Here's the state of the -stable kernel trees, as of January 18, 2010.
Read more »ReactOS May Begin Heavily Using Wine Code
While we don't normally talk much about ReactOS, the free software operating system that was started some twelve years ago to provide binary compatible with Windows NT, there is a new proposal to abandon much of its Win32 subsystem that has built up over the past decade and to create a new Windows subsystem that in large part is derived from Wine code.
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Fedora 12 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Fedora 12 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
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The Limits of Linux's 'Live Free or Die'
Linux’s main merit, as a kernel and an ecosystem, is its open source nature. That means the software that runs on it has little choice but to be open source. This doesn’t mean closed-source software is unavailable on Linux—just that it’s got the deck stacked strongly against it.
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Crowdsourcing the KDE Web Site
The KDE Project is taking a smart approach to reworking the KDE Website. Lydia Pintscher put out the call Sunday for contributors to pitch in with content and screenshots for one or more KDE programs by January 23rd.
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With Mono Clearly on Microsoft’s Side, Another Call for Ubuntu to Move Mono to ‘Restricted’
Now that Microsoft formally recognises the contribution of Miguel de Icaza to Microsoft, there is no longer any reason to think of Mono as beneficial to GNU/Linux
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The Bizarre Cathedral - 64
Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral comic strip by merc & crimperman
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Best of Linux Wallpapers
Discover Cool Wallpapers for your desktop. Whether it be fedora, Ubuntu, gos, centos, kubuntu, gentoo, damn vulnerable Linux or anything else, you can find respective wallpapers here. Linux Wallpapers
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Day one at Camp KDE 2010
The first day of Camp KDE is behind us, with the first of the many presentations being well attended.
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Instruct your users or manage your classroom with iTALC
iTalc is one of those programs that, when you see it up and running, is a thing of brilliance. But what is it? iTALC is a didactical tool that allows a teacher to view and/or control a students' PC on the internal network in multiple ways. It supports Linux and Windows and can be used in transparently in mixed environments.
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Why embedded OS's are like mammals
Embedded software applications are like the mammals of the software industry – while the monolithic dinosaur applications slug it out up in broad daylight, the embedded apps scurry about in the undergrowth doing what they do best, hidden from all but the most observant.
Read more »Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate updated
An update to the Firefox 3.6 Release Candidate is now available. This second release candidate is available for free download and has been issued as an automatic update to all Firefox 3.6 Beta and Release Candidate users.
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The linux.conf.au 2010 opens
The linux.conf.au 2010 opened this morning in Wellington, New Zealand, welcoming over 700 technologists, bringing together the best and brightest minds in the free and open source software community.
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Why autoconf is not getting any friendlier
I’m an “autotools lover” in the sense that i prefer having to deal with autotools-based buildsystem that most custom build-system that are as broken as they can possibly be. Or with cmake.
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Chrome OS runs on Marvell Armada 510 ARM-chipset
It's confirmed that a prototype device from Marvell using the Armada 510 chipset can run the Linux based Chrome OS from Google.
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