter new hosts after a long Microsoft career
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apt-fast and Axel: Faster apt-get Installations and Upgrades
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Apt-fast script that combines the power of the axel download manager with the stability of apt-get.
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Morevna - An Open Source Anime Project Using Open Source Tools Only
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Morevna is an open source anime project made using open source tools like Synfig, Blender, GIMP and Krita. Unlike Project London Movie, Morevna is not only created using free and open source tools, but Morevna anime will also be released and distributed as free content. This project definitely deserves a lot of appreciation.
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How to Configure Linux for Children
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Many people still cling to the notion that Linux is for 30-year-old male geeks. While that may be true, there are plenty of other people of all ages, ethnicities, and genders who enjoy Linux and other free and open source software. For the most part, the operating systems a child uses are determined by the child’s parents and school.
Read more »Is Ubuntu Commercially Driven?
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I was reading the comments on the interesting Mint blog about Mint testing a Debian derivative so they can take advantage of rolling releases and get away from Ubuntu’s instability. Some of the comments allude to a different sentiment:
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