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2007/05/28 TypeFaster-v.0.4.2.exe Review:
Well here is a review that I have started typing with a progam that is under the GPL v2 of 1991 and so far I have got a range of very useful typing accuracies such as between 92% and 98%. Here are the pro and cons of TypeFaster v0.4.2: Pros: Simple user interface. make your…
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2007/05/23-27: OSBC article and some……
Sorry I have had some troubles with my server for the past few days so here is a catch up: Here is what the Open Source vendors said about the Microsoft Patent Issue Part I Linux patents claims a diversion from innovation Microsoft claims dominate Open Source Business Conference By Paul Krill Microsoft’s claim that…
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2007/05/23 MCNLive “Toronto” Released
Here is an excerpt from Distrowatch on topic of MCNLive “Toronto”‘s Release: A new, enhanced version of MCNLive, a Mandriva-based live CD distribution, has been released: “I am glad to announce MCNLive, code name ‘Toronto’. What’s the difference to ‘Delft’? VirtualBox OSE, KOffice suite, GIMP, gThumb, gxine, gFTP, Bluefish, Quanta, KAudioCreator, Kopete, KDE Bluetooth, a…
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2007/05/22 Mandriva Layoffs
Here is an excerpt from Distrowatch.com about the Mandriva Layoffs: We start this week’s news section with information about a new round of layoffs at Mandriva: “Last Thursday, at least four Mandriva employees received the news that their contracts will be stopped next month. All of them are people who are very active in the…
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2007/05/21: PCLinuxOS 2007 Released:
Here is the release excerpt from Distrowatch.com on PCLinuxOS 2007: PCLinuxOS 2007 has been released: “Texstar and the Ripper Gang are pleased to announce the final release of PCLinuxOS 2007. Featuring kernel 2.6.18.8, KDE 3.5.6, OpenOffice.org 2.2.0, Firefox 2.0.0.3, Thunderbird 2.0, FrostWire, KTorrent, Amarok, Flash, Java JRE, Beryl 3D and much more. Almost 2 GB…
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2007/05/20 Dell Announces Ubuntu OS Computers
Here is some news from Tomdryer.com: It looks like Ubuntu will be sold on three Dell systems starting on the 24th of May. We will be launching a Linux based OS (Ubuntu) on the E520, 1505 and XPS 410 starting next Thursday, 5/24. We expect these systems to be less than 1% of our OS…
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2007/05/19 Microsoft Patents knocked around by Linus Tarvald
in this article on digg which was found on this website Torvalds tells Microsoft to put up or shut up Microsoft may have patent problems of its own, claims Linux kernel creator Iain Thomson, vnunet.com 16 May 2007 Linus Torvalds has hit back at Microsoft’s claims that it holds 42 patents that are infringed by…
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2007/05/18 Ubuntu CE 3.1 Released:
Well Ubuntu CE 3.1 has been released. here is an excerpt from distrowatch.com: Jereme Hancock has announced the release of Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.1, a bug-fix update based on Ubuntu 7.04: “We have just released Ubuntu Christian Edition v3.1 (Feisty). This is a maintenance release to fix a few bugs. The bug fixes in this…
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2007/05/17 Arch Linux 2007-05 Released
Today Arch Linux has released 2007-05 and here is an excerpt from distrowatch.com Tobias Powalowski has announced the release of Arch Linux 2005-07, the first official release since the project implemented a new, more frequent release policy: “It’s done, final 2007.05 ‘Duke’ ISO images for i686 and x86_64 are ready. Changelog to the last installation…
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Protected: 2007/05/16 Secret Password Post #3: Sad 🙁 News!
here is an excerpt from distrowatch Weekly about Fedora Core 7: Fedora 7 Josh Boyer has announced a slight delay in the development of Fedora 7. Originally scheduled for May 24th, it will now be made available a week later, at the earliest: “We do not have a rawhide repository available as of yet, and…