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Open-Source ATI R600/700 3D Driver Almost Working
AMD's John Bridgman has shared that the open-source R600/700 3D driver for Linux is becoming usable, slowly but surely. Months after releasing documentation, a programmer's guide, and sample code, their Mesa driver is beginning to do useful things -- more...
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Fluendo Releases Its Own Linux DVD Player
Fluendo, the company that's largely behind G-Streamer and produces legal audio/video codecs for Linux, has now launched its own DVD player solution for Linux. Fluendo's new DVD player software is, of course, built upon the G-Streamer framework...
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An Interview With A Linux Game Porter
Recently on our forums, Frank Earl (who goes by the synonym Svartalf), has been seeking the input of Linux gamers as to what games they would like to see ported to Linux. Frank has been working for Linux Game Publishing...
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NVIDIA Issues An Open-Source Driver Update
NVIDIA's Aaron Plattner has just announced the release of the xf86-video-nv 2.1.14 driver, but does it have anything in store? Not really. The NVIDIA open-source X.Org driver update brings support for a couple of new ASICs, fixed mode-setting for some...
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A Root-less X Server Nears Reality
One of the benefits of moving the different graphics hardware drivers over to using kernel mode-setting, an in-kernel GPU memory manager (whether it be GEM or TTM), and other newer X innovations is the possibility of now running the X...
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KDE 4.3.0 Release Candidate Goes Wild
With KDE 4.3 being scheduled for release later this month, Sebastian Kügler on the behalf of the KDE developers around the world has announced the KDE 4.3.0 release candidate. KDE 4.3 RC1 further polishes and completes the K Desktop Environment...
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Razer Salmosa Gaming Mouse
Razer has long been known as a manufacturer of high-end gaming mice with such prestigious products as the Copperhead, DeathAdder, and most recently the Lachesis. Razer has also expanded to offer other products such as the Barracuda Sound Card, Tarantula...
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As It Stands, Ubuntu Has No Issues With Mono
On behalf of Canonical and the Ubuntu Technical Board, Scott James Remnant has issued a position statement surrounding Mono, the open-source project that provides a C# compiler for Linux (along with other operating systems) and other components for a free...
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ATI's X.Org DDX Driver Gets KMS Ready
With the forthcoming Linux 2.6.31 kernel there is finally Radeon kernel mode-setting support so that those running ATI graphics cards on Linux will be able to experience a cleaner boot process, faster VT switching, improved security, and other overdue features...
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Linux Weather Forecast
The 2.6.30 kernel was released on June 9. The 2.6.30 development cycle saw the addition of almost 12,000 individual changes from over 1100 developers representing some 200 different companies. 2.6.30 has 624,000 more lines of code than 2.6.29.
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Generating Graphs with gnuplot, Part 2
![]() In Part 1 of this series on Gnuplot, there was a lot of talk about line colors, font settings, export scripts, and the like, but no actual ...
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Mozilla Slates First Firefox 3.5 Patch
![]() Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 later this month to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said.
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New Linux Patch Could Circumvent Microsoft's FAT Patents
![]() Microsoft's recent lawsuit against TomTom, alleging infringement of filesystem patents, has left many questions unanswered about the legal implications of distributing open source implementations of Microsoft's FAT filesystem.
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Reserve Your Space on the Australian Stage
![]() The Triple Crown of Linux conferences -- if there is one -- is surely the Linux Symposium, the Linux Kongress, and linux.conf.au.
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SourceForge Delivers 4 Billionth Open Source Download
![]() SourceForge.net, the big open source app/code repository has hit a major milestone: 4 billion downloads.
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Mixing Proprietary Software and Linux
It's easier than ever for Linux users to avoid closed, proprietary applications and drivers. But life is complex, and there are still times when a Linux user's choices are not as simple as FOSS/non-FOSS.
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Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5
Mozilla today released Firefox 3.5, a major update to its popular, free and open source Web browser.
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Cisco Eyes Web Alternative To Microsoft Office
![]() Online application service would put Cisco alongside Google and others in going after a slice of Microsoft's lucrative Office software franchise.
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First Look: Firefox 3.5 Released, Ready to "Upgrade" the Web
![]() Mozilla has announced the official release of Firefox 3.5, the next major version of its popular open source Web browser. The new version boosts performance, introduces useful new features, and delivers strong support for emerging Web standards.
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Distribution Release: Calculate Linux 9.7 "KDE"
Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD) is a Gentoo-based operating system for PCs and notebooks. Alexander Tratsevskiy has just announced a new version of its KDE editiom, 9.7. Main changes: "Support for Italian and Polish has been added. System installation on USB...
