Archive for: August 18, 2006

NewsForge, CA - Jul 24, 2006Anonymous Reader writes "Mepis.org reports - MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 6.0. This is the first public release of SimplyMEPIS …
Source: programming.newsforge.com

Migration tool adds "full" MS Office-to-OO.o support
Desktop Linux - Aug 8, 2006… from Windows desktops to Linux …

eWeek - Fedora Core 4 operating system. According to a sizing chart in O’Reilly Press’ “Asterisk: The Future of Telephony” , this server configuration should be suitable for a small-business environment using as many as 15 concurrent channels. Larger …

eWeek - Knoppix STD, which delivers a collection of Linux-based security tools, was hijacked by malicious hackers and redirected to a site serving up rigged WMF images, Ullrich said. “A lot of law enforcement people got infected and it look …

SAN FRANCISCO—-Aug. 17, 2006–Vector Capital, a private equity boutique specializing in buyouts, spinouts and recapitalizations of established technology businesses, and Francisco Partners, one of the world’s largest technology-focused private equity funds, announced today an agreement to have Vector Capital …

WebProNews, KY - Aug 16, 2006I have never liked Linux "info". The reason is simple enough: I don't like Emacs, and "info" uses an emacs style interface. Pinfo …
Source: www.webpronews.com

According to the Indianapolis Zoo a refrigerated truck carrying 25 members of the Indianapolis Zoo’s flock of penguins, along with several types of fish and aquatic invertebrates, to the Aquarium at Moody
Source: www.wishtv.com

OpenSceneGraph Professional Services announced the release of OpenSceneGraph 1.1, the company’s open-source graphics library with OpenGL 2.0 and OpenGL Shading Language support. OpenSceneGraph is designed to accelerate application development and improve 3D graphics performance. The newest version of …

To each his own, but I love eye candy. When I heard that you could get the 3D Xgl and Compiz environment running on Ubuntu/Kubuntu dapper (my default distribution), I immediately searched the web for instructions. Most of the …

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Source: www.linuxtoday.com

A number of vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) network analyzer. These issues have been corrected in Wireshark version 0.99.2 which is provided with this update.
Source: www.linuxtoday.com

Choosing a desktop Linux distro 
Probably everyone who reads DesktopLinux.com — and …