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Linux : GAP for GIMP 2.6 released.
GAP is a collection of GIMP plugins that make it possible to create animations as sequences of single frames. The result can be saved as animated GIF, AVI or MPEG file (external libraries are used for this).
Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts STRAIGHT
M|cr0s0ft’s “Windows Internet Explorer 8: Get the facts” is a carbon copy of the infamous “get the facts” propaganda against Linux, lies and all. Someone decided to set the record straight. My favorite: “Internet Explorer 8 is more compatible with the early 90s than any other browser.”
Smartbooks: Embracing Linux With Open ARMs
Asus notwithstanding, netbooks have received a great deal of attention in the Linux community for their role in gaining wider acceptance for our favorite operating system.
So, when Freescale and Qualcomm recently debuted a line of what they call “smartbooks” at Computex — prominently featuring ARM processors and priced as low as 9 — the blogosphere had no choice but to sit up and take notice. “Good opportunity here,” wrote jginspace. “I looked at the pictures in the article and was crestfallen,” countered fnj.
Wind River Releases Hard and Heavy Hypervisor
Wind River on Tuesday announced the availability of a high-performance Type-1 hypervisor as the latest addition to its VxWorks product portfolio. The Wind River Hypervisor Multicore Software Solution for device development supports virtualization on single and multicore processors. The new hypervisor integrates with Wind River’s two operating systems, VxWorks and Wind River Linux, and supports other operating systems as well as SMP, asymmetric multiprocessing and supervised AMP.
Wind River Releases Hard and Heavy Hypervisor
Wind River on Tuesday announced the availability of a high-performance Type-1 hypervisor as the latest addition to its VxWorks product portfolio. The Wind River Hypervisor Multicore Software Solution for device development supports virtualization on single and multicore processors. The new hypervisor integrates with Wind River’s two operating systems, VxWorks and Wind River Linux, and supports other operating systems as well as SMP, asymmetric multiprocessing and supervised AMP.
Central Anti-Virus For Small Business?
rduke15 writes “I’m trying to find a centrally managed anti-virus solution for a small business network, which has around 20 Windows XP machines with a Linux server. It is too big to manage each client manually. However, there is no no full-time IT person on site, and no Windows Active Directory server — just Linux with Samba. And the current solution with Symantec Endpoint Protection seems too expensive, and too complex for such a simple need. On the Linux server side, email is handled by amavisd and ClamAV. But the WinXP clients still need a real-time anti-virus for the USB disks they may bring to work, or stuff they download from their personal webmail or other sites. I’m wondering what others may be using in similar situations, and how satisfied they are with it.”
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Recording music with Linux on an EEE PC
While an Asus EEE PC is perhaps not best suited for full-on intensive music production, it does have values which make it an ideal solution for portable recording.This tutorial will show you how to install and setup a linux recording environm
Linux 2.6.30’s best five features
Step by step Linux keeps getting better. Here’s the best of the latest release’s features.
Mono Squeezed Into Debian Default Installation
pallmall1 writes “OS News reports that Debian developer Josselin Mouette got Tomboy accepted as a dependency for gnome in the next release of Debian (codenamed Squeeze). While that may seem like nothing big (except for the 50 MByte size of the Tomboy package), Tomboy requires Mono — meaning that Mono will now be installed by default. Apparently, Debian doesn’t have the same concerns over using specifications patented by M|cr0s0ft and licensed under undisclosed terms that Red Hat does. Perhaps Debian doesn’t believe that M|cr0s0ft might do something like Rambus did.”
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New Linux kernel adds file-system support
Kernel version 2.6.30 offers support for two new file systems, performance improvements, and new hardware drivers.