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more »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 »Leak in Samba Versions from 3.0.29
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more »Cross-Platform VPN Connections Configuring VPN connections with Linux clients
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more »xrdp Supporting Windows terminal clients from Linux with xrdp
Nov 30, 2008Xrdp helps your Windows terminal clients connect to Linux.
more »Unison as Free, Ad-Supported Version
Nov 28, 2008The commercial unified communication solution Unison is now available in a free, "sponsor-supported" version whose revenue comes from embedded advertising.
more »ArisID: Open Source Development Software for Identity Management
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more »Novell and Microsoft in Celebratory Moods
Nov 21, 2008For two years now Novell and Microsoft have been playing with the idea of interoperability between Linux and Windows. They hope to strengthen their partnership further through their announcement of the Advanced Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 and a beta of the Moonlight Firefox rich media plug-in.
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