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more »Candidates for Google Summer of Code 2009
Apr 23, 2009A fairly long list of projects will take part in this year's Google Summer of Code, the fifth since 2005. Students will be working in grand style to improve products from these popular open source projects.
more »SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 DVD Inlay
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Easy Peasy 1.1: New Version of the Ubuntu Derivative for Netbooks
Apr 21, 2009The latest release of Easy Peasy comes with artwork updates and re-worked packages but few spectacular changes.
more »Top Secret: Open Source Study 2 in Vienna
Apr 20, 2009Along with Munich, Vienna is regarded as a forerunner in the field of open source projects in the German-speaking region of Europe. Now it seems, the Capital of Austria is having second thoughts.
more »Ubuntu 9.04 Release Candidate
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more »Ubuntu 7.10 has Reached End of Life
Apr 17, 2009Those who operate systems with Ubuntu 7.10 should look into possible update options. As of Saturday, the support for the distribution is no more.
more »Local Root Exploit in Udev
Apr 16, 2009The udev subsystem allows the Linux kernel, together with a userland program, to manage device nodes dynamically, adding and removing them at will. It has now been revealed that the communication channel between the kernel and program fails to authenticate, so that users can assume root privileges.
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