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Summer love for Mandriva Spring 2010.1

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Mandriva 2010.1 “Spring” edition has arrived just in time for the summer months. It’s a bit tardy, but worth the wait. Despite the company’s well-publicized financial woes, Mandriva has delivered a solid and user-friendly desktop release. Mandriva is a bit … Continue reading →

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Seven Reasons to Upgrade to openSUSE 11.3

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Lizard lovers, get ready. The next openSUSE release is heading your way very soon. After eight months of development, the green team will launch 11.3 in mid-July. Let’s take a look at the new and improved openSUSE. The last openSUSE … Continue reading →

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The Spring 2010 Linux Distro Scorecard (Part 2)

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Part two of the Linux Distro Scorecard is up on Linux.com. Final three, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and Slackware. Plus the actual scorecard that grades the major distros and their strengths and weaknesses. Read the full story on Linux.com…ยป

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Seven Reasons to Upgrade to Fedora 13

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Fedora 13 is right around the corner. Code-named “Goddard,” the Fedora 13 release sports tons of updates from Fedora 12 and some really exciting new features that will have Linux power users running for their CD burners. You’ll find everything … Continue reading →

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Time to Stop Preaching to the Converted?

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Is it really a good use of time and effort for open source projects to man booths at open source events? Lots of projects spend money and man hours sending representatives to events like SouthEast LinuxFest (SELF), and Texas Linux … Continue reading →

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NetworkManager a Solid Tool with New Features

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

Applications like Firefox and OpenOffice.org get all the glory. They’re highly visible as cornerstone applications of the free desktop. But what about the background apps that do the grunt work and sit silently in the background, ignored unless we run … Continue reading →

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Ncat: The Network Swiss Army Knife

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Joe Brockmeier

You may already be familiar with the cat utility, which can send files to standard input and output. Ncat does something similar, except it’s for sending data over the network or accepting data to a local machine. In the right … Continue reading →

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