Issue #95 / Oct 2008
Cover Theme: Green IT
DVD: Fedora 9
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SERVICE: FEDORA 9 DVD INLAY
The Fedora project combines the benefits of Red Hat engineering with the freedom and flexibility of a community-base......: Comment
NEWS: LINUX WORLD NEWS
BBC Backstage New Russian distro for children Linux Camp on the Riverbank Poitiers to Host OSS Meet......NEWS: TECH TOOLS
This month we look at Seagate hard drive announcements; Mandriva's Gdium netbook; new Red Hat solutions; JasperForge v2; AMD Linux drivers; and Gnome Linux on Garmin's Nuvi 880, 860, and 5000 navigation devices.
SERVICE: Linux Magazine Fedora 9 DVD
Fedora 9 is an evolutionary enhancement to a distribution that continues to improve with each release. The Fedora pro......: Letters
COVER STORY: Green IT Intro
Examining power consumption in LinuxHow much power is your system really using? And how much can you actually save with the new generation of energy-conserving techniques and components? This month we study the phenomenon known as Green IT.
COVER STORY: Saving Power
Software-based energy savingsSave power by choosing the right system and software configuration.
COVER STORY: Cloud Computing
Cloud computing with Amazon's Elastic Compute CloudCloud computing systems like Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) save power and overhead by taking the peak out of your server load.
COVER STORY: Power Tests
Reality and myth in the quest for green computingKlaus sorts out fact and fiction in the debate on saving power with some real-world tests.
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
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ack 2.0 Released
ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
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SUSE Studio 1.3 Released
New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
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RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
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OpenDaylight Project Formed
OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.
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Gnome 3.8 Released
The new Gnome release includes privacy and sharing settings, allowing more user control over access to personal information.
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Mozilla and Samsung Collaborate on New Browser Engine
Mozilla is collaborating with Samsung on a new web browser engine called Servo.