I fancy myself to be what some would call a "Free Software Advocate" and as such when I am making recommendations of free software to people I hear many of the same common misconceptions day in and day out.
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Inside Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 Beta
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New features in the distro's latest version will make it possible to run heavy I/O servers, such as database servers, in a virtual machine under Linux, company says.
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IBM Appliances, Powered By Novell
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When we hear the word "appliances", we tend to think of things in the kitchen — blenders, mixers, juicers, espresso machines. When IBM thinks of appliances, however, they think of something else: Quick and easy software stacks, ready to run right out of the box.
Read more »Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release Candidate available for download
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The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop and Server Editions and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon's EC2, as well as Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition. Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", 10.04 LTS continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-qu
Read more »Eclipse Foundation announces SOA initiative
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The Eclipse Foundation has announced the creation of a new SOA Industry Working Group, whose founding members include the Engineering Group from Italy, Germany company itemis, French firm Obeo and Sopera
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A Dozen GNOME Themes
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Now there are plenty of sites that have posted their top 10, top 16, top 25, even their top 50 themes for GNOME, but some how their lists always include the same designs over and over. The goal here is to look at some newer and/or forgotten themes, some interesting combinations fom preexisting themes, and some inclusions of original work to provide a reason to look at these themes.
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Lubuntu (w/ LXDE) 10.04 Lucid Lynx Beta 3 Available For Download
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Lubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Beta 3 is available for download. The status of this final release is not determined yet ("beta stable", "rc final"), that's why its a beta and not a RC like other *buntu. However, final release is still planned for the end of this month, or in very early May.
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How To Install Gloobus Preview In Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
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Gloobus Preview is a Gnome application based on Apple’s “Quicklook”, designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file.
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wall mounted touch screen linux computer features "green" technology
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This is a wall mounted, touch screen, low power, linux computer. Made from recycled materials, this is a pretty environmental friendly device. They are a little expensive to my taste, but I would want one of these build in to the wall next to my bed.
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System message logger with pattern database
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Version 3.1 of syslog server syslog-ng includes a pattern database which can be used to identify 200 applications. The server tags incoming messages to aid filtering during subsequent searches
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Yet More Signs Of Valve's Steam On Linux
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Yesterday we reported on Proof In Steam's Mac Client Of Linux Support as we received the bash launcher used by the closed-beta Steam on Mac OS X that showed support for Linux. Today there are yet more signs of Linux support when studying Valve's Mac OS X client.
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Controlling Your Linux System With fstab
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The /etc/fstab file gives you control over what filesystems are mounted at startup on your Linux system, including Windows partitions and network shares. You can also use it to control the mount points of removable storage devices like USB sticks and external hard disks. Akkana Peck shows us how.
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Apache Jackrabbit 2.1 released
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Almost three months after the release of version 2.0, the Apache Jackrabbit developers have announced the availability of version 2.1 of their open source implementation of version 2.0 of the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JCR 2.0)
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Android running on an iPhone
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David Wong, also known as planetbeing, of the iPhone Dev Team has announced that he has successfully ported Google's Android mobile operating system to run on an Apple iPhone 2G
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IBM Might Pay Microsoft Even More for Imaginary Software Patents (in Linux) Through SUSE/Novell
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More evidence that IBM is indifferent if not somewhat complicit when it comes to Microsoft's patent racket
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