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Sample chapter available for revised Ubuntu book —
Jun. 12, 2008 —
 Rickford Grant has revised his book, Ubuntu for Non-Geeks, to cover Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Heron. Published by No Starch Press, which is offering a free sample chapter, the third edition counsels beginners on topics ranging from working with removable storage to interfacing with iPods. ...
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Linux jukebox app achieves first stable release —
Jun. 11, 2008 —
 The Banshee Project has achieved the first major, stable release of its eponymous music jukebox application. Banshee 1.0 features faster searching, browsing, and management functions, along with improved memory usage, faster start-up, and a more responsive interface better supporting large collections, project leaders say. ...
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OpenSUSE forums merge —
Jun. 10, 2008 —
 With days to go before the release of OpenSuSE 11, the Project has merged its support forums to provide a single English-language destination for OpenSUSE questions. A new Novell-hosted "forums.opensuse.org" forum integrates the three largest English-language dedicated support forums, with support for other languages soon. ...
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Desktop Linux platforms debut at Computex —
Jun. 05, 2008 —
Three new computing form factors emerged at the Computex show this week, each likely to provide a platform where desktop Linux will thrive. The three platforms include low-cost notebooks dubbed "netbooks," low-cost desktops dubbed "nettops," and new "Mini-ITX 2.0" boards supporting x16 PCI Express expansion, SATA-II, and more. ...
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First Atom-based notebook runs Linux —
Jun. 03, 2008 —
 The world's third-largest PC vendor has announced a "netbook" based on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Centrino processor and Linpus Linux. Acer's $380 Aspire One offers 512MB or 1GB of RAM, 8GB flash, an 8.9-inch, 1024x600 display, WiFi, webcam, and an optional 80GB hard drive.
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LF Summit videos posted —
May 29, 2008 —
 The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit held on April 8-10 in Austin, Texas, may have been invitation only, but fortunately the LF has posted videos for the rest of us. The videos include keynotes from Red Hat and Sun/MYSQL, and a panel on Linux PCs. ...
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OOXML -- dead format walking? —
May 28, 2008 —
Microsoft's controversial OOXML document format is not going anywhere, observes Jason Brooks in a blog posting at eWEEK. Brooks points to discrepancies between the ISO-approved version of the format and that used in Office 2007 in suggesting that OOXML hardly measures up with ODF (Open Document Format). ...
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Low-cost Linux laptop targets British schools —
May 28, 2008 —
 Elonex is taking orders for a sub-$200 Linux-based laptop aimed at the British educational market. Based on a 300MHz processor, likely ARM-based, the Elonex One includes WiFi, Ethernet, Flash storage, USB, and a 7-inch, 800 x 480 detachable touch display. ...
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"MySpace" mini-PC review —
May 21, 2008 —
 Everex's gPC mini is a small, quiet, powerful $500 computer with a hip Linux-based OS designed for MySpace users and others who appreciate the entertainment value of PCs. With a few simple hardware tweaks, the gPC is sure to delight fun-loving PC users of all ages. ...
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Netflix Player brings "Instant" service to Linux users —
May 20, 2008 —
 Movie distributor Netflix is offering customers a $100 set-top box aimed at enabling them to stream movies on demand, using a broadband Internet connection. The player is supplied by Roku, a California-based company known for its Linux-based PVRs (personal video recorders) and media devices. ...
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World's cheapest Linux-based laptop? —
May 20, 2008 —
 A Hong Kong-based manufacturer is shipping a Linux-based ultra-mini PC (UMPC) laptop for only $250 ($180 in volume), which appears to give it the lowest price yet for a Linux laptop. Bestlink's Alpha 400 offers a 400MHz CPU and a 7-inch, truecolor display.
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Quick-boot Linux environment makes a splash —
May 20, 2008 —
 DeviceVM announced that its quick-booting Splashtop Linux implementation is being pre-installed in ROM (read-only memory) on four new Asus motherboards. Asus says it plans to ship over a million Splashtop-ready motherboards per month, making this one of the largest Linux deployments ever. ...
