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At last: GNOME adds native Exchange Server support —
Mar. 18, 2009 —
 The GNOME Project today achieved a new release of its popular desktop computing environment for Linux. Highlighting the GNOME 2.26 release is a version of the Evolution mail client that could finally open the door to Linux replacing Windows in the enterprise. ...
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World's greenest PC? —
Mar. 17, 2009 —
 CompuLabs is a month from shipping what may be the smallest, most energy-efficient PC ever. The Fit-PC2 is based on an Atom processor up to 1.6GHz, and can be ordered with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed on a 160GB SATA drive or SSD. ...
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Recession buoying desktop Linux, vendor-sponsored survey finds —
Mar. 16, 2009 —
About two-thirds of "IT executives" responding to a Novell-sponsored survey report either "actively evaluating" or "accelerating adoption" of Linux on the desktop, Novell says. About 72 percent responded likewise for servers, although presumably the desktop category includes more evaluators, while servers have more adoption accelerators. ...
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High-security, RAMdisk Linux rev'd —
Mar. 12, 2009 —
 An interesting physical security-focused Linux distribution was upgraded a couple of days ago. Tin Hat Linux reportedly takes a Vista-like five minutes to boot, because its whole filesystem is decrypted and loaded from an optical drive onto a RAMdisk (tmpfs). But after that, it's likely Puppy-fast! ...
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After two years, a new PCLinuxOS ships! —
Mar. 11, 2009 —
 Two years after its last major release, the interesting PCLinuxOS project has quietly posted a major new release. The "pclinuxos-2009.1" download features a 2.6.28.8.tex3 kernel, KDE 3.5.10, and a host of other updates. It is currently difficult to get, however, possibly due to high demand. ...
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A "puplet" for all seasons —
Mar. 10, 2009 —
 This article describes Puppy Linux, a flexible, fast distribution that's always a favorite among DesktopLinux readers. Author Dave Dibble briefly reviews MiPup2, one of many ready-made Puppy "puplets," and updates us on Puppy's current state and planned new features. ...
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Dvorak discovers Linux —
Mar. 10, 2009 —
 John Dvorak, the legendary compu-journalist notorious for acerbic views and wry wit, has found a soft spot in his heart for Tux. The veteran essayist and cable TV star says he will "install [Ubuntu 8.10] permanently on my latest machines." ...
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Linux Foundation takes over Linux website —
Mar. 03, 2009 —
The Linux Foundation (LF) has taken over editorial and community control of the Linux.com news site. The LF will collaborate with previous owner SourceForge to upgrade the site in the coming months to offer more community and collaboration features for Linux users and developers, says the LF. ...
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Article offers GNOME Ubuntu customization tips —
Feb. 27, 2009 —
 Linux excels at letting users customize, or "pimp," the look and feel of their desktop, says a Laptoplogic article, which proceeds to show beginners how to do just that. The article takes users through a makeover session using the GNOME Desktop on Ubuntu. ...
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Microsoft sues PND vendor over FAT filesystem —
Feb. 26, 2009 —
 Microsoft filed a patent infringement action against a vendor of Linux-based personal navigation devices (PNDs), and for the first time appears to target open-source Linux components. The company listed eight patent violations found in TomTom's Linux-based PNDs, three involving the device's use of the FAT filesystem. ...
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Tales of FUDcons past and future —
Feb. 25, 2009 —
 Videos are now available from the FUDCon (Fedora Users and Developers Conference) that took place in Boston, Jan. 9-11. Additionally, the next FUDCon will happen in Berlin, Germany, co-incident with the popular LinuxTag expo Jun. 26-28, the Red Hat-sponsored open source Fedora project has announced. ...
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Slackware-based distro rev's up —
Feb. 24, 2009 —
 The VectorLinux project announced a version 6.0 final release of its speedy Slackware-based distribution. Code named "Voyager," VectroLinux 6.0 adds a stable GUI installer, localization and wireless support, numerous new and updated drivers, and a repository with over 1,000 packages, says the Canada-based project.
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Charity album benefits open source health tech in Africa —
Feb. 24, 2009 —
 A non-profit organization is selling a music album to raise money for an initiative to encourage the use of open-source software in African healthcare. Proceeds from the "OPEN Remix" album, which features musician Youssou N'Dour (pictured), will benefit the IntraHealth OPEN Initiative, says IntraHealth International. ...
