Archive for January, 2011

Datamation: “Debian official releases are more rare than releases of other distributions, but tend to matter less to users. Judging by the second release candidate, Debian 6.0 will be no exception”
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PC World – The open-source software development site SourceForge is speeding up its move to a new a security model following a targeted attack that may have compromised the passwords of its large user base.
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Most would agree there’s strength in diversity, but sometimes strength also lies in unity. Not the new Ubuntu interface, mind you — though that may well be strengthening too — but rather a consistency in the way things are done. That, indeed, is apparently the premise behind a new effort that emerged in recent weeks.
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The next release of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution is likely to take place this weekend. The last release, Lenny, was made on February 14, 2009.
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Intel is ramping up its effort to expand Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). The company today announced that its Open FCoE technology is being supported by a variety of vendors, including Cisco, EMC, NetApp, Red Hat and Oracle.
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