Knoppix 6.2 Based on LXDE
Nov 18, 2009Klaus Knopper has updated his Live Linux Knoppix to 6.2 and chose LXDE as the desktop environment. Also included is ADRIANE, the talking menu system for the sight-impaired, in version 1.2
more »HookSafe Protects Kernel from Rootkits
Nov 13, 2009A research group in the computer sciences faculty at North Carolina State University has written a prototype to prevent rootkits from manipulating kernel object hooks to do their damage.
more »Matthias Ettrich Awarded German Medal of Merit
Nov 09, 2009KDE founder Matthias Ettrich was awarded the highest accolade available in the German Republic for services to the common good on Friday.
more »What's New in the Newest Linux in a Nutshell? Interview with Stephen Figgins
Nov 03, 2009I'm amazed at all the technical people living here in Lawrence, Kansas, so I've decided to do a series of interviews to highlight what our small college town has to offer the international tech community. Recently I sat down with local author Stephen Figgins at a coffee shop to talk about what's new in the latest release of the popular Linux in a Nutshell book.
more »ApacheCon 2009 Free Live Stream
Nov 02, 2009The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is holding ApacheCon US 2009 from November 2-6 in Oakland, California. The foundation for a free webserver is also celebrating its 10th birthday. In honor of this 10th birthday, the celebration includes three days of the conference program available as a FREE Live stream.
more »Linux-Kongress 2009 Tuning Gathering
Oct 30, 2009The Linux-Kongress is traditionally where kernel developers exchange honors and advice about new features and enhancements. This year a number of speakers presented performance improvement data and discussed what aspects of Linux can be drawn out even more.
more »Linus Torvalds: Windows 7 Rocks!
Oct 26, 2009While Microsoft was assembling a promotional booth to celebrate their Windows 7 launch directly opposite the Japan Linux Symposium in Tokyo, Microsoft's biggest competitor couldn't resist spontaneously recognizing the textbook exercise in irony.
more »A Breather for Python?
Oct 22, 2009Python paterfamilias Guido van Rossum has proposed a multi-year moratorium on the scripting language: no more grammar or semantic changes.
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