Posted from KernelTrap - 6 days ago
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"Things really _have_ calmed down, and hopefully we've also resolved a lot of the regressions in -rc3," began Linus Torvalds, announcing the 2.6.27-rc3 Linux kernel. He noted that much of the patch size was from the inclusion of the new ath9k wireless driver, with much of the rest of the patch size... (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: This script use's wget's --user-agent option. DO NOT use "Mozilla" as your user agent! Check out this page, near the bottom regarding being sued for masquerading as Mozilla." (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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Practical Technology: "So you want to be one of the few, the proud, the Linux kernel developers do you? Well, it’s not easy. But, if you’ve got the right stuff, Linux is looking for a few good programmers." (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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Linux.com: "Network latency and bandwidth are the two metrics most likely to be of interest when you benchmark a network. Even though most service and product advertising focuses on bandwidth, at times the latency can be a more important metric. Here's a look at three projects that include tools to ... (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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IT Wire: "I assisted a company today with a spectacular Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS) crash. The experience showed some folly in the oft-claimed mantra that Windows-based applications are graphical and friendly. In fact, here’s a free Linux-friendly open source package called Afr... (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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Crashsystems: "However, the support agent refused to give her the case number, restating the fact that Comcast does not support Linux. He even went as far to say that the company supports Windows, Mac OSX, and even Unix (note that both Linux and OSX are a form of Unix), but not Linux." (original story)
Posted from DistroWatch.com: News 6 days ago
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ClarkConnect 4.3, a specialist server and gateway distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, has been released: "ClarkConnect Server and Gateway Community edition 4.3 is now available. What's new? The Office edition and Enterprise edition products have now merged! Unlimited mailboxes are now in... (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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KDE News: "The KDE e.V. has ratified a proposal for a Code of Conduct as accepted shared set of values for participating in the KDE Community. This Code of Conduct presents a summary of the shared values and "common sense" thinking in our community. The basic social ingredients that hold our project... (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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Computerworld: "OK, so it's not really Linux, but it is funny!...You can see the evidence at the Australia's Sydney Morning Herald. I wonder what newly retired Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who was in Beijing for the Olympics, thought?" (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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The Open Road: "I have a team of core Linux and JBoss engineers here in the countries in which we operate to provide local language and local understanding support. We don't outsource support." (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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Linux Loop: "...I discovered that on some Dell notebooks, it is cheaper to buy the Ubuntu version and a retail copy of Vista than to buy Vista pre-installed." (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 6 days ago
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TuxArea: "Instead of an introduction, I'll answer the question 'Why did you left out wonderful applications like Scribus, Inkscape, Cinelerra, Wine, QCAD etc?'. Well, because the article is about applications which I consider essential for daily use." (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 7 days ago
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TuxArea: "This article reviews all the most common command line tools for manipulating and listening to audio formats on Linux. Players, editors, encoders/decoders, tag editors, music servers, they are all here. Currently it includes no less than 18 CLI (Command Line Interface) tools." (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 7 days ago
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nixCraft: "I recommend the automated tool called psad - the port scan attack detector under Linux which is a collection of lightweight system daemons that run on Linux machines and analyze iptables log messages to detect port scans and other suspicious traffic." (original story)
Posted from Linux Today 7 days ago
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Techworld: "Despite an often tenuous relationship with the Linux community regarding the driver quality for its graphics products, the AMD-owned ATI will offer release parity with Windows for its latest Radeon HD 4870 X2 card." (original story)