I decided to finally check out OpenSolaris 2008.11. While this release came out back in November of 2008 (hence the 2008.11 naming convention), it has taken me this long to finally give it a chance. Maybe it is because I am still somewhat skeptical with the whole OpenSolaris Project.
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BitDefender Antivirus for Unices
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Just because you use Linux, it doesn't mean your computer doesn't have viruses or worms. Virus is a catch-all phrase, and BitDefender's designed to catch them all - from executable viruses, script viruses, macro viruses, to backdoors, trojans, spyware, adware, diallers, and more.
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TuxCards - Hierarical notebook for TuxFreaks
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TuxCards provides a hierarical notebook similar to CueCards under Windows. Every kind of note and idea may be managed and sorted within a tree structure.TuxCards is the notebook for TuxFreaks and for everyone who likes to use it or finds it useful during his or her work and play.
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Women in Linux
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My wife doesn’t really like linux, she’ll happily use it, but to be honest she’d rather use windows, now this isn’t a problem for me as i do, but it got me to thinking….so i’m currently reading this, perhaps you should too?
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If It Scares Microsoft, It's Good For Everyone Else
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Here are a few things that are good for everyone but tired old monopolists who have lost their way, and have only bullying and propaganda left...
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Free Software on Windows and Mac
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There's a long running argument between two opposing groups of open source advocates. Does the availability of free software for a proprietary platform promote or inhibit open source adoption?
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Linux Kernel 2.6.29 Includes the Btrfs Filesystem
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None other than Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux, announced last evening the immediate availability of Linux kernel 2.6.29, a version that brings initial support for the highly expected Btrfs filesystem.
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Virtualised multiple OS mobile handset to hit market
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A low priced mobile handset capable of running multiple operating systems in virtual windows and with similar features of much higher priced smart phones is about to hit the market. The handset will run Linux and at least one other OS on top of the OKL4 hypervisor from Open Kernel Labs.
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Tux Fleets of USB Keys to Boldly Go Where No Windows Has Gone Before
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Microsoft is afraid of Linux-bootable usb keys ( pendrives). Tux fleets of usb keys are about to boldly go where no Windows has gone before. Let's speed up this process by emphasizing educational opportunities in remote villages, multilingual experiences in international events, and diskless computers.
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Eric S. Raymond speaks heresy.
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Recently my local LUG (LILUG) invited Eric S. Raymond (ESR) to come and speak. For those of you who are not familiar with ESR, he is one of the three largest icons of the Open Source/Free Software movement. Needless to say, it was an honor so see him speak. For the most part, his talk was quite tame but one of the points he raised seemed quite controversial.
Read more »21 of the Best Free Linux DVD Tools
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This article focuses on selecting the best free software which relies on the DVD format. We select the best of breed Linux software to play DVD multimedia, to create DVD videos, software to write to them, as well as applications that copy video content from DVD media to a hard disk.
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Building on Richard Stallman's Greatest Achievement
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What was Richard Stallman's greatest achievement? Some might say it's Emacs. Others might plump for gcc. And then there is the entire GNU project. But for me, his single most important hack was the creation of the GNU General Public Licence.
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FileZilla: The Only FTP Client You'll Ever Need
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Today's online world makes it easier and easier for users to tap in with their own content. Whether it's a full-blown website, a personal blog or a picture collection of your cat, most of you readers are probably already riding the WWW wave.
Read more »Painting The Community Manager
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Recently the tubes have been ablaze with chatter of where the somewhat popular topic of community management should fit into an organisation. When the coin is flipped, said chatterers have been debating whether to place their bets on either Marketing and Engineering as an apt destination for the reporting line.
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SUSE can't live with Linux, it can live with XP
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Novell's latest SUSE release, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, appears to be unable to boot from DVD on a PC on which another Linux distribution is installed. If you have Windows XP installed, the same DVD boots as it should.
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