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Mind-Controlled Game, Mind Labyrinth, Comes To Linux
Muktware
Ubuntu is doing a decent job by increasing focus on polish and looks of the Debian-based operating system to make to more appealing to users and OEMs. Linux may be missing the high-end games, but there are quite a lot of games that one can play under a ...

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Stuff.co.nz
Hail the penguin
Stuff.co.nz
The DistroWatch website lists more than 4000 variants of Linux and BSD distributions, but the perennial favourites are Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Debian. You will find links to all on the site. At PC World, you will find a blog describing ...

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The H Roundup for the week ending 4 February
The H
The next major update to the VLC Media Player, version 2.0, came one step closer to becoming a final release and it was announced that Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" will use the 3.2 Linux kernel. The open source behind the UK government's gov.uk web site was ...

Laptop overheating, causing thermal shutdown during prolonged, CPU-intensive tasks
LXer (press release)
I've had my Lenovo G555 laptop (AMD Athlon II at 2.1 GHz) for nearly two years, and recently I've been experiencing thermal shutdowns while running prolonged, CPU-intensive tasks in Debian Squeeze. Perhaps ironically but probably totally explainable, ...

How to set up Linux on your computer
Techworld.com
According to DistroWatch, the five most popular Linux versions at this writing are Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Debian. Take some time to poke around DistroWatch and read the descriptions of various Linux distributions to see what each ...

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Clonezilla live clone system brings enhancements
The H
The update is based on the unstable branch of Debian (known as "Sid") from 27 January and the 3.2.1-2 Linux kernel, and includes updates to the bundled tools and utilities. Clonezilla live 1.2.12-10 includes version 0.2.45 of the Partclone partition ...

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SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
You Can Monitor Your XenServer With Monitis!
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Recently, the initiative has been extended to provide XAPI toolstack on standard Linux distribution, in the first place for Debian and Ubuntu. What this means is that you can try XAPI on your home machine. In the article below, we'll learn how to apply ...

BusyBox replacement project fuels animated verbal spat
iTWire
The Debian archive says: "It provides minimalist replacements for the most common utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (ie, ls, cp, mv, mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured ...

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Linux: A Getting-Started Guide
PC Advisor
According to DistroWatch, the five most popular Linux versions at this writing are Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Debian. Take some time to poke around DistroWatch and read the descriptions of various Linux distributions to see what each ...

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Debian 7.0 will use 3.2 kernel
The H
Debian developer Ben Hutchings has announced that Debian 7.0 (Wheezy), due for release in around a year's time, will use a version of the Linux kernel 3.2 that was released in early January. Debian 7.0 is due to be moved from the unstable to the ...

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Git Gets Enterprise Equipped
PCWorld
Today, Git is one of the most widely used open source source-control systems, and manages the code for such large projects as Linux, Android, Perl, Ruby on Rails, Eclipse, Gnome and the Debian Linux distribution. Git is being increasingly used within ...

Security hole in Sudo's debug option closed
The H
The developers have released Sudo 1.8.3p2 as source code and they are updating their own downloadable binary releases for AIX, Centos, Debian, HP-UX, RHEL, SUSE, Solaris, Tru 64 and Ubuntu. Linux distributions that include sudo by default are also ...

Debian 6.0.4 brings updates together
The H
The Debian project has released new CD and DVD images of the current stable release, 6.0, also known as Squeeze. The images include all updates released up to mid-January, including a modified kernel 2.6.32 – as is typical for Debian, ...

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TeamViewer® Launches Version 7 for Linux
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
TeamViewer for Linux supports Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and several other Linux operating systems. Other supported platforms include Windows and Mac. There are TeamViewer apps available for iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPhone touch) and Android devices.

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DreamHost FTP & Shared Services Still Down After 24 Hours
webhostdir.com
He says that the issue is a result of a filed auto update; “We run Debian OS and have used autoupdates to ensure security packages are installed as soon as they are available. We've had some breakage in the past from this approach, but nothing major.

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Sick of Ubuntu's bad breath? Suck on a Linux Mint instead
Register
Before diving into the Mint release it's worth noting that there are two flavours of Linux Mint: the Ubuntu-based distro we'll be talking about here and the direct Debian descendant that uses a rolling release schedule. Both are worth checking out, ...

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