Novell did not transfer the copyright of Unix to SCO; thats the jury's decision in SCO's "slander of title" case against Novell
Read more »SCO vs Linux: Jury decides Novell own the Unix copyright
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OpenSSL 1.0.0 arrives
Version 1.0.0 includes several new features and enhancements, including support for Whirlpool, the free hash algorithm and the GOST cipher suite
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How to change Ethernet network card speed and duplex settings in ubuntu
This tutorial will explain how to change network card speed and duplex settings in ubuntu
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Open Source MongoDB Gets Commercial Support
One of the key elements that helps to enable open source software applications to gain broader enterprise usage is the availability of commercial support options. In the case of the open source MongoDB NoSQL database, that commercial support is now coming from project backer 10gen.
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Sun's IBM-mainframe flower wilts under Oracle's hard gaze
Larry Ellison likes to buzz rotten fruit off some corporate type’s head. Over the years Microsoft, PeopleSoft, BEA Systems, SAP, and Red Hat have lined up to be been duly pelted during calls with Wall St or during Ellison's company's mega OpenWorld customer and partner conference.
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Interview with Aleix Pol of KDE Edu and KDevelop
Hello again to all the KDE people. We are here with a third interview. Last time we had Tobias König, a KDE PIM developer. Today it’s the turn of Aleix Pol, a contributor to KDE EDU and KDevelop. As usual, there is also the original interview in Italian if you prefer to read that.
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It no longer does everything: no more Linux on PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 Sony launched has very little in common with the system you can buy now. The PS3 launched when rumble was a last-generation feature, backwards compatibility was a core part of the hardware strategy, and the ability to install Linux on the hardware was attractive for those who liked to tinker with their hardware. So what happened?
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Set up a Personal Blog in 5 Minutes with Tonido Thots
While there are quite a few services that offer free blog hosting, there are situations when you’d want to run a blog on your own server. This approach has its advantages, but setting up a server and then installing and configuring a blog system can be a daunting proposition – unless you choose to use Tonido, that is.
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Fix Blue and Green Tinted Video Problem in Ubuntu Linux
Fix Blue and Green Tinted Video Problem in Ubuntu: I was having this video problem in Ubuntu that happened after an update. The video images became tinted with blue and green colors, or were having some kind of distorted video hues when played on Totem Movie Player as well as other media players.
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An Easy and Inexpensive Quad-Core System for Debian or Ubuntu GNU/Linux
My son's hand-me-down motherboard recently gave up the ghost, and I decided that was a good excuse for an upgrade. Shopping around, I found that multi-core CPUs were finally in my price range, so I decided to build him a quad-core system.
Read more »So what's the verdict on Boycott Novell?
Ordinarily I would be as thrilled as any other blogger to be linked to from far and wide across the web, but what Boycott Novell is linking to here has little if anything to do with their stated mandate.
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Review: 75 Ways to Secure Your Linux/Mac/Windows Systems With Open Source
The Linux/Free Software/Open Source world is cram-full of first-class security applications. Best of all, they're not just for Linux, but protect Mac and Windows too. Cynthia Harvey collects 75 to share with us.
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Catalyst vs. Mesa Performance With Ubuntu 10.04
Over the past two weeks, we have published a variety of articles looking at different aspects of the open-source Linux graphics stack. These articles range from comparing the Gallium3D and classic Mesa performance to comparing the kernel mode-setting and user-space mode-setting performance.
Read more »Novell vs. SCO and the fate of Unix is in a jury's hands.
I've given up on predicting when the zombie movie series staring the undead SCO monster is finally going to stay quietly in its grave Still, this week a jury is deciding whether SCO or Novell owns Unix's intellectual property rights.
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What Is Unity Linux?
There’s been a lot of confusion about exactly what Unity Linux is. I thought I’d talk today a bit about that.
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