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  1. HP: Stop the FUD and show us the real webOS source.
    ZDNet logo ZDNet 9 hours ago
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    Quite a few HP-sponsored projects on the aforementioned list are small, and have low participation and maintenance rates, with the exception of Apache, Samba and CUPS, which are large, cross-vendor projects. As a Linux Kernel code contributor, HP was...

  2. Update for The Humble Bundle Mojam
    LXer logo LXer 11 hours ago

    Alright, now let's see how to install a game and how to play it. I'm gonna show you how to install and play Max Payne, b... It's time for a new performance comparison... It's time for (perhaps) the most addictive soccer game in history... Ladies and...

  3. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 months ago
    Visioneer Mobility instantly digitizes documents, photos, plastic ID cards and more into one of three file formats: color PDF, black and white PDF or color JPEG. Scanned items can be saved to an SD memory card or a USB flash drive. After scanning items,...

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  4. This service puts the control back in the hands of our customers, giving them the ability to amend the product to meet their own personal specifications, and aligned with the compelling launch offer of Windows being more competitively priced than Linux, we are therefore ensuring our VPS package offers t...
    SOURCE: Computer Business Review 1 month ago
  5. Gaslamp Games Interview
    Blue's News logo Blue's News 11 hours ago

    When asked, they offered details on what could change their multi-platform philosophy going forward: "Never make promises that you can’t keep. If we start building titles that use OpenGL features and extensions that are not supported on the OS X or...

  6. Google's Dart programming language integrated into new version of Chromium browser
    The Verge 13 hours ago

    Nicknamed "Dartium," the app allows developers to run Dart code directly within the browser, avoiding an additional compilation stage. It's currently available for Mac and Linux computers, though a Windows version is promised soon. Part of Google's...

  7. SCO and IBM Stipulate on Going Forward with Utah Litigation -- It's Game On
    LXer logo LXer 15 hours ago

    To extend the LANs in an economical and easily managed way, COL technology will be offered in three product stratifications; base, workstation and server. Caldera the leader in commercial Linux-based system software debuted COL this week at UNIX Expo...

  8. Linux desktops have gone through this phase and an Android system isn't fundamentally different. Inability to learn from the work already done is not good.
    SOURCE: Times of India 1 month ago
  9. Ubuntu 11.10 Review - Linux Distro Reviews
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 4 months ago
  10. C development on Linux - Basic I/O - VIII.
    LXer logo LXer 16 hours ago

    I didn't get into more detail like precision is because you will have to do some reading for yourself. While you're at it, pay special attention to the variable argument list part, and note that Linux has a command named printf, as part of coreutils, so...

  11. Create a bootable Linux flash drive in three easy steps
    ITWorld.com logo ITWorld.com 18 hours ago

    When you're done, you can just shut down, remove the drive, then boot back into Windows normally. But I recommend familiarizing yourself with that Linux environment, just so you're prepared if and when you need to use it for rescue purposes. Plus, it's...

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Linux (pronounced /ˈlɪnəks/ or /ˈlɪnʊks/) is the name usually given to any Unix-like computer operating system that uses the Linux kernel. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development: typically all underlying source code can be freely modified, used, and redistributed by anyone. Full Article

