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Monday, March 28, 2011

Zenwalk Linux 7.0

Zenwalk Linux 7.0
Zenwalk Linux (formerly Minislack) is a Slackware-based GNU/Linux operating system with a goal of being slim and fast by using only one application per task and with focus on graphical desktop and multimedia usage. Zenwalk features the latest Linux technology along with a complete programming environment and libraries to provide an ideal platform for application programmers. Zenwalk's modular approach also provides a simple way to convert Zenwalk Linux into a finely-tuned modern server (e.g. LAMP, messaging, file sharing).

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Beta

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Beta 
Red Hat is the leader in development, deployment, and management of Linux and open source solutions for Internet infrastructure - ranging from embedded devices to secure Web servers. Red Hat was founded in 1994 by visionary entrepreneurs Bob Young and Marc Ewing. Open source is the foundation of our business model. It represents a fundamental shift in how software is created. The code that makes up the software is available to anyone. Developers who use the software are free to improve the software. The result: rapid innovation. Red Hat solutions combine Red Hat Linux, developer and embedded technologies, training, management services, technical support. We deliver this open source innovation to our customers via an Internet platform called Red Hat Network. Red Hat is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Red Hat has announced the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1: "Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the beta of the first update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. This beta is an update to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform that was made available to customers beginning in November 2010." Updates in this release include a new optional convention for naming network interfaces, full support for hot-adding of CPUs and memory, kernel scheduler updates and performance improvements, a new driver for Intel Generation 6 Graphics integrated into the Sandy Bridge processor, improved support for the configuration of WiFi Protected Access (WPA) Enterprise and IPv6 in NetworkManager, and many other updates. Read the brief release announcement and the detailed release notes for more information. Red Hat Network subscribers can obtain the product from the usual place: "The software and installable images are available for download via the Beta channels in Red Hat Network (RHN)."
Source : Distrowatch.com


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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Slackware Linux 13.37 RC2 Release

Development Release: Slackware Linux 13.37 RC2 
The Official Release of Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table. Originally developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991, the UNIX-like Linux operating system now benefits from the contributions of millions of users and developers around the world. Slackware Linux provides new and experienced users alike with a fully-featured system, equipped to serve in any capacity from desktop workstation to machine-room server. Web, ftp, and email servers are ready to go out of the box, as are a wide selection of popular desktop environments. A full range of development tools, editors, and current libraries is included for users who wish to develop or compile additional software.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Mandriva Linux 5.2 Enterprise Server Release

Mandriva Linux 5.2 Enterprise Server Release
Great news from distrowatch, Mandriva has release the new version of their Mandriva Linux 5.2 Enterprise Server, you can check it out on their respective website.

Mandriva Linux was launched in 1998 under the name of Mandrake Linux, with the goal of making Linux easier to use for everyone. At that time, Linux was already well-known as a powerful and stable operating system that demanded strong technical knowledge and extensive use of the command line; MandrakeSoft saw this as an opportunity to integrate the best graphical desktop environments and contribute its own graphical configuration utilities to quickly become famous for setting the standard in Linux ease of use. In February 2005, MandrakeSoft merged with Brazil's Conectiva to form Mandriva S.A., with headquarters in Paris, France. The company's flagship product, Mandriva Linux, offers all the power and stability of Linux to both individuals and professional users in an easy-to-use and pleasant environment.

Friday, March 11, 2011

OpenSuse 11.4 Release

OpenSuse 11.4 Release


The openSUSE project is a community program sponsored by Novell. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, this program provides free, easy access to openSUSE, a complete Linux distribution. The openSUSE project has three main goals: make openSUSE the easiest Linux for anyone to obtain and the most widely used Linux distribution; leverage open source collaboration to make openSUSE the world's most usable Linux distribution and desktop environment for new and experienced Linux users; dramatically simplify and open the development and packaging processes to make openSUSE the platform of choice for Linux developers and software vendors.
openSUSE 11.4, a major new update of one of the world's most popular Linux distributions, has been released: "We are proud to announce the launch of 11.4 in the openSUSE tradition of delivering the latest technology while maintaining stability. The 11.4 release brings significant improvements along with the latest in free software applications. Combined with the appearance of new tools, projects and services around the release, 11.4 marks a showcase of growth and vitality for the openSUSE project. openSUSE 11.4 is based around Linux kernel 2.6.37 which improves the scalability of virtual memory management and separation of tasks executed by terminal users.

