The Fedora Project released the beta version of Fedora 12 "Constantine," adding the Moblin desktop environment and speed optimizations for i686 and the Intel Atom. The latest version of the Red Hat-related Linux distribution also offers IPv6 support plus enhanced Bluetooth, virtualization, multimedia, and power management.
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Simple KDE Trick #2: using remote desktops with avahi, krfb and krdc (with video
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Most people nowadays have more than one computer. Often, you are using one, and would like to do something in another. In this video, I will explain how trivial it is to do that without leaving your seat in a modern Linux using KDE.
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PHP Aims for the Mainstream in Zend Server 5
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The open source dynamic language PHP has been a mainstay of the Web application delivery landscape for the past decade, but only in recent years has it made serious inroads into enterprise IT development.
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KDE4 Demonstrates Choice Is Not A Usability Problem
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A few days ago we found a nice blog post on the usability approach taken by the KDE community for the KDE 4 series. We have contacted the author to see if he was interested in doing a guest article for the dot expanding on his blog post.
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Windows, OS X, Ubuntu: maturity or stagnation?
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Which is the best operating system — Windows 7, OS X 10.6 or Ubuntu 9.10? The question is almost pointless. Beneath their skins, the operating systems are remarkably similar.
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OpenSUSE Linux: When 1-Click Install Bites the Dust
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In OpenSUSE Linux, we have a wonderful thing called One-Click Install. This is a marvelous thing for new users. That said, what happens when it stops working or gets broken?
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CentOS5.4 is out! Upgrade from 5.3 to CentOS 5.4
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Announced today the release of centos 5.4 , the new centos 5.4 fixed many bugs and added many new packages , let's see what new and how to upgrade to CentOS5.4 from 5.3
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Icebird Flies Higher with opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM
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In this case study about a US-based manufacturing company with 200 employees replaced its legacy mainframe ERP system with opentaps Open Source ERP + CRM. In the process, the company was able to reduce costs, connect with new business partners worldwide, and replace a Windows-based IT infrastructure with Linux.
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Red Hat fights open source corner
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Werner Knoblich, vice president and general manager of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa region, tells Computing about successful open source subscription models, ongoing battles with proprietary vendors for a level playing field, and opportunities for open source software in cloud computing.
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Camp KDE 2010 Registration Open!
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Registration for Camp KDE 2010 has officially opened! Camp KDE 2010 will take place in sunny San Diego, CA on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.
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Autonomously Finding Performance Regressions In The Linux Kernel
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Last weekend a few Phoronix benchmarks were underway of the Linux 2.6.32-rc5 kernel when a very significant performance regression was spotted. This regression caused the PostgreSQL server to run at about 18% of the performance found in earlier kernel releases.
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Browsers in Linux: They own your CPU (and do so in Windows and Mac, too)
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I laugh — LAUGH! — when a tech journalist writes something to the effect of, "for lightweight tasks such as Web browsing," when you know, and I know, that there ain't nothing light about using present-day Web browser on present-day Web pages filled with Javascript, Flash and enough CSS to fill a book.
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Open source to reset IT expectations
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It boggles the mind, but it's apparently true: nearly half of enterprises think a software purchase is successful if the software is installed/deployed, according to a new study.
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Cloud Computing: Good or Bad for Open Source?
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Actually, a few of us have our doubts, but leaving that aside, I think it's important to ask where does open source stand if the cloud computing vision *does* come to fruition? Would that be a good or bad thing for free software?
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LiMo phone sports fan-like interface
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Japanese software firm Access and Israeli mobile design firm Emblaze Mobile today demonstrated a smartphone prototype and device stack based on the LiMo-compatible Access Linux Platform (ALP) 3.0.
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