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*www.gnome.org/~davyd/gnome-2-14/ Although I normally dislike Gnome2, this release I am looking forward to, especially considering the work done by Federico Mena Quintero and others in optimising it.

"The first major version release of the X Window System in more than a decade, X11R7.0, is the first release of the completely modularized and autotooled source code base for the X Window System. X11R6.9, its companion release, contains identical features, and uses the exact same source code as...

There is an OSNews discussion running regarding the work of the Linux Standards Base and the Free Standards Organisation. What is your opinion on some of these aspects, for example 1. Common package management system 2. Common desktop environment 3. Use of a standard display toolkit...

Source : OSNews Max Brunning has posted a brief comparison of how these three Operating Systems approach a number of basic kernel tasks. He has a brief look at: Scheduling and Schedulers, Memory Management and Paging, and File Systems. Max is an Instructor who spends his time teaching Solaris...

Most users of unix systems will have encountered software that are provided as their source code, and which use a Makefile to automate their build and install process. Now, the problem with this is that uninstalling the software is not so easy, especially if you have deleted the source code...

Source : OSNews If anyone is planning to download and compile this anytime soon, do report on any speed changes due to the Cairo library.

If you have an slightly old computer lying about, want a good OS to run on it, but are not yet ready to give Linux/BSD a try, you still have an option. Guide to running Windows 2000 on a 233MHz, 32 MB RAM machine Source : Osnews

This is a very good article which presents a brief overview of many popular linux distributions, from Redhat, Suse, Ubuntu to Gentoo and Arch, it has many. A good read for all - *www.tipmonkies.com/2005/06/16/linux-distros/ Found on slashdot.

If you are looking for a simple guide on manually setting up a firewall using the powerful netfilter/iptables tool, this guide is a pretty good one - *www.justlinux.com/nhf/Security/IPtables_Basics.html There are many others out there on the internet, but this one is just right for...

GTK (Gimp toolkit) is possibly the most common toolkit used by linux graphical applications for their interface. Earlier GTK was known for is speed and lightness, and this is very true about GTK1 programs, they are light and have a fast and snappy interface. However, GTK2 seems to be...

Unsure whether to post in the software or open source section ... but here goes ... Most linux users here would be using X-Windows, with a suitable window manager or desktop environment (which compromises of WM + File manager, desktop background, icons, etc), so lets see what is the most...

Well, gentoo is the only modern linux distro I possess. While I know its not for new users like me, I would like to attempt an install. The problem is, I dont have a CDRW drive, so I cant burn the ISO file (I have an 80MB ISO image called install-x86-minimal which I downloaded quite a qhile...

Recently i am finding this program in the task manager ... googleing it gives no information. Recently I installed the unofficial windows 98 SE service pack 1.6. Any idea what it is?