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Development Release: Slackware Linux 13.0 RC1
Patrick Volkerding has announced that Slackware "Current", the distribution's development branch, has reached release candidate status: "The to-do isn't entirely empty here, but it's pretty much down to minor nits, and so we're going to call this release candidate 1...
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Development Release: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Beta
Red Hat has announced the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.4: "Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the beta release of 5.4 (Linux kernel 2.6.18-155.el5) for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux...
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Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2009.2
Bill Reynolds has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2009.2, a beginner-friendly distribution and live CD for the desktop: "The quarterly ISO image updates of PCLinuxOS 2009.2 and PCLinuxOS GNOME 2009.2 are now available, featuring a fully updated ISO image with...
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Distribution Release: Sabayon Linux 4.2 "GNOME"
Fabio Erculiani has announced the release of Sabayon Linux 4.2 "GNOME" edition, a Gentoo-based desktop distribution and live DVD: "On the behalf of the Sabayon Linux team, we are happy to announce the immediate availability of Sabayon Linux 4.2 GNOME....
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Development Release: sidux 2009-02 Preview 1
Stefan Lippers-Hollmann has announced the availability of the first preview release of sidux 2009-02, a desktop-oriented distribution based on Debian's unstable branch: "We have the pleasure to announce the availability of the first preview for sidux 2009-02 'Aether', shipping with...
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Distribution Release: Yellow Dog Linux 6.2
Fixstars has announced the release of Yellow Dog Linux 6.2, a CentOS-based distribution designed for the Apple PowerPC and Sony PlayStation machines: "Fixstars today announced the immediate availability of Yellow Dog Linux 6.2, delivering several updates and improvements making it...
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Development Release: openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 3
Joe Brockmeier has announced the availability of the third milestone of openSUSE 11.2 "The openSUSE project is pleased to announce the release of openSUSE 11.2 milestone 3. Images are ready for download and testing. This release includes the 2.6.30 Linux...
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Distribution Release: blackPanther OS 9.1
blackPanther OS is a Hungarian desktop Linux distribution with RPM package management. The just released version 9.1 is a major update, featuring many new technologies, Linux kernel 2.6.29.1, KDE 4.2.0 and OxygenOffice 3.1. Besides the live CD, the distribution provides...
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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 309
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Report: LinuxTag 2009 News: Updated kernel for "Lenny", Slackware install guide, Fedora 12 "Constantine", free articles by BSD Magazine Released last week: Linux Mint 7 "x86_64", Tiny Core Linux 2.1, linuX-gamers Live 0.9.5 Upcoming releases:...
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Can FAT patch avoid Microsoft lawsuits?
Andrew Tridgell has published a patch that could make the Linux implementation of the FAT filesystem impervious to Microsoft patent claims of the kind that forced a settlement from TomTom. The patch alters the VFAT code so that it does...
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Debian plans draw sharp warning from GNU guru
As the Debian project releases a second update of its Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 ("Lenny") distribution, a controversy has broken out over the next version, "Squeeze." GNU guru Richard Stallman has warned that by including a Mono-based note-taking application called Tomboy,...
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LiveUSB version of OLPC software targets netbooks
Sugar Labs has issued a LiveUSB version of its "Sugar" Linux distribution and educational software, used by One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)'s XO-1. "Sugar on a Stick v1 Strawberry Learning Platform" can be plugged into any netbook or PC, offering...
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Virtualization software goes multi-processor
The Sun-sponsored VirtualBox project has released a beta 3.0 version of its free, x86-oriented virtualization software. The Linux-compatible xVM VirtualBox 3.0 adds support for guest Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) with up to 32 virtual CPUs, as well as support for version...
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Open source show gears up with 200 sessions
The OSCON (Open Source Convention) conference will present over 200 sessions between July 20-24 in San Jose, Calif., covering a variety of desktop and embedded Linux topics. Meanwhile, SourceForge.net has opened voting for its 2009 Community Choice Awards, with winners...
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Office suite released in netbook version
ThinkFree announced the availability of a Linux-compatible office productivity suite designed for netbooks. ThinkFree Mobile Netbook ESD version offers word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications, with "round-trip" Microsoft Office compatibility, synchronization and online document collaboration features, and 1GB of free...
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Scalix gains mobile device synchronization
Xandros-owned email and groupware vendor Scalix released Scalix ActiveSync 1.0, a push email and synchronization add-on to Scalix Server that implements Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol for wireless message synchronization. Scalix also released Scalix Server 11.4.4, touted for its over 200...
