As of this writing, the current kernel prepatch is 2.6.34-rc6. A couple more prepatches are most likely due before the final release, but the number of changes to be found there should be small. In other words, 2.6.34 is close to its final form, so it makes sense to take a look at what has gone into this development cycle. In a few ways, 2.6.34 is an unusual kernel.
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Tune your Linux kernel with sysctl
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Today most kernels work out of the box with most hardware. But there are times when you could squeeze out a bit more performance or even lighten your kernel on the fly. You can do that with the sysctl command.
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GNU Solfege 3.16.3 new stable release
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Solfege is free music education software. Use it to train your rhythm, interval, scale and chord skills. It is free software and runs on GNU/Linux, MS Windows 2000 and newer, Max OS X with some effort, and possibly other operating systems with the required tools. It should run wherever you can run Python 2.5, Gtk+ 2.12, PyGtk 2.12.
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Open Letter: The issues with client-side-window-decorations
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...as you wanted to have a mail with all my concerns about client-side-window-decorations (CSD), here is a very long mail presenting all my concerns what will not be possible any more with CSD and why I think that these particular features will be impossible.
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Linux: Configure Xorg X11 Window System
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My xorg.conf file is missing as I deleted accidentally for some reason. Now, Xorg try to probe my hardware on every startup. How do I configure Xorg under Debian or any Linux distro / operating systems?
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Your own OEM configuration: YaST Firstboot
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The YaST firstboot utility is a special kind of configuration workflow that can be run after the basic system is installed. It is started on the first boot of the system and guides a user through a series of steps that allow for easier configuration of their desktops.
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Microsoft et al. “Embrace and Extend” That Whole “Open Thing”
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The characterisation of patent bullies as friends of "Open Source"; more lip service to them from the Gartner Group
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Australian Wikileak founder's passport confiscated
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Julian Assange, the Australian founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks, says he had his passport taken away from him at Melbourne Airport and was later told by customs officials that it was about to be cancelled.
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Linux Netbook Operating systems – A list
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It is a proven fact that most Linux operating systems, if not all run like a duck soup on the netbooks now. We have compiled a list of compatible distros for the netbooks which support the hardware of the netbooks; are easy to install and run at acceptable speed.
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Running Windows games on Linux gets easier
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Two recent developments have made it even easier to run Windows games on Linux though. The first is Valve and the other is an improved version of Crossover Games.
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Blender and Stephen Hawking
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Although the final CGI for the new Discovery Series: Into The Universe with Stephen Hawking, was created with Maya, Blender was used for pre-vis and concept tests.
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new Microsoft iis security module
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hahahahahahaha.
Ok everyone else has seen this so this is not a secret anymore.
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Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 Likely to Drop F-Spot (Mono), Firefox
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The gradual cleansing of Ubuntu-based distributions reaches farther than initially imagined; Google also benefits at Mozilla's expense
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A brief history of commercial gaming on Linux (and how it's all about to change)
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I'm excited. I mean really excited. Excited to the point that I can hardly think. I'm talking six-year-old trying to go to sleep on Christmas Eve excited. But before I get to why, let's take a trip back to 1999.
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Why open source won't prevent cloud lock-in
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Open APIs, not open source, will protect future freedom of action -- so beware so-called open source cloud offerings
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