The eyeOS developers have announced that eyeOS 2.0 will be available on January 1st, 2010. EyeOS, dubbed the "cloud computing operating system" by its creators, is a webtop environment where a server presents the users desktop within a web browser.
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Mandriva 64bit Review
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Mandriva 64 Linux Powerpack is one of four editions of the Linux desktop produced by Mandriva. Others are Mandriva Flash, Linux One and Mandriva Linux Free, both of which are free to download.. It also supports KDE 4.2, and GNOME 2.26. Mandriva Linux Powerpack is the commercial edition, and costs 49 EUR.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Debian Lenny (LAMP)
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LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Debian Lenny server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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4 Children’s Linux Applications To Keep Your Kids Ahead of the Game
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Today we’re going to continue our journey through the Ubuntu software repository looking for more children’s Linux educational software. As more and more parents allow their children to use the computer, setting up your kids with a Linux distribution makes even more sense:
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Microsoft arranges spontaneous house parties for Windows 7 launch
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In preparation for the stupendous launch of Microsoft Windows %NEXT_VERSION% in October, Microsoft is organising a detailed word-of-mouth push.
Host your own Windows 7 launch party and play the Windows 7 Drinking Game!
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Linux Mint 7 XFCE released
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The Mint development team has announced the release of Linux Mint 7 XFCE, a Community Edition code named 'Gloria'. Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution that aims to be user friendly and provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including support for DVD playback, Java, plug-ins and various media CODECs.
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Top 10 Benefits of CentOS over Fedora
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CentOS is often compared to Fedora in various Internet forums. Let's see 10 benefits of CentOS over Fedora.
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Five Open Source Flash Card Apps to Make Rote Learning Easier
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Chances are, when you've needed to learn something by rote memorization you've turned to flash cards (multiplication tables, anyone?). There are plenty of ways to learn things that require instant recall but few are as effective as flash cards. The next time you need to memorize a bunch of facts, give one of these desktop and mobile open source flash cards applications a try.
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The CodePlex Foundation: First Impressions (and Recommendations)
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Last week Microsoft unveiled (perhaps sooner than intended) its new CodePlex Foundation,with the mission of “enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities.” Does it stand a chance of gaining any community participation?
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Botnet of Linux Servers with Dynamic IP Discovered
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A Russian Web developer has found a network of a couple of hundred Linux servers that could distribute malware to Windows systems.
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10 great looking Ubuntu wallpapers
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There a lot of crappy Ubuntu wallpapers. They either have a sexy girl (which geeks will never have a chance with), Tux vs Microsoft type thing or their plain ugly. That's why I made a list of ten great looking Ubuntu wallpapers I found in the interwebz.
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New & Improved Last.FM Plugin For Banshee
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An updated version of Banshee’s Last.FM plugin provides better scrobble support and “instant” now listening updates on Last.FM.
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Novell Aims for iPhone Devs with MonoTouch
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Developing applications for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is big business, and it's one that Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) wants a piece of. Novell today released new software called MonoTouch that aims to bring .NET applications to the iPhone.
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Google File System II stalked by open-source elephant
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As Google rolls out GFS2 - a major update to the custom-built file system underpinning its online infrastructure - the company's former infrastructure don sees no reason why the open source world can't follow suit.
Read more »Welcome to the Linux Generation
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With our economy having its, well, ups and downs lately, you might be thinking “Is now really a good time to think about purchasing a new computer?” Meanwhile, software applications that once needed robust hardware to run are now moving on to the Internet.
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