MANDRIVA 2009 DVD INLAY
Dec 05, 2008more »
UBUNTU 8.10 DVD INLAY
Dec 05, 2008more »
Why Can't Computers Just Work All the Time?
Dec 04, 2008The feud between Minix inventor and operating system czar Andrew W. Tanenbaum and Linux Torvalds is legendary in the OS world. Before Linux there was Minix. Torvalds used to be a Minix user who set up his first Linux version in 1991 on Professor Tanenbaum’s operating system. Mr. Tanenbaum has now agreed to write a guest editorial for Linux Magazine. His opinion has not changed over the years: Linux (and Windows) are “unreliable.”
more »Debian Takes AGPL Software into Main
Dec 04, 2008The FTP team at the Debian project have decided that the Affero GPL version 3 licensing (AGPLv3) is consistent enough with the guidelines of the Linux distro that software with the licensing can go into Debian's main archive.
more »OpenSolaris Live CD 2008.11 with Distro Toolbox and Automated Install
Dec 03, 2008The OpenSolaris project has issued its second solid release with the Live CD 2008.11, which integrates subprojects such as the installer and package manager.
more »Mandriva Fires Two Developers
Dec 03, 2008Mandriva's financial situation appears to be none too rosy. At the end of the year, the distributor will terminate the employment of two of its freelance workers, Adam Williams, effectively the Community Manager, and Package Manager Oden Eriksson.
more »Grml 2008.11 with Libata, but without Truecrypt
Dec 02, 2008Aimed mainly at sysadmins and text tool users, the Debian-based Linux distribution Grml is now available in version 2008.11.
more »SliTaz Slim and sleek Linux distro
Nov 30, 2008In a world of multi-gigabyte Linux distributions, it's refreshing to see lightweight distributions like Puppy Linux and Damn Small Linux. But even these distributions look fat next to SliTaz.
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