I’m very pleased to say that Mandriva 2010 is now out! Myself and the rest of the Mandriva Developers and Contributors have put in a lot of work this time round. I’m pretty happy.
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Head to Head: Google Chrome 4 Beta vs. Firefox 3.6
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In the last couple of days, both Google's Chrome browser and Mozilla's Firefox have come out with new betas claiming improved performance. Why not compare these new betas head-to-head?
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Photo review: Karmic Koala kickstarts new Ubuntu 9.10
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The install screen for Ubuntu 9.10, or Karmic Koala, which comes sniffing at the heels of Apple Snow Leopard and Microsoft Windows 7. That said, there is always a new or recent Ubuntu: the team puts out a new release every six months.
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Pulling the trigger on Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade, Part 1: Eyes wide open/shut
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However you slice it up, upgrades have been hell for anybody with Intel video chips in their computers. And that's a whole lot of people. I can think of bigger "negatives" when it comes to open-source-OS adoption over the past two years ... oh, wait ... I can't.
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Google wheels out Chrome, Wave updates
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Google's developers clearly missed all the Halloween fun, with both the Chrome and Wave teams slinging out updates yesterday. The Wave team has pushed out a "developer instance" of the messaging everything platform.
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Why, Oh Why, Are So Many Linux Users Mean to Newcomers?
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The biggest lie in Linux is that it’s hard to learn. That lie’s perpetuated by Linux users who can’t be bothered to provide full, well explained solutions to the difficulties had by new Linux users.
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Internet Explorer 8 on Linux with Wine
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This is a Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 on Linux with Wine howto. This guide shows you how to install and run IE 8 on Linux with wine. The guide also has code samples and screenshots and step by step instructions. Windows Internet Explorer 8 is the latest web browser developed by Microsoft in the long running Internet Explorer browser series.
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Triple Boot Mac OS, XP, and Linux on a Mac
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The newest Macs allow you to boot up from Windows or Mac OS X using the included Boot Camp disk-partitioning software. However, with some steps and a little elbow grease, you can add Linux to the mix and get the best of all worlds.
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Walled Gardens, Semantic Data and the Open Web: an Interview with Steven Pemberton
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During the NLUUG end-of-year conference "The Open Web" in Ede, Netherlands, we did an interview with keynote speaker Steven Pemberton. Steven Pemberton is a researcher at the Center for Math and Information Technology in Amsterdam and has been involved with the web since it's first incarnation - he vividly remembers the day the connection from Europe to the US was doubled to 128 Kbit.
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Moovida: A Music Player for the Masses
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If you're like most computer users, your hard drive is probably stuffed to the gills with movies, pictures, music, and media files you want to hang on to. If you're trying to figure out a good way to manage them all, have a look at Moovida.
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Microsoft Recommits $100K Apache Contribution at ApacheCon 2009
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Microsoft has upped its ante with the open source community by re-committing its pledge to deliver $100,000 to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) over the next couple of years.
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Fix for VLC doesn’t play video after ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Upgrade
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After completing the upgrade to Karmic every time if youtry to play any sort of video in VLC none of them work
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5 Reasons why Ubuntu 9.10 is better than Windows 7
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OK, I'm a Linux guy you already know I'm going to come down in favor of Ubuntu 9.10.. But, I actually like Windows 7 as well. Which lead me to the question, why do I still prefer Linux?
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Review: 3 free Linux alternatives for your netbook
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If you're buying a new netbook for this holiday season, odds are that it will be loaded with Windows 7 Starter Edition. While many users will be happy with Microsoft's new OS, others might balk at the limitations that this version includes -- for example, you won't be able to change your desktop background, and it doesn't include Windows Media Center.
Read more »Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Gets Managed
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Red Hat has been talking about its new virtualization strategy for much of 2009. Today, the Linux vendor is making good on that talk with the release of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers, which includes a standalone hypervisor (RHEF-H) as well as a management platform (RHEV-M).
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