So, a few major things that this post will cover today:
* Improved startup time for compiz * Revived Input Redirection patches and MPX patches * Compiz 0.7.8 released * Three new plugins, new-maximumize, minimumize, new-put * Simple CCSM for KDE
The system integrator recently introduced a Linux-based personal computer that sells for just $299.
Psystar's OpenLite system ships with the Ubuntu Linux desktop preinstalled, running on a 1.8-GHz Intel Celeron chip with integrated graphics support. Upgrading to a dual-core Pentium chip costs an additional $40. "With unparalleled affordability, this computer can bring Windows computing into every home and office," Psystar boasts on its Web site, even though the system runs Linux, not Microsoft Windows.
This new platform consisted of HP ProLiant "Blade" server, running Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Cloverleaf 5.5.
The Fedora Project is proud to announce the availability of the Fedora 10 Preview Release. The Fedora 10 Preview Release is our last pre-release offering before we let everyone taste the goods for real.
The RPM Fusion team is proud to announce the public availability of our repositories that provide software which the Fedora project cannot provide as easy-to-install RPM packages.
What we Like Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2009 is one of the best commercial desktop Linux distributions, and there is a lot to like about it. Aside from its overall stability, we especially like the Mandriva Control Center, and the network manager applet. The installer is also one of the nice aspects of the operating system.
Conclusion : KDE 4.1 is a visual delight ,Plasma desktop is one of the coolest looking desktop shell you will find across Operating Systems, it is definitely Linux Desktop of the future and with the included frameworks like Phonon , Solid etc KDE 4.1 makes the task of developing applications for KDE relatively easy for developers.
Impressed , A number of linux distributions like Kubuntu 8.10 and Mandriva Linux 2009.0 comes preinstalled with KDE 4.1, also it is relatively easy to install KDE 4.1 on Ubuntu , Fedora or anyother major distribution.
One of the most powerful attributes that are running for Linux as opposed to other OS’es is it flexibility and customizibility. Its one of the first things mentioned when a Linux geek is asked about Linux. And we love to show it. I trekked Gnome Look and KDE Look and chose for you these 30 great login screen themes. The first 15 are GNOME Specific, while 16-30 are for KDE.
Based on the methodologies developed at Sector7, IBM launched the Migration Factory service back in mid-2005, which aimed primarily at getting Solaris shops to move to IBM servers running Linux, but which has subsequently been expanded to cover migrations to AIX. To date, Migration Factory has done 1,200 customer migrations.
The Community Edition is available for free download immediately under the GNU Public License version three (GPLv3).
Some of the backstage community noticed the efforts of the BBC in Ubuntu 8.10 which was released on 30th October, to make a range of non-DRM content a. So we decided to catch up with one of the man behind the project, George Wright who is Portofolio Manager at Research and Innovaton. If Flash isn't your style we have the same video in Mpeg4, Ogg Theora and Ogg Dirac.
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vincent
2008-11-05 10:22:51
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