A project developing a free Linux distribution for x86-based network appliances has achieved a new release with some intriguing wireless access point features. Zeroshell 1.0.beta8 lets one physical radio support multiple logical SSIDs, each with a different encryption and authentication scheme, VLAN, and function (client/AP).
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Mount ISO’s easely in gnome - nautilus
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If you want to be able to rightclick on .iso files and be able to simply select "mount" to mount them, then this is the guide for you.
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Martian Headsets
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A very thorough analogy of web standards relating to the upcoming IE 8.0, its standards compliance, and the effect it will have on the net.
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Development Release: PUD GNU/Linux 0.4.8.6 LXDE Edition
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"Pin-Shiun Chen just announced a special version of PUD GNU/Linux, an Ubuntu-based mini distribution based on the newest LXDE 0.3: ..."
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Use of Open Source software requires no European IT tenders
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European public administrations that want to use software that is offered for free, such as Open Source software, do not need to organise a call for tender.
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Git: reviews
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"It’s hard to leave behind the comfort of a system that you are very familiar with, especially when you think about the time you’ll spend pouring through manpages to do even the simplest thing in the new system. That was exactly the mental block that kept me from trying Git for so long. I’ve been learning to use it lately and I’ve become a complete convert.
Read more »Red Hat, Novell get more competition on servers
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Red Hat Inc and Novell Inc will soon face more competition from a small rival, Ubuntu Linux, in the market for open-source software programs that run server computers.
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Novell’s Ron Hovsepian Slammed by Sun Employee
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Yesterday we wrote about the poor recent interview with Ron Hovsepian, CEO of Novell. The interview was poor for a variety of reasons, some of which were already mentioned in previous posts, but one largely overlooked issue was the attack on Sun.
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New Meme: “Open-Source Compatible”
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Convictions such as this one have become more common because the “open source” definition is being hijacked, deformed, diluted, bobbed of its spirit. Here we present yet another new example.
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How Friendly Is Open Source?
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Martin Brampton says the open source movement isn’t as collaboration-friendly as its proponents would like you to think. How can that be, when open source development is all about sharing code and helping each other fix bugs or develop programs? It’s all in the characteristics of the individual developers, he says
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Open Media Now! Foundation Launches
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OMNow is a foundation dedicated to the development, support and empowerment of an open media infrastructure. Upon this infrastructure stand companies and individuals who need free media solutions. Free media solutions save companies money and give them control over product technology.
Read more »Flipping the Linux switch: Control freaks, meet KDE Kiosk
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Linux is great to use at home. It can be handy at work. It's a great server operating system. But there's one other place that Linux is really worth its weight in gold: public, or semi-public, computers. There's nothing quite as nerve-wracking as seeing someone on a computer you're responsible for, and wondering what exactly they're up to.
Read more »Future operating systems to remain as Windows and Linux
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Gernot Heiser, professor of operating systems at UNSW has stated that Windows and Linux will remain as the future of desktop and server operating systems.
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ACLU Introduces First Amendment Argument In Key Patent Law Case
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"Patenting Abstract Ideas Violates The Constitution, Group Says..."
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A meet to promote free software
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"FOR the first time in the city, a group of Free Software users are coming together to organise an exhibition to promote the importance of Free Software. The ‘GNU/Linux Install Fest’, claimed to be the first-of-its-kind in the state, will be held as part of Dishaa 08, organised by the students of the Computer Science Department of Sree Chithira Thirunal College of Engineering here..."
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