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Lenny lights up old laptop —
Feb. 23, 2009 —
 DeviceGuru has posted notes from installing Debian's Lenny distribution on an older ThinkPad notebook with a 600MHz Pentium III processor. The story includes suggestions about tuning Lenny's default GNOME UI with a custom launcher dock, and "real" versions of Firefox and Thunderbird. ...
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World's largest Linux desktop deployment? —
Feb. 19, 2009 —
 Calgary, Alberta-based desktop virtualization vendor Userful announced what it claims is the world's largest deployment of Linux desktops. Working with the Brazilian government and virtual terminal vendor ThinNetworks, the company has won a contract to deploy 356,800 virtualized "Userful Multiplier" desktops to Brazilian schools.
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Files and feeds from FOSDEM —
Feb. 17, 2009 —
Presentation slides, videos, and event write-ups have begun to surface from FOSDEM (the Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting), which took place Feb. 7-8 in Brussels. The event attracted developers working on a wide variety of open source projects, including Gnome, Mozilla, Free Java, and of course, "Embedded." ...
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Debian achieves fifth major release —
Feb. 16, 2009 —
 After 22 months of "constant development," the Debian project released version 5.0 (codenamed "Lenny") on Valentine's Day. The release supports 12 processor architectures, a choice of four desktop environments, and broad standards compliance, the project said. ...
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Xandros ports netbook distro to ARM —
Feb. 16, 2009 —
Xandros is porting its desktop Linux distribution -- noted for use in the pioneering Asus EEE netbook -- to two ARM-based platforms for netbooks and other mobile devices. The ports are part of a larger push to support ARM-based devices, including 3G-enabled MID-like devices and even smartphones, says Xandros. ...
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Cuba launches Gentoo Linux distro —
Feb. 13, 2009 —
 The Cuban government has launched its own version of Gentoo Linux, dubbed "Nova." The distribution was developed in response to embargo hassles in updating and acquiring Windows, as well as concerns over U.S. government spying via the OS, says an industry ...
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The 1,234,567,890th second approaches —
Feb. 12, 2009 —
[Updated 1234545906] -- As most any user can tell you, Linux systems think of time in terms of the number of seconds, not counting leap seconds, since the beginning of the UNIX epoch: Jan. 1, 1970. For most readers, that number will reach 1,234,567,890 this Fri. the 13th. Psych! ...
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Midnight Moonlight hacking delivers 3D Obama —
Feb. 11, 2009 —
 Officially, Novell announced the release of Moonlight 1.0 today. The real release, though, happened nearly three weeks ago, after some intensive, late-night, pre-inauguration hacking, explains GNOME and Mono Founder Miguel de Icaza in this exclusive mini-interview. ...
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German schools pilot remote Debian/KDE desktops —
Feb. 10, 2009 —
 Students and teachers in select German schools can access personalized virtual desktops from home or school, using Kreisbildstelle Stade's currently piloting "Desque" system. The desktops run in a Hamburg datacenter, on quad-core Xeon servers, and are delivered over "standard" broadband using open source NX compression. ...
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SimplyMEPIS 8.0 ready for Lenny —
Feb. 09, 2009 —
 MEPIS Founder Warren Woodford wrote to let us know that the third release candidate for SimplyMEPIS 8.0 is now available for download. Woodford notes, "MEPIS 8.0 is in good shape, but I'd prefer to declare it final when Debian Lenny is released." ...
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XFCE founder interviewed —
Feb. 06, 2009 —
In an interview, Olivier Fourdan, creator of the XFCE, talks about the desktop environment's growing popularity in netbooks. He also discusses Intel's recent contributions to XFCE, which the Intel-sponsored Moblin project is using, as well as the broader potential for Linux-based environments such as XFCE or Android in netbooks. ...
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Ubuntu "Unix" book reviewed —
Feb. 04, 2009 —
 Mark G. Sobell's freshly revised reference work on Ubuntu Linux may be the most impressive computer book I've seen in the last 10 years. If you are currently stranded with a pile of abandoned computers on a desert isle, I'm telling you, this is the book. ...
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