Archive for: July 15, 2006

July 15, 2006

Fedora faq - Adventure in Timberland

Filed under: Fedora - 15 Jul 2006


Evening Standard - Putting style before the weather, he took to the stage wearing a thick scarf, waistcoat and his trademark fedora. Supported by a tight seven-piece band and four backing singers, he was soon bouncing around to biggest hit …

Damn small linux - Zoe Williams

Filed under: Damn Small Linux - 15 Jul 2006


Guardian Unlimited - Instruments, sure, might cause a small sorrow when you realise that a year has passed since you last got it out of its box I’m not trying to keep myself in employ. When did you …

Dapper download ubuntu - Google Confirms Using Ubuntu Linux, Won’t Say Why

Filed under: Ubuntu - 15 Jul 2006


TechWeb - Google Inc. on Tuesday confirmed that it is using Ubuntu desktop Linux technology internally, but remained tightlipped about its purpose. The Register, a U.K.-based technology news site, reported Tuesday that the Mountain View, Calif., search engine …

Knoppix 4.0 - Are Mac users too complacent about security?

Filed under: Knoppix - 15 Jul 2006


ZDNet Blogs - You have made an impression, so I now have in my possession a Knoppix DVD that says Knoppix 4.0 for i386. I chose this from a web page selling Linux products and have no idea if it …

SimplyMEPIS 6.0-beta1 Linux (Mepis download) Development Released

Filed under: Mepis - 15 Jul 2006


PRWeb - MEPIS has announced the beta1 devlopment release of SimplyMEPIS 6.0. Beta1 includes many package updates. SimplyMEPIS 6.0 is a new concept in desktop Linux, combining the user enabling Magic of MEPIS(TM) with the solid engineering Goodness of Ubuntu …

Debian Server Compromised (Slashdot) (Debian repository)

Filed under: Debian - 15 Jul 2006


Security News writes “According to a post on the debian-devel-announce mailing list “Early this morning we discovered that someone had managed to compromise gluck.debian.org. We’ve taken the machine offline and are preparing to reinstall it. ” gluck is a core …

Former Unilever CTO to Lead OSDL’s Work With Linux Users in Europe  (Iso mandriva)

Filed under: Mandriva - 15 Jul 2006


The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux(R) and open source software, today announced it has appointed Colin Hope-Murray as its Linux User Advisory Council (LUAC) director for Europe, the Middle East …