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OpenSource World announces keynote speakers
IDG World Expo has announced speakers for its inaugural OpenSource World 2009 show (formerly LinuxWorld) on Aug. 12-13 in San Francisco. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen will keynote the conference, which will feature presentations on Linux desktops, netbooks, Android,...
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Ubuntu added to online preview site
A community site dedicated to offering previews of open source applications has now added Ubuntu Linux 8.04 to its catalog. Click2try now offers over 40 virtualized open source applications in its online catalog, with both free and paid subscription plans...
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Linux 2.6.30 gets new filesystems
Linus Torvalds (pictured) announced Linux kernel 2.6.30, adding several new filesystems, including the NILFS2 log-structured filesystem. Linux 2.6.30 enhancements include a local caching layer for NFS data, the RDS server cluster communications protocol, the Tomoyo security module, and support for...
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Firefox 3.5 released with with support for HTML 5.0 video tag
Firefox team is striving to remain in the cutting edge of technology. The newest Firefox release namely version 3.5 is considered by many to be one of the fastest web browsers leaving its competition far behind. Mozilla claims Firefox 3.5...
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Understanding Ext4 File System
This article gives a good understanding of Ext4 - the 4th extended file system. Ext4 was released as a functionally complete and stable filesystem in Linux kernel 2.6.28. Ubuntu 9.04 aka Jaunty Jackalope was released with support for the ext4...
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Linux eventually garners a 1% market share
Linux has garnered the magical 1% global market share of computer users. As of April 2009, it is exactly 1.02 %. It is an understood fact that we have a long way to go to catch up with the market...
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An indepth look at OpenOffice.org Office Suite
OpenOffice.org is arguably the finest office suites available in the public domain. It is a direct competitor of Microsoft Office. It includes a Word processor (OpenOffice.org Writer), a Spreadsheet (OpenOffice.org Calc),a Presentation program (OpenOffice.org Impress), a Drawing program (OpenOffice.org Draw)...
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Sun Microsystems merges with Oracle
Sun Microsystems gets acquired by Oracle. This is the hot news making rounds on the net. This is a news which could have wide ramifications for the Open Source crowd. Why? Because Sun Microsystems creates some of the most well...
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GNOME Do - An intelligent launcher tool for GNOME
GNOME Do is an intelligent launcher tool which makes all your default menus and panels in GNOME redundant. Since last time I had written about GNOME Do, it has gotten only better. Just a glance through the numerous plugins available...
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Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope makes it's debut
Ubuntu 9.04 code named Jaunty Jackalope has made its debut as a release candidate. This is a pre-release of Ubuntu which is almost ready for general use. On first glance, this release of Ubuntu looks very promising. |
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Mozilla Plans 'BugDay' to Exterminate Bugs in Firefox 3.5
After several delays and a lot of anticipation, Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 3.5, officially joining the next-generation of browser wars where heavy focus has been put on JavaScript performance. But is the new browser ready for prime-time?
Due to...
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Rumor: Nvidia Ion 2 to Supercharge Graphics with Twice the Shaders of Ion 1
Nvidia isn't saying much about its next Ion platform, but if recent rumors turn out to be true, the followup platform looks to be a doozie. According to news and rumor site Fudzilla, Nvidia will double up the number...
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Microsoft Will Offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium
Until now, it was assumed that Microsoft would only sell single license versions of Windows 7. But, thanks to a recent discovery in the latest license agreement, there's some evidence suggesting otherwise.
In...
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Symantec Releases Public Beta of Norton Internet Security 2010 and AntiVirus 2010
Many of our readers were taken off-guard when we rated Norton Internet Security 2009 a 9/Kickass in last year's antivirus roundup, and we even admit to being surprised at Norton's transformation from a resource-heavy sloth to a lean and...
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A-DATA's New USB Flash Drives Swivel and Lock
A-DATA today unveiled a new line of colorful USB flash drives with a swivel design case the company claims will keep the USB connector free from harm.
"Unlike conventional swivel-designed USB flash drives, the unique asymmetric outer casing of C903 protects...
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Bing Gets Desperate and Adds Twitter Messages to Search Results
In what appears to be a desperate dig for traffic, Bing has decided to add Twitter messages to their search results in an attempt to take some market share from Google.
"We're not indexing all...
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USB 3.0 Equipped PCs Will Be Shipping by End of the Year
Taiwanese manufacturers might have positioned themselves to begin shipping SuperSpeed USB (aka USB 3.0) before the curtain falls on the year 2009, according to the July issue Nikkei Electronics Asia. The magazine believes that it was quite evident from...
