SuSE was at one time my distribution of choice. The main reason then was because I could buy it at a retail store and come home with several discs worth of every piece of software I needed, and I didn't need an internet connection for any of it.
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What's a MySQL Partner to Do?
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Roughly a year ago, MySQL stood near the top of The VAR Guy’s Open Source 50 — which tracks the world’s most promising open source partner programs. Fast forward to the present and MySQL’s ownership remains in doubt. The reason: The European Union continues to scrutinize Oracle’s planned takeover of Sun and MySQL. For MySQL channel partners and ISVs what does the future hold?
Read more »Would You Accept Google's Free Netbook?
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Last week it made good on that promise with the release of the code for what is now called Chromium OS, and the first analyses have started rolling in. They're mostly tinged with a vague air of disappointment. But might Google be aiming much, much higher – and planning to turn the personal computing sector on its head by offering computers that cost nothing?
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Using eBox As A Windows Primary Domain Controller
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eBox Platform is an open source small business server that allows you to manage all your services like firewall, DHCP, DNS, VPN, proxy, IDS, mail, file and printer sharing, VoIP, IM and much more. These functionalities are tightly integrated, automating most tasks, avoiding mistakes and saving time for system administrators.
Read more »Nmap 5.10BETA1 released
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Hi folks. I'm happy to announce our first post-5.00 release! It
contains the results of a full five months of work, since the 5.00
release candidate was branched off in June. Good work, everybody!
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15 Power tools for Linux that you cant afford to miss
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I'm talking about some tools, which comes in very handy while you are in trouble or save you from future trouble or even help you to do things fast.
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Microsoft Drags Its Feet on GPL Code Release
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"While we worked extremely hard to try and get the code ready for release by today, we still need to test and localize it. Our goal is now to release the tool in all languages on the same day in the next few weeks."[Excuse me all over the place for not buying that excuse. Publish the code of the program as it was released!-gus3]
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Linux reboots are a thing of the past with Ksplice
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Even though the Linux operating system is very stable and rarely needs a reboot, there are times when an update (such as a kernel update) will make this a requirement. At least that used to be the case.
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Open source and the cloud - the quick and the dead
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Savio Rodrigues has published a post arguing that cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure pose a threat to the monetization of open source by specialist vendors.
Read more »Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead
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A lot of people at the moment are immensely intrigued by Google Chrome OS. I won't hide that I am one of them. Google promises a much needed shift in the way small computers work. Problems like software updates, backups, installation, maintenance, viruses, have plagued the world for too long: a shift is way overdue.
Read more »Powerful Ideas in Sugar Learning Platform
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One of those Powerful Ideas is to provide Sharp Tools, as opposed to the weak idea of canned lessons on individual topics that go no further. They were originally designed for the factory automation model of education. You know, everybody in an entire state or country gets the same lesson from the same textbook on the same day. Efficiency!
Read more »ODF on Linux-based Mobile Devices (KOffice and Androffice)
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Videos of Androffice running on Android, KOffice running on Maemo (both with OpenDocument support)
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Four-bay SOHO NAS runs Linux
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Synology America Corp. is shipping a four-bay network-attached storage (NAS) device, offering up to 8TB sharable RAID storage for home and small business users. The Linux-based DS410j is equipped with an 800MHz processor, a gigabit Ethernet port, two USB ports, and version 2.2 of Synology's DNLA-compliant Disk Station Manager software.
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Bona fide open source
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Has open source become a victim of its own success as businesses identify as it just to look good?
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Linux Foundation's New TAB
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There are many faces behind what goes on at the Linux Foundation: the officers and employees who run the day to day show, the Board of Directors who keep the ship on course, and of course, the volunteers who support, promote, and participate in the Foundation's activities. Among that number are those that act as the voice of the people themselves. The Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board...
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