Archive for: August 9, 2006

Jul. 19, 2006 “We love openSUSE, but we hate openSUSE’s package management problems,” Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, DesktopLinux.com ’s resident Linux curmudgeon, reports from his vacation. But there’s good news: a fix is coming soon, he says.
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

GP2X: It’s All …

OSDir - Jul 31, 2006DistroWatch reports - Available in four different flavours (KDE or GNOME, i586 or x86_64), you can get a glimpse of the next Mandriva Linux 2007 edition… …
Source: www.osdir.com

LIN-ucks or LEEN-ucks?
LinuxPlanet, CT - Jul 12, 2006… Ian. That makes …

Help Net Security, Croatia - Jul 26, 2006… issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu …
Source: www.net-security.org

Linux Starter Kit: a review
NewsForge, CA - Jul 18, 2006… could …

OSDir - Aug 6, 2006DistroWatch reports - Texstar has announced PCLinuxOS 0.93a MiniMe, a slim live CD for those who just want a basic desktop without the bloat… …
Source: www.osdir.com

The On-Disk.com Developers Portal Celebrates First Anniversary …
ClickPress (press release), United Arab …

CRN - What we want at the end of the day is Windows, Mac OS-X and Linux, not Windows, Mac OS-X, Fedora, Ubuntu, Frugalware, Suse, Gentoo, Slackware, KateOS, DSL, Zenwalk, Debian, Knoppix, Gnoppix, Boppix, Sploppix, etc, etc, etc. Why do …

Jun. 21, 2006 The MEPIS team released the second release candidate of SimplyMEPIS 6.0, on June 21. RC2 adds bug fixes, security updates, and screen resolution detection, founder and lead developer Warren Woodford said. The distribution now also includes …

Jun. 22, 2006 Despite derision from many analysts, former MIT Media Lab director Nicholas Negroponte’s $100 crank-up Linux laptop for poor children around the world is still a very good idea, PCMag.com columnist Lance Ulanoff writes.
Source: www.desktoplinux.com

PC-BSD 1.1 Screenshot …

Linux PR (press release), CT - Jul 27, 2006… For the first time at a LinuxWorld event LPI will also be offering both the Ubuntu Certified Professional exam and the exams for the MySQL 5.0 certifications …
Source: www.linuxpr.com

Apple geeks defect to …

San Antonio Express News - All-Americans Willie Crafts and Margarito “Buffalo” Guerrero, proved Steinke right and helped build a small He got pressure from some fans, but he didn’t give a damn,” Crafts said. “He …

Builder.com - Jul 26, 2006I used to have XP and Fedora 5 running in the same computer, using Grub as the boot loader. I had to reinstall Windows, and yes it over wrote the MBR. …
Source: techrepublic.com.com

Sandwich and a Dictator …