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more »Puppy Powered Lightweight Productivity with Puppy Linux
Jan 31, 2009If you are looking for tools that are fast and don't take up too many resources, you ought to take a closer look at what Puppy Linux has to offer.
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Jan 28, 2009Debian Linux founder and former OpenSolaris chief Ian Murdock is taking over the role of chief strategist for cloud computing at Sun Microsystems.
more »Multi-pointer Remote Desktop: Ending the Mouse/Keyboard Wars
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more »Partition Magic: Parted Magic 3.5 with ext4
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more »GlassFish 2.1 Java Application Server Update
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