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  1. In a private network, some printers may be vulnerable if a malicious effort is made to modify the firmware of the device by a trusted party on the network... [And] in some Linux or Mac environments, it may be possible for a specially formatted corrupt print job to trigger a firmware upgrade
    SOURCE: Tom's Hardware Guide 2 months ago
  2. This partnership will completely change things for our Linux system users ... We are pleased to add this solution to assist our business hosting customers to give them more control over their account and improve efficiency.
    SOURCE: PRWeb 2 months ago
  3. In some Linux or Mac environments, it may be possible for a specially formatted corrupt print job to trigger a firmware upgrade
    SOURCE: CRN Technology News For Solution Providers 2 months ago
  4. all the major vendors have given up on Itanium, and x86 with Linux systems are running almost all enterprise mission critical workloads, as well as all new Internet workloads and applications, so we are planning to migrate off our HP-UX box as soon as feasible
    SOURCE: LXer 2 months ago
  5. We want to make sure Windows and Linux have the same mission-critical capabilities as HP-UX ... We want to give customers flexibility in their mission-critical choice.
    SOURCE: CRN Technology News For Solution Providers 2 months ago
  6. There is absolutely nothing flawed about DistroWatch page hit ranking. It represents page hits on the individual distribution pages, period. Now, if you'd said that the DistroWatch page hit ranking is a flawed way of measuring the popularity of Linux distributions, then yes, I would have agreed...
    SOURCE: ITWorld.com 2 months ago
  7. Linux works great on older machines. Newer hardware has issues. Same thing with printers and some other peripherals. They will work, but not necessarily with 100 percent of the available features.
    SOURCE: TechNewsWorld 2 months ago
  8. Customers consolidating on System z virtualized systems are benefiting from the reliability, availability and serviceability of IBM System z servers. z/VM offers platforms for consolidating select UNIX™, Windows™, and Linux workloads on a single physical server.
    SOURCE: PR Newswire 2 months ago
  9. For customers who want to move from Sybase to SQL Server, the SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux allows C and C++ code to continue running in Linux environments
    SOURCE: RedmondMag.com 2 months ago
  10. The Test Center likes this appliance (Oracle Database Appliance) , for the performance and for the strong security offered by the underlying Oracle Linux in the box. It’s more than a solid offering for the SMB space; it’s potentially a game-changer as data and security needs race to keep up with the onc...
    SOURCE: Oracle Blog 2 months ago
  11. VectorLinux is the fastest Linux desktop in it's class bar none. We have exceeded our original goals of VectorLinux 7 and produced a beautiful, full featured stable desktop that is fun, fast and efficient
    SOURCE: Softpedia 2 months ago
  12. The Linux Mint 12 desktop is a mix of old and new. It's a brand new desktop but with traditional components. The new technology in Gnome 3 is exciting but the components contributed by MGSE make users feel at home
    SOURCE: V3.co.uk 2 months ago
  13. The first complete, cross-platform migration solution that enables mainframe PL/I applications to be moved, with minimal changes, from an IBM mainframe to Linux, Unix or Windows Server platforms, where they can be operated for a fraction of the cost.
    SOURCE: Computer Business Review 2 months ago
  14. In the future it will also be able to jailbreak remote devices ... This means that you just need to install a server program on any OS (Linux, BSD, Windows) and Ac1dSn0w will jailbreak it on a client machine anywhere in the world.
    SOURCE: Softpedia 2 months ago
  15. Mint Linux personified Google search
    SOURCE: Hacker News 2 months ago
  16. The piece of software I was working on would only compile on UNIX so I ran an X-Server on my Windows desktop until somebody said 'You're not using Windows. Why don't you just install Linux and be done with it?', and I had to say 'Linux, what's that?'
    SOURCE: LXer 2 months ago
  17. The Linux community should not be left out when it comes to leading edge features like face recognition and advanced peer-to-peer photo sharing
    SOURCE: PRWeb 2 months ago
  18. we coded this for Linux, which is a fractured platform, but we made no effort to accommodate any differences that may arise from release to release of even a single distribution, library, or even our own application. Figure it out yourself, because we are too busy, too arrogant, and don't care.
    SOURCE: LXer 2 months ago
  19. If you don’t like them, then switch to something else like LXDE, XFCE, Linux Mint.
    SOURCE: ZDNet 2 months ago
  20. The big hope for HP and therefore also for Intel would be that this new hybrid approach creates something that is akin and competitive to IBM's zEnterprise, in which case HP can position HP-UX as an MVS competitor on Itanium as a specific workload engine, with the Windows/Linux component running on the ...
    SOURCE: ZDNet UK 2 months ago
  21. It is our pleasure to announce this award to our Middleware ISV partner, Polaris Financial Technology Ltd. Through their commitment to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform, Polaris is helping us add significant clients to our portfolio. We believe that together we will be able to optimize business oppo...
    SOURCE: iStockAnalyst 2 months ago
  22. This is the situation: git must prove itself to Apache. This is akin to Linux being asked to prove itself to Microsoft, an analogy old enough that ASF leadership is sure to understand it.
    SOURCE: ITWorld.com 2 months ago
  23. That was probably the exact opposite of what my treatment should have been ... but since I suddenly had so much free time, I just sort of began learning everything I could about computer science and programming. At one point I taught myself Linux.
    SOURCE: The Austin Chronicle 2 months ago
  24. Red Hat and HP have worked together for more than a decade to continuously support innovation in server and Linux technologies
    SOURCE: MarketWire 2 months ago
  25. Extending HP Converged Infrastructure features to Linux on x86 will allow customers using the Superdome 2 architecture to benefit from the cost-effectiveness of x86, while leveraging the platform's strength, scalability and availability.
    SOURCE: MarketWire 2 months ago
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