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Linux gets security black eye —
May 16, 2008 —
As has been widely reported, the maintainers of Debian's OpenSSL packages made some errors recently that have potentially compromised the security of any sshd-equipped system used remotely by Debian users. System administrators may wish to purge authorized_key files of public keys generated since 2006 by affected client machines. ...
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Microsoft frees poor children from Linux struggles —
May 16, 2008 —
 Microsoft has announced an agreement with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) that will make Windows XP available on the non-profit's low-cost laptops for third-world children. Thank goodness third world children will no longer have to struggle to learn Linux, one tongue-in-cheek commentator observes. ...
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Commercial installer adds Windows game emulator —
May 15, 2008 —
 Linspire has announced that its "one-click" software installation service for Linux desktops now supports Transgaming's Cedega 6.0 emulator. Released about a year ago, the emulator lets Linux users play Windows games full-screen or in a window, while simultaneously web browsing or doing other computing activities. ...
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Linux wins big in financial trading —
May 15, 2008 —
Red Hat announced that announced that a European branch of the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has implemented its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Red Hat Network. NYSE Euronext is using RHEL for key components of its "mission-critical," high-speed financial trading environments, Red Hat said. ...
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Fedora 9 KDE 4.0 features reviewed —
May 14, 2008 —
 Red Hat Magazine has posted a detailed review of the KDE 4.0 implementation included in the Fedora 9 Linux distribution released earlier this week. It looks like a pretty major jump from KDE 3.0, albeit one that still falls short of complete perfection. ...
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Linux gains action RPG —
May 13, 2008 —
 Linux Game Publishing has announced a Linux port of "Sacred Gold," an action role-playing game first published for Windows three years ago. The U.K.-based game publisher plans to ship the title in August of this year, priced at 27 GBP (~ ...
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Hats off to Fedora 9 —
May 13, 2008 —
 The Fedora project today released a new version of its completely free and redistributable Linux distribution. Showcasing lots of next-generation Red Hat features, Fedora 9 also boasts new features of its own aimed at making the distribution appeal more to newer Linux users. ...
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Linux for the self-employed —
May 09, 2008 —
 This paper surveys Linux's suitability for use by owners of very small businesses and the self-employed. It was written by Howard Fosdick, a self-employed database consultant who finds Linux fairly well-suited to his needs, and reckons it has saved him thousands of dollars in recent years. ...
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CNR supports Linux Mint, adds Weatherbug —
May 08, 2008 —
 Linspire has upgraded its CNR.com (Click'N'Run) download site for Linux software to support the Ubuntu-based, consumer-friendly Linux Mint distribution. CNR.com will also add a Linux version of Weatherbug's weather service, which offers live, local weather information and severe weather alerts. ...
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Ubuntu ported to PDA —
May 07, 2008 —
 Ubuntu Linux 7.04 is now available for Sharp's Zaurus PDAs. The 0.1 release comes with a minimalist filesystem that can be launched in an emulator, enhanced with software from the vast Ubuntu archives, and then flashed onto a real Zaurus. ...
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Sample chapter available for new Scalix book —
May 05, 2008 —
 Packt Publishing has published a book about administrating Scalix, an open source email and calendaring software package. Author Markus Feilner and the publisher have generously agreed to share a sample chapter on the the Scalix Administration Console (SAC), excerpted from the work, Scalix: Linux Administrator’s Guide. ...
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Sun launches OpenSolaris —
May 05, 2008 —
Sun Microsystems officially launched OpenSolaris (OS) today. Available pre-built as a combo live/install CD, the initial "2008.05" binary distribution download of the OS features a GNOME user interface, highly fault tolerant ZFS root filesystem, IPS package managment, and "DTrace" tuning tools. ...
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EeePC to gain Linux content aggregation tool —
May 01, 2008 —
 [Updated May 7] -- Linux distribution vendor Xandros and Web content management firm Viyya Technologies announced they will jointly market integrated, Linux-based content-aggregation software for the Asus EeePC "netbook." Meanwhile, Xandros has strengthened its collaboration with Microsoft on Xandros's mixed-environment BridgeWays management tools. ...
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