November 2008
Linux on the iPhone! Why Should You Care?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 11:29:34 PM Filed under
hehe2.net: Time and time again I expressed my disdain for Apple and their anti-competitive tactics by locking down the iPhone and iPod. So its no wonder that the news the Linux kernel has been successfully ported to the iPhone came as a breath of fresh air.
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Why Ubuntu and Too Much Trust Can Be Bad
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 11:27:16 PM Filed under
workswithu.com: One of desktop Linux’s chief selling points is its near-immunity to malware. Whether this superiority is due to the Unix security measures that Windows lacks, or to the mere fact that comparatively few people use Linux on desktop computers, it makes Linux attractive in an era when all manner of nasty things can be done to computer users by exploiting bugs in the software they run.
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KDE 4 Video Editor Kdenlive Released
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 11:25:49 PM Filed under
dot.kde.org: The promising nonlinear video editor Kdenlive has made its first non beta for KDE 4, version 0.7 is on us. This closes another gap of the free desktop world: a usable open source video editor.
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Microsoft Makes $20 billion dollar bid for Linux based Yahoo
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 08:24:11 PM Filed under

tribbleagency.com: The UK Times is reporting that Microsoft and Yahoo! are in a $20 billion dollar deal (less than half their bid in February of $44.6 Billion) , the question not asked is what is Microsoft going to do with all those Linux servers?
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How a Mandriva Upgrade led to me installing OpenSUSE
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 08:21:34 PM Filed under

blogbeebe.blogspot: I've been waiting to upgrade europa, who's been running Mandriva 2008.1 Power Pack. I've been quite happy with it. Of course, the only reason to upgrade is because Mandriva 2009.0 Power Pack is the new hotness, which makes 2008.1 old and busted.
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State of hardware support in Linux
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 08:19:36 PM Filed under
lucas-nussbaum.net: I’m getting increasingly annoyed by the state of some aspects of hardware support in Linux.
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Even More Madcap Manpages
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 06:19:23 PM Filed under
linuxshellaccount.blogspot: While out trudging through the wasteland of that thingy they call the Internet, looking far and wide for stuff to make me chuckle, I ran across this awesome collection of fake, and funny, man pages.
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5 Pranks for Your Linux-Using Friend
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 06:17:41 PM Filed under
linuxloop.com: Please use your judgment about the person, the computer, and the prank before attempting this. Always try whatever you plan to do on your own computer or some other safe computer before doing anything.
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Creating your perfect Linux system
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 06:15:47 PM Filed under
it.toolbox.com/blogs: If you are looking for step by step instructions to creating your perfect Linux system then stop reading now. How can I know what your perfect system is? What I can do is give some guidelines to enable you to determine what your perfect system is.
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Fedora 10 Comes Out With Five More Spins
Submitted by srlinuxx on Sunday 30th of November 2008 06:14:18 PM Filed under
phoronix.com: Fedora 10 was officially released a few days ago, but the Fedora SIG (Special Interest Group) has this weekend announced the availability of a few application-specific spins for Cambridge. Well, seven different spins to be exact.
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