Continue reading the release announcement to learn more about the features in this release. 

(Taken From Distrowatch.com)

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Kubuntu 10.10 - Maverick Merkaat


Kubuntu 10.10 - Maverick Merkaat
Kubuntu is an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, an office suite, media apps, an instant messaging client and many more.
Kubuntu is an open-source alternative to Windows and Office.


Kubuntu is a community developed and supported project. Since its launch in October 2004, Kubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users around the world.

Kubuntu will always be free to download, free to use and free to distribute to others. With these goals in mind, Kubuntu aims to be the most widely used Linux system, and is the centre of a global open source software ecosystem.

Features
Kubuntu Has all that you want for a desktop workstation Operating System, to know more about its features simply follow this link.

Get Kubuntu
You can download or buy your Own Kubuntu Installer from Here.
With the combination of its Ubuntu backbone, the amazing KDE Platform and Applications, plus a few unique extras, 10.10 aims to provide the best fusion of stability, beauty and up-to-date software.
Whether working, browsing the web, playing your music, composing an email or connecting with your friends on social networks, Kubuntu 10.10 brings you an innovative and attractive platform for all your desktop needs!



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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Puppy Linux 5.2



Puppy Linux 5.2
A new version of Puppy Linux has just released, you may read the announcement in their official website. Here some news taken from Distrowatch.com

Larry Short has announced the release of Puppy Linux 5.2, an independent, minimalist Linux distribution for the desktop. From the release notes: "To create Lucid Puppy 5.2 we began with the popular Lucid Puppy 5.1.1. We then upgraded, updated, and/or improved all of the main programs as well as many of the other programs in the menu and system. We have incorporated numerous improvements from the latest version of Barry Kauler's Puppy builder. 


We have refined operation throughout. The first thing up is a very tidy Quickset dialog to accept or change video resolution, time zone, language, locale and keyboard. Next up could be the browser installer with browser default allowing you to change which one you use as the default. And then there's Quickpet with as much good stuff as a Swiss army knife.

You can Download the live CD image from here: lupu-520.iso (127MB, MD5).

If you want a small and powerful Operating System for your Computer, you may try this out.

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A (2nd Edition)

Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A (2nd Edition)
Source : Amazon.com
Price: $31.49 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details 

Product Description
For use with all versions of Linux, including Ubuntu,™ Fedora,™ openSUSE,™ Red Hat,® Debian, Mandriva, Mint, and now OS X, too!
  • Get more done faster, and become a true Linux guru by mastering the command line!.
  • Learn from hundreds of realistic, high-quality examples.
  • NEW! Coverage of the Mac OS X command line and its unique tools.
  • NEW! Expert primer on automating tasks with Perl.
The Most Useful Linux Tutorial and Reference, with Hundreds of High-Quality Examples for Every Distribution–Now Covers OS X and Perl, Too!


To be truly productive with Linux, you need to thoroughly master shells and the command line. Until now, you had to buy two books to gain that mastery: a tutorial on fundamental Linux concepts and techniques, plus a separate reference. Now, there’s a far better solution. Renowned Linux expert Mark Sobell has brought together comprehensive, insightful guidance on the tools system administrators, developers, and power users need most, and an outstanding day-to-day reference, both in the same book.

This book is 100 percent distribution and release agnostic: You can use it with any Linux system, now and for years to come. Use Macs, too? This new edition adds comprehensive coverage of the Mac OS X command line, including essential OS X-only tools and utilities other Linux/UNIX books ignore.

Packed with hundreds of high-quality, realistic examples, this book gives you Linux from the ground up: the clearest explanations and most useful knowledge about everything from filesystems to shells, editors to utilities, and programming tools to regular expressions. Sobell has also added an outstanding new primer on Perl, the most important programming tool for Linux admins seeking to automate complex, time-consuming tasks.

