Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on March 06, 2007
First, I wish that Linux Software installation is as easy as the Mac - just copy the application package to a directory and run it off of that. Deleting it just requires dragging that same file to...
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Filed in archive Servers
by Rom Feria on March 04, 2007
What is puppet? Puppet is an application that "lets you centrally manage every important aspect of your system using a cross-platform specification language that manages all the separate...
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Filed in archive Misc
by Rom Feria on March 04, 2007
The free software Foundation is lobbying for the computer's release from the grasp of proprietary software vendors. By making the recommended changes in any or all of these five areas (free...
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Filed in archive Utilities
by Rom Feria on March 04, 2007
Inkscape is an open source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an open...
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Filed in archive Servers
by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
InternetNews covered a Gartner report citing an increase in world-wide server growth. On a related note, LinuxElectrons reports on an IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker stating a 5.2%...
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Filed in archive Devices
by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
I have featured Linux on mobile phones several times already so it won't hurt to feature another one. :) Trolltech releases the Qtopia Greenphone, "a Linux mobile development device open for...
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Filed in archive Servers
by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
iTWire reports of the largest open-source deal ever with the deployment of Open-Xchange by internet service provider 1&1. In what they claim is the largest-ever open source deal, collaboration...
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Filed in archive Misc
by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
McKesson has joined with Red Hat (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, to introduce the Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform, a cost-effective open source...
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Filed in archive Servers
by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
Keith Winston of Linux.com provides a tutorial on filtering web content using open source tools like squid and squidGuard. Content filtering for the Web can be a messy proposition. A business may...
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Filed in archive Misc
by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
Hang-on, you can't win US$20,000 if you are not a Graduate student from the Asia-Pacific region, namely, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Australia (what? No...
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Filed in archive Devices
by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
Another Linux-based phone gets announced. Engadget reports on Gupp Technologies' Phreedom VoIP phone that has GSM support running on Linux. Phreedom sports a Treo-style qwerty keyboard, 2.5"...
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Filed in archive Devices
by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
Gadget freaks unite! Here's another chance to help make a Linux device a tool for Linux power-users. According to Linuxdevices, Nokia is looking for help from you guys. At the show, Nokia and...
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