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zdnet.com.au: The Fedora Project has updated the "beta" or testing edition of version 10 of its Linux distribution over the weekend, with a final release to the public scheduled for 25 November. Advertisement: read more  

Xubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Screenshots Tour. Xubuntu is a complete GNU/Linux based operating system with an Ubuntu base. It is lighter on system requirements and tends to be more efficient than Ubuntu with GNOME or KDE, since it uses the Xfce Desktop environment, which makes it ideal for old or...  

It's one small step for Dell and Consumer Linux. And one giant leap forward for Canonical's Ubuntu distribution. Specifically, Dell has launched advertising for the Mini 9 Netbook running Ubuntu. Here's the scoop from The VAR Guy.  

Frederik's Blog: On my Powerbook I used Debian Testing (Lenny), because it supports the PowerPC architecture very well and is very stable. I was very pleased with this distribution. Even as a desktop OS, I personally liked it much better than Ubuntu. On this new machine, I decided to install...  

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In this howto we will build a load-balanced and high-availability web cluster on 2 real servers with Xen, hearbeat and ldirectord. The cluster will do http, mail, DNS, MySQL database and will be completely monitored. This is currently used on a production server with a couple of websites. The...  

Posting bellow describes setup Ubuntu Hardy PV DomU via attacment block device to Ubuntu Hardy HVM DomU at the same CentOS 5.2 Dom0. Standard debootstrap procedure has been used to create initial image on this device. This step allows to avoid “scp” image files from remote Ubuntu HH box to Dom0...  

GPL Project Watch List for Week of 10/10 How To Set Up a Home Network With Ubuntu, Part 2 How to install Cacti on Debian or Ubuntu Howto get the rt2870 Wifi 802.11abgn chipset to work with Intrepid Ibex awesome linux My Linux Saga: Part 5 Advertisement: read more  

French software firm Mandriva has released its Mandriva 2009 Linux distro, moving to KDE 4 as the default desktop. Other new features include a revamped installer and "Control Center," netbook compatibility, and a variety of updated applications. Although KDE 4, or more specifically 4.1.2, is now...  

linux.com: Virtualization software can help you run programs that your native Linux distro wouldn't. While Linux users have many virtualization options, none comes close to the all-encompassing VMware Workstation 6.5. Introduced last month, VMware Workstation 6.5 continues the tradition of...  

linuxworld.com (IDG): The Linux Foundation is holding its first End User Summit beginning Monday in New York, in an effort to bring Linux kernel developers in closer contact with users at Wall Street institutions and other major companies. Advertisement: read more  

softpedia.com: Mark Shuttleworth promised a new and breathtaking theme for the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) operating system. I think a new and professional theme will get the Ubuntu OS closer to the land of mature operating systems, such as Mac OS X, and it will have more and more...  

openSUSE and SUSE Linux sets default values for some of the network related Kernel parameters. With Kernel 2.6 (default in recent releases of openSUSE & SuSE Linux), there are some fine tuning you can do to improve Network performance and get that extra out of your system.  

linuxexperimentation.blogspot: I confess I am a KDE fan. I had great hopes on KDE 4, I liked it very much for its radical new features. I tried KDE 4 with Debian, Kubuntu, OpenSuSE, Fedora but none were polished and ready to satisfy me. But I think the wait is over with yesterday's release of...  

"Sidux" is a fairly new Linux distribution based on Debian's "unstable" branch, which is perpetually code-named "Sid." An early review suggests Sidux might have the ingredients to make the very newest versions of open source software available for wider testing and use. I have long suspected that...