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Palm to Develop Linux-Based Products

Smart phone maker Palm Inc. said Tuesday it will use a new platform based on Linux to help the company compete better.

Red Hat Launches New Linux System

Red Hat Inc. has unveiled the latest version of its Linux operating system as the open-source software company continues to combat Microsoft's market-dominating Windows platform.

India State to Dump Windows for Linux

A southern Indian state plans to switch all school computers from Microsoft Windows to the free Linux operating system, an official said Thursday.

Novell to Release New Linux Distribution

Novell Inc. will start shipping Release 10 of its Suse Linux on Monday, marking the first full new release of Suse Linux since August 2004, according to the company's president and chief executive officer.

SCO Dealt Setback in IBM Linux Lawsuit

A U.S. magistrate has struck down many of the SCO Group Inc.'s claims against IBM Corp., saying the Utah company failed to show its intellectual property was misappropriated when Big Blue donated software code to the freely distributed Linux operating system.

New Version of Ubuntu Software Coming

A new version of the Ubuntu software package, a flavor of the freely distributed Linux operating system, is due out Thursday.

Linux Distributors Unite on Standard

In a move to make the freely distributed Linux operating system a stronger alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, a group of major Linux distributors announced Friday they have united on a standard set of components for desktop versions of Linux.

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Coming soon: Windows on XO laptops

Source: ZDNet

The world's largest software company is now working to adapt a basic version of Windows XP so it is compatible with the nonprofit One Laptop per Child Foundation's small green- and-white XO laptop.

The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 3.1

Source: howtoforge.com

This document describes how to set up a Linux Mint 3.1 "full edition" desktop. The result is a fast, secure and extendable system that provides all you need for daily work and entertainment.

A First Tussle With Linux's iPhone Killer: The OpenMoko Neo1973

Source: Wired News

Using Linux as a starting point, the OpenMoko developers have built a system which, although not everyday-usable yet, can be successfully installed and run on a variety of ordinary smartphone hardware: Treos, Motorolas, JasJars and so forth.

Linux Video Tutorial - 1 - The Code Linux One-Hour Historical Documentary

Source:

This series of video tutorials will be on Linux. We will start with an excellent one-hour pop culture historical documentary called The Code Linux. The video covers the birth, evolution, and future of Linux.

Setting Up Master-Master Replication With MySQL 5 On Debian Etch | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Source: howtoforge.com

Since version 5, MySQL comes with built-in support for master-master replication, solving the problem that can happen with self-generated keys.

Slashdot | BBC Quietly Announces Linux/Mac iPlayer

Source: Slashdot

The good news is that the BBC has announced a Flash-based player for Linux and Mac due by the end of the year.

Google OS: The Scenario

Source: pcmag.com

From the article: You'll recall that in the mid-to-late-1990s Netscape was making noise about moving into Microsoft territory, and Microsoft had to get into the browser business to beat Netscape back and crush it.

Laptop-Computers: Dell to Use New Version Linux Ubuntu 7.10 on Its Laptops and Desktop PCs

Source: laptopcom.blogspot.com

This week (Oct. 18), Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) released to provide several enhancements over its predecessor Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) and Dell is going to release its new Linux-based laptops and Desktop PCs with Ubuntu 7.10 preinstalled.

Using The Avant Window Navigator (AWN) On Fedora 7 | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Source: howtoforge.com

This document describes how to set up the Avant Window Navigator (AWN) on Fedora 7. The result is an eye candy, dock-like bar at the bottom of the screen as a replacement for the standard gnome-panel.

Chrooted SSH/SFTP On Fedora 7 | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Source: howtoforge.com

This document describes how to set up a chrooted SSH/SFTP environment on Fedora 7. The chrooted users will be jailed in a specific directory where they cannot break out. They will be able to access their jail via SSH and SFTP.

L1NUX car license/number plate for sale on eBay.uk

Source: cgi.ebay.co.uk

At time of posting bids are at £5,300.00 and still haven't met the reserve price.

Exploring the technical details of Nokia's N810 operating system

Source: Ars Technica

Nokia's recent announcement of the upcoming N810 Internet Tablet is very exciting news for mobile Linux enthusiasts.

How to fix your computer's graphics with dpkg-reconfigure

There is always a time when your GNU/Linux machine's screen output stops working. Maybe it's displaying garbage to your monitor instead of Gnome or KDE. Or maybe it's displaying 640x480 resolution with 8 colors instead of 1280x1024 with 24 colors.

Microsoft to open door to Linux after yielding to EU

Source: Guardian Unlimited

After a 9 year-long legal battle, Microsoft yesterday submitted to a landmark anti-trust decision made by the EU's competition commission over three years ago.

Mythbuntu 7.10 now available

Source: mythbuntu.org

The Mythbuntu team is proud to present the first stable release of Mythbuntu. This release is based upon Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). We would like to thank everyone that has volunteered to help make Mythbuntu reach where it is today.

My Penguin is Online

This is just a short followup to my last article on Ubuntu. In that article, you may remember, I had one hurdle to overcome with my Linux installation and that was getting online with my wireless card.

Why "The Perfect Server" is NOT perfect

Source: liviudm.com

So what mistakes do they make? First of all, in a production environment, one servers makes one thing. For example, a nameserver is a nameserver. Not also a web server, a mail server, and God knows what other services are running.

How To Set Up Mumble Voice Chat On Fedora 7 | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Source: howtoforge.com

This document describes how to set up a Mumble voice chat environment with Fedora 7. Mumble is a low-latency voice chat software with focus on games.

Crypt Manager - An encrypted folder manager for Ubuntu Linux

Source: ubuntugeek.com

Crypt manager is a compilation of tools which allow to easily encrypt, open, close and uncrypt folders in a Desktop environment. It is wrote in Python, it uses cryptsetup and LUKS as backend.

The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 7.10

Source: howtoforge.com

This document describes how to set up an Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" desktop. The result is a fast, secure and extendable system that provides all you need for daily work and entertainment. About 23.000 packages are available in the repositories.

I Ubuntu Do You?

I recently bought my 6 year old daughter a new Dell PC. It came with Windows Vista on it but I have read and hear endless bad things about Vista so I decided to revisit the land of Linux and install the "Gutsy Gibbon" release of Ubunutu (7.10) on it.

How low can a Linux PC go?

Source: daniweb.com

If the Asian networking out of the box specialists NorhTec are to be believed the answer is very low indeed: how does $85 (£41) sound? Remarkably that is how much the new NorhTec MicroClient JrSX is set to cost, making it what must be the lowest priced Linux powered thin client  …

UNIX / Linux Tutorial for Beginners

Source: ee.surrey.ac.uk

A beginners guide to the Unix and Linux operating system. Eight simple tutorials which cover the basics of UNIX / Linux commands.

How To Install A Complete LEMP (Linux - EngineX (Nginx HTTP SERVER) - Mysql - PHP) Server (Not LAMP...) On Ubuntu/Debian | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Source: howtoforge.com

This HowTo will describe the setup of an efficient http server and mail server for small or medium configurations (as low as 96 mb). Why LEMP instead of LAMP? NGINX is a great replacement for Apache with very low memory footprint and great stability.

Gnome Launch Box Composite Preview | Linux Edge

Source: linuxedge.org

A Quicksilver clone for Linux

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