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Archos 9 PC Tablet Comes to the U.S.
Already announced in Europe last month, Archos is bringing its new Archos 9 PC Tablet to the U.S. market. The ultraportable tablet weighs less than 22.29 ounces and measures just 0.63-inches thick.
On the hardware front, the Archos 9 boasts a...
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Conficker Costs Manchester City Council over $2.4 Million
 The Conficker worm outbreak caught a lot of people off guard, but the Manchester City Council impresses through its recent announcement of cleanup costs amounting to £1.5 million ($2.45 million). The sum represents the losses in bus...
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People's Lives Held for Ransom via SMS
 The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued warnings to the general public after it received reports of death threats being made via mobile phone text messages. The bogus SMSes inform people that they are about to...
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Security Guard's Mission Impossible Ends in Hacking Charges
 Jesse William McGraw, a security guard at the Carrell Clinic in Dallas, Texas, has been charged with computer intrusion after he took his passion for spy movies to another level – actually making one during his night...
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Nine-Ball Distributes Complex Click Fraud Trojan
 Analysts from security company SecureWorks discovered one of the most complex and effective click fraud trojans known to date, while analyzing the malware served by the Nine-Ball mass injection attac... (read more)
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Torrentreactor Website Injected with Malicious Code
 Torrentreactor, one of the largest torrent indexers, has been compromised by unknown attackers who injected a hidden IFrame into its pages. The IFrame loads malicious code from a remote server that attempts to exploit software on visitors'...
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China Delays Order to Deploy Buggy Censorware
 The government in Beijing has indefinitely delayed its order that required all computers sold in China after July 1st to have a particular content-filtering application installed by default. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced this...
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Upcoming ATM Hack Demo at Black Hat Gets Canceled
 An intriguing and much expected presentation of a serious vulnerability affecting automated teller machines that was scheduled to take place at the upcoming Black Hat conference got canceled. The researcher was forced by its employer, Juniper Networks,...
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Email Hack Exposes U.S. Governor's Extramarital Affair
 South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford faces a lot of pressure, both in his personal and political life, after news broke out of an extramarital affair he was having with a woman from Buenos Aires. Being blamed by...
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Masking Passwords: Good or Bad Debate
 Various experts in areas such as usability, cryptography and security entered a debate over the necessity of masking passwords, a standard practice dating back to the beginning of the Internet. People on both sides of the barricade...
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Notorious Phreaker Gets Sentenced to Eleven Years in Prison
 Matthew Weigman, a 19-year-old legally blind phreaker from Massachusetts, has been sentenced to over 11 years behind bars for making fake 911 calls, illegally listening to the phone conversations of others and harassing a Verizon investigator. Sean...
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Fluendo S.A., the popular software company that offers audio and video codecs for various Linux distributions, such as Mandriva, proudly announced yesterday evening (July 2nd) the immediate availability of a new solution to legally play DVD-Video discs....
Earlier today, Canonical has announced the availability of a major security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 8.10 and 9.04 (also applies to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu). The update patches no more than...
The GNOME developers, through Lucas Rocha, have announced early this morning in a press release that the last maintenance release of the popular GNOME 2.26 desktop environment is now available for download. Just like the previous maintenance...
The KDE community proudly announced today, June 1st, the immediate availability of the first release candidate of KDE 4.3, the next-generation KDE desktop environment for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. However, the focus of this...
The PCLinuxOS team announced yesterday evening, June 30th, the second maintenance release of PCLinuxOS 2009 in both of its KDE 3 and GNOME 2 variants. Besides the usual bugfixes and updated applications, PCLinuxOS 2009.2 comes now packed...
Fabio Erculiani announced yesterday evening, June 30th, the immediate availability of a new maintenance version of the Sabayon Linux 4 GNOME Edition operating system, now with GNOME 2.26.2! Being based on the Lite MCE version, this second GNOME...
Using torrents has become quite an everyday routine for most of us. Though eating up all your bandwidth in one bite, they surely can take the load off traffic-heavy servers. How? Each of us becomes a peer...
VirtualBox, the popular, amazing, open-source, virtualization software from Sun Microsystems, reached version 3.0.0 a few minutes ago. This major update brings lots of new features, many bugfixes and improvements over previous 2.x versions. The big and breathtaking...
With over 600 packages installed and 2500 new ones available via the EPEL repository, Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 made its appearance on the Linux scene last night, June 29th, when Fixars Solutions 
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