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more »Scientific Linux 5.4 with FUSE, Atheros and Lua
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more »OpenSUSE Project Transfers Parts of Maintenance to Community
Nov 05, 2009OpenSUSE updates will, in future, be decided by a joint panel of Novell staff and community members. Only security updates will be decided by Novell alone.
more »Update: Security Hole in Kernel Allows Privilege Extensions
Nov 04, 2009A null-pointer dereference in the Linux kernel allows local users to assume root privileges. Brad Spengler, who claims first discovery, announced that he will present a corresponding exploit during the course of the day.
more »Tailbeep Talks to Festival
Nov 04, 2009Tailbeep is a simple administration tool that sends an audible beep when it finds a specified search string in a log file. Version 0.45 now includes an interface to the Festival speech synthesis framework.
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more »Letters
Oct 31, 2009Linux-Kongress 2009 Tuning Gathering
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