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Best Linux releases of 2009 Source: LXer Linux News - December 30th, 2009 The year ended with a flood of new Linux releases. Here are some of the best. Karmic also included by default Ubuntu One, Canonical's file synchronising and collaborating software. It is very similar to the Dropbox service which allows users to automatically synchronise desktop files with an online service as they work. Ubuntu One's advantage is that it is tightly integrated into the Ubuntu desktop. It's downside is that it only works on Ubuntu at present. Read more

This week at LWN: The abrupt merging of Nouveau Source: LXer Linux News - December 30th, 2009 The merge window is normally a bit of a hectic time for subsystem maintainers. They have two weeks in which to pull together a well-formed tree containing all of the changes destined for the next kernel development cycle. Occasionally, though, last-minute snags can make the merge window even more busy than usual. The unexpected merging of the Nouveau driver is the result of one such snag - but it is a story with a happy ending for all. Read more

How to Hack Password of any Operating System Source: LXer Linux News - December 30th, 2009 One thing any hacker should know is how to hack into login account of any operating system. Major Operating Systems that are used these days are Windows, Linux and Mac. So today I will show you how to hack into these Operating Systems. Are you curious how easy it is for someone to gain access to your computer? If so, read on... Read more

Responsible Open Source Code Parenting Source: LXer Linux News - December 30th, 2009 If you're an ASCII-head of any kind, you will feel immediately at home in Markdown. It was so obviously designed by someone who has done a lot of writing online, as it apes common plaintext conventions that we've collectively been using for decades now. It's certainly far more intuitive than the alternatives I've researched. Read more

Ubuntu 32-bit, 32-bit PAE, 64-bit Benchmarks Source: LXer Linux News - December 30th, 2009 Coming up in our forums was a testing request to compare the performance of Linux between using 32-bit, 32-bit PAE, and 64-bit kernels. This is coming after Linus Torvalds has spoke of 25% performance differences between kernels using CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G and those without this option that allows 32-bit builds to address up to 4GB of physical RAM on a system. We decided to compare the performance of the 32-bit, 32-bit PAE, and 64-bit kernels on a modern desktop system and here are the results. Read more

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etc: Mozilla has made a new beta build of Firefox 3.5.7 availa... Source: Open Ended - December 29th, 2009 Read more

XBMC 9.11 makes your open source home theater look shinier Source: Open Ended - December 29th, 2009 Read more

A Mixed Review For Google Chrome On Linux Source: Slashdot: Linux - December 29th, 2009 Read more

Happy Birthday, Linus Source: Slashdot: Linux - December 28th, 2009 Read more

Hackers Show It's Easy to Snoop on a GSM Call (PC World) Source: Yahoo! News: Linux/Open Source - December 28th, 2009 Read more

New Versions of Firefox Browser Delayed (NewsFactor) Source: Yahoo! News: Linux/Open Source - December 28th, 2009 Read more

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Latest Linux Forums Posts

Happy New Year Everyone! Source: Linux Forums - December 30th, 2009 May every LF member enjoy a Happy and Prosperous New Year!! Watch out though because there is a full moon on new years eve! I remember one day I... Read more

Problem after moving script from windows to linux Source: Linux Forums - December 30th, 2009 Hi Josh, its probably too late to ask this question. However i am facing this problem currently. Could you let me know that how to... Read more

recover data from ext3 partition Source: Linux Forums - December 30th, 2009 Hi all, here is the situation: A HP Netserver LP2000r, with original SCSI controller and HP NetRaid-2M controller, 3x 36GB Ultra3 HDD in RAID5,... Read more

Suse 11 router with Quad port card Source: Linux Forums - December 30th, 2009 Hello: I'm using Suse 11 as a router. The machine is a thin blade with room for only one card: a network card. I'm using the network port on the... Read more

ATI Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF -- X not starting Source: Linux Forums - December 30th, 2009 I'm trying to get this card to work, but I always get to the same situation: X enters some kind of infinite loop and never starts. X output: ... Read more

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