Several of the vulnerabilities can be exploited to compromise a PC. For the first time since the acquisition by Oracle, a Java bug report has appeared in the form of an Oracle Critical Patch Update
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What's your school project? An alternative to Microsoft Windows!
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Andrea and Stefano chose this project to prove what Free Software can do for education and to fight an unpleasant, but unfortunately very common situation in italian schools and Universities.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 released
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Red Hat has announced the release of version 5.5 of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) a distribution aimed at enterprise customers. In addition to bug fixes released since RHEL 5.4, the latest release of RHEL includes enhancements to the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor
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SCO, Novell: Grokking Where Credit is Due
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Pamela Jones and the community she built at Groklaw was the Linux response. Writing tirelessly alone at first, then gaining incredible volunteer support and contributions, Jones was able to build an incredible repository of information surrounding all of the cases involving SCO. Now, when claims were made, their veracity would be publicly examined and then confirmed or denied.
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WordPress for Android 1.1 arrives
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The WordPress developers have released version 1.1 of their WordPress for Android application. The first major point update features user interface improvements and changes to the home and comments view
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digiKam 1.2.0 adds multithreading
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The digiKam developers have released version 1.2.0 of their open source advanced digital photo management application and Kipi plug-ins for digiKam
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Why doesn't IBM just buy Novell already?
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I can see an open source showdown in the making here, the beneficiaries of which will be consumers, SMBs, enterprises, and educational institutions. I don’t get the feeling the showdown will be any fun, though, if Novell is left to its own devices.
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Easy Samba Setup
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This time around I'll focus more on Samba and how it is installed and configured to allow for the sharing of files and folders. For this article, we will look at the smb.conf configuration file and how it is set up and how to create new shares and even share printers.
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User management with SSSD on shared Ubuntu Lucid laptops
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A few months ago we had a blog entry about shared and personal laptops in schools. The goal of shared laptops is basically that they should behave mostly like shared thin clients: it should not matter which a computer any user chooses to work with.
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Mozilla updates Thunderbird, SeaMonkey and older Firefox browsers
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Mozilla has released updates for its Thunderbird email client, the SeaMonkey "all-in-one internet application suite" and older versions of its Firefox web browser - addressing a number of critical security vulnerabilities
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Virtualization With VirtualBox 3.1.x On A Headless CentOS 5.4 Server
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This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.1.x on a headless CentOS 5.4 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment.
Read more »Red Hat optimises Linux for new multi-core Chips
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Open source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its flagship operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to take full advantage of the latest spoils from the heated microprocessor battle between Advanced Micro Devices and Intel.
Read more »Guess How Many JooJoos Have Been Sold
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The JooJoo tablet (formerly known as the CrunchPad) started shipping last Friday and orders were expected to deliver on Monday. So how many people are this week playing with their shiny new tablet from Fusion Garage?
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Good business for Alfresco Software
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Alfresco, makers of the open source enterprise CMS system of the same name, have announced a 61 per cent rise in revenue, year on year.
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Novell Wins! SCO Loses!
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Yes, it's true. After just more than 7-years of SCO lawsuits, SCO has lost its last real chance of causing Linux and the companies that support it-IBM; Novell, and Red Hat--any real trouble.
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