Nov 24
— Nov. 14, 2008 — Yellow Dog Linux distributor Terra Soft has been acquired by fellow Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) specialists Fixstars Corp. Terra Soft, whose Yellow Dog Linux (YDL) distribution supports both PowerPC and Cell BE platforms, will be recast as a subsidiary called Fixstars Solutions, says Fixstars.
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Nov 21
“What is open source? Back in 1997, Bruce Perens, a prominent Linux operating system developer, wrote a document concerning the distribution and development of the Debian Linux distribution. He later removed references to Debian and created what is now known as new.
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Nov 20
[ Thanks to Falko Timme for this link. ] “This howto was performed on a Debian Lenny system. Thus some tools are Debian specific. However, tasks can be performed with other distro specific tools or even with universal tools (make). Everything will done with root privileges.
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Nov 19
Christoph Haas writes “A picture is worth a thousand words. And thanks to screenshots.debian.net this finally comes true for Debian packages. The new website was launched just a week ago and has already collected screenshots for 740 packages shipping with the Linux distribution — with new uploads pouring in every hour. Debian users can finally get an impression of how an application would like …
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Nov 18
Mobile phone chip designer Arm has announced an alliance with the makers of the Ubuntu, the open source Debian derived Linux-based operating system software.
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