A Practical Guide to Linux® Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Second Edition, is the only book to deliver
  • Better, more realistic examples covering tasks you’ll actually need to perform.
  • Deeper insight, based on Sobell’s immense knowledge of every Linux and OS X nook and cranny.
  • A start-to-finish primer on Perl for every system administrator.
  • In-depth coverage of basic and advanced Linux shell programming with bash and tcsh.
  • Practical explanations of 100 core utilities, from aspell to xargs–including Mac OS X specific utilities from ditto to SetFile.
  • All-new coverage of automating remote backups with rsync.
  • Dozens of system security tips, including step-by-step walkthroughs of implementing secure communications using ssh and scp.
  • Tips and tricks for customizing the shell and using it interactively from the command line.
  • Complete guides to high-productivity editing with both vim and emacs.
  • A comprehensive, 286-page command reference section–now with revised and expanded indexes for faster access to the information you need.
  • Instructions for updating systems automatically with apt-get and yum.
  • Dozens of exercises to help you practice and gain confidence.
  • And much more, including coverage of BitTorrent, gawk, sed, find, sort, bzip2, and regular expressions.

Product Details
  • Amazon Sales Rank: #8099 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-11-29
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 1080 pages
Regards
Kangtatang



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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Understanding Linux Network Internals

Understanding Linux Network Internals 
By Christian Benvenuti
source : amazon.com

If you've ever wondered how Linux carries out the complicated tasks assigned to it by the IP protocols or if you just want to learn about modern networking through real-life examples Understanding Linux Network Internals is for you.

Like the popular O'Reilly book, Understanding the Linux Kernel, this book clearly explains the underlying concepts and teaches you how to follow the actual C code that implements it. Although some background in the TCP/IP protocols is helpful, you can learn a great deal from this text about the protocols themselves and their uses. And if you already have a base knowledge of C, you can use the book's code walkthroughs to figure out exactly what this sophisticated part of the Linux kernel is doing.


Part of the difficulty in understanding networks and implementing them is that the tasks are broken up and performed at many different times by different pieces of code. One of the strengths of this book is to integrate the pieces and reveal the relationships between far-flung functions and data structures. Understanding Linux Network Internals is both a big-picture discussion and a no-nonsense guide to the details of Linux networking. Topics include:
  • Key problems with networking
  • Network interface card (NIC) device drivers
  • System initialization
  • Layer 2 (link-layer) tasks and implementation
  • Layer 3 (IPv4) tasks and implementation
  • Neighbor infrastructure and protocols (ARP)
  • Bridging
  • Routing
  • ICMP
Author Christian Benvenuti, an operating system designer specializing in networking, explains much more than how Linux code works. He shows the purposes of major networking features and the trade-offs involved in choosing one solution over another. A large number of flowcharts and other diagrams enhance the book's understandability.

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #63822 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-12-29
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 1072 pages
Price: $32.97 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details


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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Linux Mint 8


The latest news from distrowatch.com : 
Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of two new community editions of Linux Mint 8 - with Xfce and LXDE desktops: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 8 Xfce Community edition. Based on Xubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala', Linux 2.6.31, Xfce 4.6.1 and X.Org 7.4, Linux Mint 8 Xfce CE features a lot of improvements and the latest software from the open-source world. Featured improvements in this release: OEM installation, possibility to ignore updates, configurable menu places, multiple selection in the Software Manager, new system tray File Uploader with support for drag and drop and multiple files uploads. Based on Linux Mint 8 Main edition, Openbox 3.4.7.2 and PCManFM 0.5.2, Linux Mint 8 LXDE edition features a complete and familiar desktop experience while being low on resource usage and is suitable for a good variety of older hardware."


About Linux Mint 

Linux Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution whose goal is to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including browser plugins, media codecs, support for DVD playback, Java and other components. It also adds a custom desktop and menus, several unique configuration tools, and a web-based package installation interface. Linux Mint is compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.

Download here:
  1. Mint 8 "Xfce" and Mint 8 "LXDE". Download (MD5):  
  2. LinuxMint-8-Xfce.iso (695MB, torrent)
  3. LinuxMint-8-LXDE.iso (669MB, torrent)
More info @  http://linuxmint.com/ 

Regards
Kang Tatang

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