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Debian GNU/Linux: 15 Years Old and at the Crossroads

Datamation: "In the next release, which is due this fall, he estimates that Debian will include 23,000 packages and provide support for ten different architectures, ranging from i386 and amd64 to the powerpc or sparc -- figures that no other distribution even comes close to." (original story)

Torvalds: No Picnic to Become Major Linux Coder

ZDNet: "The developer warned that Linux kernel development was "not a 'warm and fuzzy' environment where people sing Kumbaya around the fireplace" and that some "very opinionated people" were involved." (original story)

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 266

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Mandriva Flash 2008.1 on ASUS Eee PC 900 News: Slackware tests KDE 4.1, Fedora suffers from update outage, attackers crack LinuxMint.com, interviews with Ubuntu's Scott Remnant and gOS's David Liu, Zypper tips and tricks Released last week: Scientific Linux ... (original story)

Interesting Improvements In GNOME 2.24

Phoronix: "Cheese, the GNOME web-camera software that was introduced with GNOME 2.22, is also scheduled for a few improvements. Cheese is supposed to pick up a new OpenGL backend with new video effects, improved desktop integration, and data synchronization." (original story)

Happy Birthday Debian

IT Wire: "Like all teenagers it can be temperamental, and always capable of annoying the middle-aged mainstream. As Debian turns 15 today, iTWire says HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!" (original story)

Comeback Kids See a Brighter Future For The SCO Group

Salt Lake Tribune: "Buoyed by a court ruling and prospects for new mobile phone products, The SCO Group says it is on track for a Phoenix-like rebirth." (original story)

Linux’s Market Share: Is There Any Way To Know?

Linux Loop: "The usual numbers, those from Net Applications, would indicate that less than 1% of people use Linux." (original story)

Tech Broiler: Why the Olympics Didn't Melt the Internet

Tech Broiler: "Surprise! There’s some Linux back-ending all that Windows Media." (original story)

Detailed IEC Voting Results on OOXML Appeals

Standards Blog: "The inclusion of two questions in the ballot is (to me, at least) rather curious, in that each asks the same question in a different way, but with a "yes" vote having the opposite import." (original story)

Clive - Download Videos From YouTube & Other Video Sharing Websites

SUSE & openSUSE: "clive is an open source command line tool to extract videos and to bypass the need to use Adobe Flash in order to view user-generated content available on video-sharing websites. Clive supports Youtube, GoogleVideo, Dailymotion, metacafe, Guba, Sevenload, Myvideo. Clive converts th... (original story)

Development Release: Mythbuntu 8.10 Alpha 4

The first alpha release of Mythbuntu 8.10, a project developing an easy-to-use MythTV system based on Ubuntu, is out: "Today we are introducing the first Mythbuntu 'Intrepid Ibex' alpha release: Mythbuntu 8.10 alpha 4. It is very important to note that this release is not compatible with Mythbuntu..... (original story)

Two Exhaustive Free Tools for Web Developers

OStatic: "Open source developers and proprietary developers alike can benefit from Opera Web Standards Curriculum and W3 Schools." (original story)

Things To Know Before Using Linux

Tech Enclave: "Linux has it all what it takes to provide a strong, stable and secure desktop. Thanks to the concrete architecture, Linux don't have Viruses and hackers out there fail to Hack Linux box! So having Linux at your end just free your mind with Virus attacks, hacks and all..." (original story)

The Great Industry Standard Conspiracy

Serverwatch: "A couple of innocuous words that have insidious consequences. A simple marketing tagline, yet it appears to be seriously undermining a vast segment of the computer sector. What is it? The phrase, "industry standard."" (original story)

How To Set Up WebDAV With Lighttpd On Debian Etch

HowtoForge: "This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with lighttpd on a Debian Etch server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the lighttpd server so that they do not need to be ... (original story)



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