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more »Faster Aptitude 0.5.2
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more »Debian Kernel Has No Proprietary Firmware
Apr 23, 2009Debian developer Robert Millan is offering an alternative kernel for Debian's Lenny free Linux distro. Unlike the standard Lenny kernel, it contains no proprietary firmware.
more »Future of Btrfs Secured
Apr 22, 2009Following the news of Oracle's purchase of Sun, we hear a lot about MySQL, OpenOffice and VirtualBox. But Btrfs vs. ZFS is yet another highlight of the takeover.
more »Open Business Intelligence from Infobright and Jaspersoft
Apr 21, 2009The Infobright and Jaspersoft firms have combined their open source software into an integrated data warehousing and business intelligence solution.
more »Easy Peasy 1.1: New Version of the Ubuntu Derivative for Netbooks
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more »Milter Manager 1.0.0 Combines Anti-Spam Filters
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more »NetworkManager 0.7.1 Power-Saving
Apr 17, 2009On the project mailing list, Dan Williams announced the new version 0.7.1 of NetworkManager that provides a bunch of enhancements.
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