Linus Torvalds quietly released another update to the Linux kernel over the weekend that offers better support for kernel-based virtual machines, a kernel debugger, improved webcam support and new support for the One Laptop Per Child architecture. Version 2.6.26 was released on Sunday, July 13. What’s most interesting is the inclusion of a kernel debugger, [...]

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  Every year or so, there’s a new Linux distro darling. Last year’s was Ubuntu, and I’ve lost track of what this year’s favorite penguin might be. But a lot of newcomers to Linux seem to get the impression that a new distro is better than an older package because there’ll be more attention paid [...]

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Best Buy Ubuntu  Synopsis You’re right in the middle of an important procedure when your computer freezes and crashes, erasing your data and costing you hours of extra work. For the thousandth time, you wish you had an easy-to-use alternative to your current operating system. Look no further than Ubuntu Linux, a community-developed, Linux-based operating [...]

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Selling businesses on the benefits of Linux has been a tough proposition for many years. Common reasons cited for not moving to the open-source operating system include system complexity, lack of in-house IT skills and a shortage of business applications. Both the open-source software community and the vendor world have done a lot to address [...]

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Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the delayed first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10, code name “Intrepid Ibex”: “Welcome to Intrepid Ibex Alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 8.10. Alpha 1 is the first in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Intrepid development cycle. The primary [...]

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Available now LINUTOP Overview Linutop is a ready-to-use small computer, designed to reduce maintenance costs. Low maintenance The Linutop operating system is stored on an internal flash memory and cannot be altered by virus or mishap. Initial state can be recovered at each restart. Low deployment costs Linutop is delivered with free standard ready-to-use Linux [...]

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GNOME users will find a lot to like in openSUSE 11.0. openSUSE’s GNOME is very close to upstream GNOME, because Novell and openSUSE want to do as much work as possible in the upstream release. However, we do modify GNOME’s artwork to provide a unified look and feel for the distro. The default GNOME configuration, [...]

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