40 items tagged “linux”
2007
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released. Includes Iceweasel (Firefox), Icedove (Thunderbird), Iceape (Seamonkey) and Python 2.4.4 as standard. # 8th April 2007, 6:25 pm
As ICD head analyst Walter Dickweed put it: "Releasing a new kernel on Superbowl Sunday means that the important ’pasty white nerd’ constituency finally has something to do while the rest of the country sits comatose in front of their 65" plasma screens".
— Linus Torvalds # 4th February 2007, 10:33 pm
Linus Torvalds: Super Kernel Sunday! Linux kernel version 2.6.20 is out, and includes virtualization thanks to KVM. # 4th February 2007, 10:32 pm
Linux Genuine Advantage. As with all the best parodies, this one ships with source code. # 2nd February 2007, 5:29 pm
Mono-based device wins Best-of-Show at CES. “The Sansa Connect is running Linux as its operating system, and the whole application stack is built on Mono, running on an ARM processor.” # 17th January 2007, 11:21 pm
Ubuntu Screencasts. Fantastic resource—exactly what Ubuntu (and desktop Linux in general) needs. # 15th January 2007, 1:41 am
2006
DHS Funding Open Source Security. Paying for “source code analysis technology” coverage of Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL and more. # 17th January 2006, 10:18 pm
2005
Enter the hedgehog
The Ubuntu community have released Hoary Hedgehog, otherwise known as Ubuntu 5.04. If you haven’t tried Ubuntu yet, it’s an excellent Linux distribution based on Debian with a strong focus on desktop usability. Unlike most Linux distros, Ubuntu comes with just one desktop manager (Gnome) and one obvious default application for each of the essentials: Firefox for browsing, OpenOffice for office work, Evolution for mail.
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Subversion 1.0 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Apparently the RPMs on RHN are two years old. # 3rd September 2004, 10:33 pm