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Click World News (Free subscription) | yesterday
postfail writes 'lwn.net coverage of the 2009 Linux Kernel Summit includes a recap of a presentation by Google engineers on how they use Linux. According to the article, a team of 30 Google engineers is rebasing to the mainline kernel every 17 months, presently carrying 1208 patches to 2.6.26 and inserting almost 300,000 lines of code; roughly 25% of those patches are backports of newer features.'...
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by Ron Miller (Free subscription) | yesterday
After learning that Microsoft opened a Win7-themed cafe, it got me wondering what a cafe would like if it ran in the same style of the OS it was named for... Full Story on DaniWeb. Photo by Marfis75 on Flickr....
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PC World (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's not just the Linux faithful who are predicting the demise of Windows -- an ex-Microsoft employee believes that "proprietary software is eventually going to be doomed."
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Bala's (Free subscription) | yesterday
A couple of days ago, Mandriva released the new version of its operating system, Mandriva Linux 2010. I downloaded the One edition to give it a spin. I have been running Mandriva GNOME since 2008 and I have been keeping track of the developments on the KDE 4.x series. This time around, I wanted to really [...]
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MakeUseOf.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
It’s difficult not to get bored of Ubuntu’s default brown look. Or perhaps even tired of waiting for the visual overhaul that’s been speculated since Hardy Heron last year. How about taking things in your hand and adding some spice to the desktop with some cool wallpapers? Here are 10 cool innovative Ubuntu desktop backgrounds that [...]
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Web Upd8 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Firstly, in case you don't know, Dropbox is a cross-platform service for file sharing, synchronizing and backup. The application is free, along with basic use of the service (up to a limit of 2GB). However, by referring users to create a Dropbox account, both the user who is referring and the user who created the account get 250 MB extra space. Referring users allows you use up to 5 GB of space for...
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DistroWatch.com: News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first preview release of Frugalware Linux 1.2, a general-purpose community distribution for intermediate users: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.2pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 1.2 stable release. A....
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Host Days (Free subscription) | yesterday
The matter of choosing between the operating system (OS) running the web server hosting your web site as old as the web hosting business. The OS controls all the functions of the web server hosting your site, so it comes naturally to pay special attention when choosing one over another. But ...
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Data Recovery Linux (Free subscription) | yesterday
Linux is no doubt the best OS if you see its features like security, strong Command Line Interface (CLI) or Graphical User Interface (GUI) or through controls on the device itself. Linux based systems having high capacities and so are used as servers for simultaneously fast request processing and response generation. The Linux machines are capable on storing large amount of data and maintain it properly....
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TechSheep (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica: October 2009 OS stats: Windows 7 passes Snow Leopard, Linux — In less than two weeks of general availability, Windows 7 has already captured a market share that is greater than Snow Leopard and Linux. Details inside. — Windows 7 arrived two weeks ago and so far it’s selling quite [...]
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Code Review - All issues (Free subscription) | yesterday
First cut at Exit Fullscreen bubble on Linux. It shows and disappears after 3 seconds. There is no way to bring it back. The following remain to be done: - Rounding the bottom corners (with a radius of 8, ActAsRoundedWindow looks ugly) and make it transparent. - Slide in/out animation. - Implement the logic in the Windows version for when to show or hide the bubble. It's pretty complicated and I haven't...
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Politics in the Zeros (Free subscription) | yesterday
And it has wi-fi. Tweet while riding! (Except where prohibited by grumpy lawmakers)
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BetaNews (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
By Tim Conneally , Betanews Early in the summer, IPTV startup Myka delivered an impressive Linux-based device which was not quite a set-top box and not quite a home theater PC (HTPC). Though the device's identity was sort of nebulous, the company's goal was crystal clear: to easily make the tons of different types of Internet video content viewable on the TV. This week, the company has announced its...
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DesktopLinux.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
After ABI Research projected that Linux represents a 32 percent share of netbooks in 2009 and will overtake Windows in 2013, we spoke with ABI analyst Jeffrey Orr. Orr notes the rise of international consumers and ARM-based netbooks, and discusses Ubuntu, Moblin, Android, and Chrome OS.
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kermossa | 01/10/2009
Rootkit scanner is scanning tool to ensure you for about 99.9%* you're clean of nasty tools. This tool scans for rootkits, backdoors and local exploits by running tests like: - MD5 hash compare - Look for default files used by rootkits - Wrong file permissions for binaries
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