I have always liked to have something "commie" in my life around me , ALT Linux is one more example. I have been using this distribution from Russia for past many year on different occasions for different lengths of time.
Read more »Pardus: A Linux distribution for the end user
Of course when I say leopard, with regards to anything computer, you think Mac OS X. Not this time. This time we’re talking about a different flavor of Linux – Pardus. Pardus is developed in Turkey and named after the Anatolian leopard.
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Involving and Challenging Casual Games of all Genres - Now Compatible with Linux
Kristanix Games announces the release of Linux versions of its most popular games. The Linux Games project now includes such high quality casual games as Sudoku Epic, Solitaire Epic, Mahjong Epic, Jewel Twist, Fantastic Farm, Crossword Twist and many more.
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A Brief History of Brown: Ubuntu Feature Timeline
Love it or hate it, Ubuntu has changed the way Linux is perceived by many. A lot has changed since Warty Warthog, the first release, so we here at MakeTechEasier thought it was time to take a look at how Ubuntu has evolved over time with screenshots.
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GCC 4.5 Is Still Not Ready For Release
GCC 4.4.0 was released nearly a year ago, but it looks like its one-year anniversary may pass without a new major release of the GNU Compiler Collection.
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Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.1 released
Mandriva has released its first major point update to version 5 of its Mandriva Enterprise Server commercial Linux distribution. According to the company, in addition to all of the previous updates, the latest update focuses on virtualisation and improves integration of Kernel-based Virtual Machine technology
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VMware hires key Redis developer
VMware invests in "NoSQL" databases in the cloud by hiring the lead developer of the open source Redis key/value database
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Linux desktop innovations to look forward to
These are testing times: if you want to experience the latest advances on the Linux desktop, you have to be prepared to test things and accept that stability is a secondary feature. The continued development of KDE 4 is the perfect example.
Read more »Benchmarks: Mandriva 2010.1, PCLinuxOS 2010, Ubuntu 10.04, openSUSE 11.3
Last week we delivered benchmarks of Fedora 13 Alpha and Ubuntu 10.04 (along with testing the Fedora 11 and 12 too), but today we have a new set of comparative benchmarks that are covering the latest development versions of Ubuntu 10.04, Mandriva 2010.1, PCLinuxOS 2010, and openSUSE 11.3. Here they are.
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Week 2, Day 7 of SCO v. Novell Trial - More McBride and Botosan Opens a Door
Chris Brown was in the courtroom for us today. It was all Darl McBride today, and there also was some sparring over SCO expert, Christine Botosan, he reports. It looks like the jury will be hearing about Judge Dale Kimball's ruling after all, because Novell intends to ask her about what happened to the stock when he issued his rulings. And there will be more Darl tomorrow.
Read more »Amarok 2.3.0 "Clear Light" released
The Amarok Project developers have released version 2.3.0 of their popular open source music player for the KDE desktop, code named "Clear Light". In addition to the usual bug fixes, the latest update features a completely redesigned main toolbar and a rewritten file browser
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Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On CentOS 5.4
This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on CentOS 5.4. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes.
Read more »Government Should Avoid Proprietary Software and ‘Clouds’
Reporters wonder if Vivek Kundra (national CIO) can resist the temptation to just hand over government operations to private companies, some of which are abusive and dangerous to sovereignty
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Fluendo announce Media Center for Linux
Fluendo has announced Fluendo Media Center, a €40 package which integrates the company's DVD player for Linux and other codecs into a single application.
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Alresco Continues Open Source Partner Momentum
Alfresco Software, which specializes in open source enterprise content management, says it more than doubled its partner network in 2009. But here’s the really interesting part: Alfresco partners are earning $10 to $15 worth of services for every dollar of Alfresco Enterprise subscriptions sold. Here are the details.
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