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| US Playstation 2 Linux hits the streets |
| "The U.S. version of Playstation 2 Linux is getting ready to hit the streets. Here is a review of the first public beta. It really looks sweet and comes with a lot of nice hardware."(The site linked by this Slashdot post has been knocked out, but the contents are featured in one of the comments posted on the page. For the missing screenshots, picture one with WindowMaker running The GIMP and two Kterm windows, and the other with a PS2, a black keyboard, and a black mouse.) |
| December 4, 2001, 6:12 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Ximian Evolution 1.0 links Linux to Exchange |
| Evolution 1.0 has finally been released and they've announced they're working on a proprietary client-side Microsoft Exchange plug-in at $69 per seat, allowing Linux/Evolution to replace the Windows/Outlook combo. Prior to this plug-in, there was no Linux, Exchange replacement. |
| December 3, 2001, 11:54 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Constructing a Windows-less office |
| Good detailed piece to help Windows business users see the light: "To get a firsthand look at the viability of a ''Windows-free'' solution, the CRN Test Center built a Linux network consisting of a server and five workstations running various distributions of Linux. The goal was to create a reliable network that could be used in a typical small-business environment." |
| December 1, 2001, 5:01 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| The Microsoft resistance |
| A superb, well-informed piece:"Redmond may have triumphed legally and financially -- but there are still little ways to strike blows against the empire." |
| December 1, 2001, 6:29 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linux word processors, which is best? |
| A massive ten page look at the latest word processors available for Linux, and the all important question, ''Which is best?'': "This is a near thing, mind you, but I think that even though StarOffice has a slightly more polished feel to it right this very moment, this situation will clearly not remain static. As good as StarOffice is now, it is not likely to change much after the final version of 6.0 is released. Sun, in the hopes of getting this product out to the masses, simply cannot update StarOffice as often as OpenOffice. It would drive their potential corporate customers insane, to say the least. So, StarOffice will represent a solid office suite for the corporate users who don't need a lot of version updates." |
| December 1, 2001, 5:43 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| New NVIDIA driver performance |
| This from LinuxHardware.org: "...we have benchmarked the new NVIDIA drivers ... and to say the least, the results are amazing." |
| December 1, 2001, 4:22 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| sendmail: Introduction and configuration |
| An nice article on the basics of configuring your first e-mail server with the mighty sendmail. |
| December 1, 2001, 4:17 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| New NVIDIA Linux drivers released |
| Always good to see big hardware companies releasing new Linux drivers, especially since I have an NVIDIA graphics card, and these drivers offer improved AMD support, and improved Quake performance. :) |
| November 30, 2001, 11:32 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Windows on Linux: Real choices, real products |
| An excellent article on the vapourware that is Lindows, and why instead you should look into real products, like VMware, Win4Lin, and Wine: " If you're a developer or anyone else who needs fully functioning Microsoft and Linux operating systems on one machine at your beck and call, VMWare is for you. If you just want support for most basic home and office applications, Lin4Win really should be your program of choice. And, if you can't stand Microsoft, but you really want that one Windows application or game on your GNOME desktop and you're comfortable with HOWTO files, you should have some WINE. Lindows? Sorry, it's hard to do anything with vapor." |
| November 30, 2001, 4:56 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Software flaw threatens Linux servers |
| Who needs soaps when you have this: "A vulnerability in the most widely used FTP server program for Linux [wu-FTP] has left numerous sites open to online attackers, a situation worsened when Red Hat mistakenly released information on the flaw early, leaving other Linux companies scrambling to get a fix out." |
| November 29, 2001, 8:22 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| BadTrans computer virus strikes |
| Yet Another Windows Virus: "A sneaky Windows computer virus is circulating that tries to install software that monitors what users are typing and passes it to the malicious program's creator. Like many of the other computer viruses that have struck in recent months, BadTrans-B attempts to spread by exploiting weaknesses in Microsoft e-mail programs. One anti-virus company has caught over 20,000 copies of the virus in the last 24 hours." |
| November 28, 2001, 7:30 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| What makes Google good |
| An excellent article on the success of Google, the ''in just about everyone's opinion'', ultimate search engine. Here's something you likely didn't know: "The name Google itself is a casual play on the mathematical term, googol -- a 1 followed by 100 zeros. Indexing a googol of Web pages is the company's stated objective."And of course, being powered entirely by Linux, and used by Yahoo, Palm, and Netscape makes Google something of a massive Linux success story. |
| November 28, 2001, 6:46 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Tuxracer 1.0 retail version finished |
| The Tuxracer 1.0 retail version has just been finished, and the screenshots available from the second link of this Slashdot post are nothing short of breathtaking. |
| November 27, 2001, 8:28 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Linus Torvalds on kernel releases |
| In light of the commencement of the 2.5 kernel, these comments on kernel releases from Linus make for some interesting reading. |
| November 27, 2001, 1:24 a.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Opera 6.0 Technology Preview 1 for Linux released |
| The first technology preview of Opera 6.0 for Linux has just been released. I installed it and gave it a quick spin. Seems fairly solid. Basically it's 5.0 with a slightly new look and a few more tricks. Worth a look. |
| November 26, 2001, 7:08 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| 2.4.16 kernel released |
| The 2.4.16 kernel has promptly been released, fixing the problem with 2.4.15 corrupting your filesystem when unmounting. |
| November 26, 2001, 6:29 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| UK government could drop Microsoft |
| "The government has threatened to drop Microsoft as its main supplier of software to 500,000 civil servants unless it backs down on plans to raise licence fees by up to 200 per cent." |
| November 25, 2001, 9:10 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| KDE 2.2.1 for Windows |
| Fancy running KDE 2.2.1 in Windows? With the help of Cygwin and Cygwin/XFree86 you can do just that. |
| November 25, 2001, 8:49 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| 2.4.15 and 2.5.0 kernel released! |
| Well here's the massive news of the day, the 2.4.15 kernel has been released and so too has the highly anticipated 2.5.0 kernel, it for this release being identical to 2.4.15. (Update note: Turns out there's a nasty bug that can corrupt your filesystem with these kernels. There are prepatches that fix the problem (2.4.16-pre1 and 2.5.1-pre1) both of which now exist in the 'testing' directory of each kernel's directory at kernel.org.) |
| November 24, 2001, 2:47 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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| Galeon 1.0 released |
| Galeon the GNOME Web browser, based on gecko (the mozilla rendering engine) has finally reached a 1.0 release: "At long last, after a year and a half of work, we're proud to announce that Galeon 1.0 has been released." |
| November 24, 2001, 2:36 p.m. GMT (Posted by ) |
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