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Linux device monitors networks
05/17/2008 
Italy-based KDev has found another use for its tiny, cellular radio-equipped Linux box. In its newest"Easy Guardian" iteration, the Acme FoxBox works ... 
XP meets XO: Will Linux get an equal shot?
05/17/2008
On the surface, a little choice isn't going to kill anybody. In fact, choice is good. And if some poor kids can get a laptop, learn a bit and be expos ...
Enterprises grow more savvy over open source
05/17/2008
Open source icon Stormy Peters recently joined us for a live Network World chat. Peters is co-founder of the non-profit GNOME Foundation and director ...
Phoronix Test Suite 0.7.0 Released
05/17/2008
With the Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 codename being Trondheim, which is a city in Norway, and today being Constitution Day in Norway, what better way to c ...
Comparison Between Linux Web Browsers - Review of 5 Linux Browsers
05/17/2008
I chose to only review the GUI web browsers, since it's not exactly appropiate to compare a text-based browser like Lynx with Opera, for example. The ...
Discover How a UNIX Machine Boots
05/17/2008
Ever wonder what makes a computer tick or how a UNIX server does what it does? Discover what happens when you push the power button on your computer. ...
BSDCan 2008: ZFS Internals
05/17/2008
Pawel Dawidek first ported ZFS to FreeBSD from OpenSolaris in April of 2007. He continues to actively port new ZFS features from OpenSolaris, and focu ...
Open source project: OpenJDK
05/17/2008
At the 2006 JavaOne conference, Sun announced plans to open source Java. This wasn't exactly a surprise to those of us working on Java at Red Hat, giv ...
I clean up the OpenSSH mess on my Debian Etch box
05/17/2008
Cleaning up the mess left by the OpenSSH vulnerability in Debian and Debian-based distros (including Ubuntu) is easier than I thought. For those who h ...
Asus to embed Linux into all motherboards
05/17/2008
On Wednesday, DeviceVM, the company behind the distribution, said the hardware manufacturer would be putting Splashtop which Asus calls"Express Gate" ...
Open letter to standards professionals, developers, and activists
05/17/2008
Peter Hintgens, writing at Freesoftware Magazine, explains why the adoption of Microsoft's OOXML as an ISO standard is a dreadful development. More im ...
Anonymous Web surfing with TorK
05/17/2008
Everyone who surfs the Net is eminently trackable. Internet data packets include not only the actual data being sent, but also headers with routing in ...
A brief introduction to the GNU Autotools
05/17/2008
John Calcote has written a very detailed article on the GNU Autotools and you can read it all at theFreesoftware Magazine website. ...
Perform accurate extraction of broadband properties
05/17/2008
Discover Broadband Transmission-line Characterization Using Short-Pulse Propagation, a software toolkit that contains an advanced 2D field solver and ...
The 2008 Google Summer of Code: 21 Projects I'm Excited About
05/17/2008
Andrew Min gives you a taster of the open source goodies being developed at Google's Summer of Code: a GUI for Aptitude, a GUI for Grub 2, search base ...
CrossOver Games Mac Version 7.0.0 Review
05/17/2008
The recent advent of Mac OS X systems for Intel has been a welcome reward for those of us that need Windows compatibly. ...
BSDCan 2008: Opening Session
05/17/2008
BSDCan 2008 officially started this morning at 9AM with an opening talk by the event's organizer, Dan Langille. However, in reality the event has alre ...
Report: Reflections on Open Source Commerce, Part 2
05/17/2008
Linux on the desktop has yet to gain any real market presence. Despite the unrest over Microsoft Windows Vista, the companies that focus on Linux as a ...
A Tale of Four Kernels
05/17/2008
The FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris, and Windows operating systems have kernels that provide comparable facilities. Interestingly, their code bases share ...
W3C 'clarifies' HTML 5 v XHTML
05/17/2008
Potential conflicts and overlap between the first update to HTML in a decade by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and XHTML has been addressed by th ...
Debian fumble jeopardizes all sshd-equipped servers
05/17/2008
As has been widely reported, the maintainers of Debian's OpenSSL packages made some errors recently that have potentially compromised the security of ...
Five Reasons Red Hat Should Ignore Consumer Linux Desktops
05/17/2008
Are you still begging Red Hat to offer Linux on consumer PCs? Here arefive reasons why that's a terrible idea, according to The VAR Guy. ...
Keeping your SSH connections alive with autossh
05/17/2008
With autossh, you can monitor your SSH connections and restart them if they stop sending traffic or SSH exits abnormally. This makes autossh perfect f ...
Microsoft frees poor children from Linux struggles
05/17/2008
Microsoft has announced an agreement with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) that will make Windows XP available on the non-profit's low-cost laptops for thi ...
Cyber Snipa Sonar 5.1 USB Headset
05/17/2008
BIOSLEVEL.com looks at one of the latest USB 5.1 headsets in both Windows and Linux. Are the latest round of gaming headsets ready for Linux usage? ...
My Asus Eee PC's Linux Journey
05/17/2008
After months of tinkering with my Asus Eee PC, I decided on eeeXbuntu (Ubuntu with XCFE).Here's a recap of my journey so far, and where I might be hea ...
Little thin client runs Linux
05/17/2008
The Italian firm CompuMaster has introduced a compact thin client that runs Linux. The"Praim Ino" can be mounted on the back of a monitor, draws just ...
Content Protection madness on Vista
05/17/2008
I'm a firm believer in the idea that if you pay for hardware, you should be able to make full use of it. However, DRM and content protection mechanism ...
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