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● Links 08/05/2008: New Version of Zenwalk; The GNU/Linux Effect on Windows XP

Posted in News Roundup at 6:13 am by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxReleases : Zenwalk 5.2 is ready !The long awaited Zenwalk 5.2 is now available. In the 4 months since the last release many enhancements have been made. The Zenwalk GNU/Linux OS brings to its users both the latest stable software, a well polished Desktop and an ever-increasing software repository.Will Linux force Microsoft to give XP Pro more life?KDE at LinuxTag 2008 in BerlinKDE was very busy at LinuxTag this year. We were present with two main booths – Amarok and KDE – and a whole bunch of talks within our own track. Additionally, Aaron Seigo gave a well-received keynote on Wednesday, painting a vibrant vision of the desktop in a mobile world, and the direction KDE is heading in.Going GitVersion labeling is out of controlSneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.0: Compiz, with Dennis Kasprzyk”open-source fundamentalist”??We’re not a religion, so we can’t have any fundamentalism, nor fundamentalists. “Open Source Fundamentalist” just doesn’t make any sense.The Next Frontier for Open SourceOpen source is about to hit the cell phone industry hard.PCLinuxOS 2008 Gnome on new laptop.I then added the KDE desktop environment and was all set. My startup time is around 30 seconds and shutdown even less. I have the 3D Compiz Fusion running and everyone at work was really impressed by the speed and look. Texstar and crew really outdid themselves on this one. As of now, there is no way VISTA will ever be re-installed. The only thing I regret is that I had to pay for VISTA, and it counts as a sale for Microsoft. I wonder what the actual figures are for VISTA usage, and how many people have done what I did, and upgrade to Linux?The art of LinuxSo, where lies the difference? What is that one-great-thing which is tempting the users and developers to talk about Linux? Is it just the low acquisition cost and access to the source code?NO!FirefoxFirefox 3 is Nearly Ready to Ship, Mozilla SaysFirefox 3.0 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) fixed about 40 bugs identified after Mozilla issued the first release candidate three weeks ago. Among the higher-profile patches added to RC2 was one that addressed a performance problem in Firefox for Linux .Mozilla is not tech’s worst workspaceThe T-Shirt History of MozillaLeftoversJust what you asked forMeanwhile, as ordered, fish installs the Windows server. It sits on top of a cabinet, plugged in and running. True, it’s not actually connected to the network or being used for anything productive, but it’s running.And when the managers come in for a tour of the server room, they see their Windows server, are satisfied and never return.“The box crashes once in a while — it’s not actually doing anything, but it still crashes — so we just reboot it when we notice,” fish says. “Since it’s not officially monitored, it doesn’t count in our downtime stats.“Far as I know, it’s still there, wasting electricity. But it’s what they wanted.”IMDB victim of denial-of-service attackIt’s the Year of Discovery at AMD – Discovery of Intel Irregularities, That Is Share in other sites/networks: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Permalink  Send this to a friend

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