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Fedora, Mint, Arch, Ubuntu, Debian and OpenSUSE go head-to-head – we’ve dropped the six most popular Linux distributions of the day into a cage fight for your affections. Read on to discover which distro comes up top for installation ease, customisation, performance, security and more. Which flavour of Linux gets the gold medal? You might very well be surprised, so … Read More

Seven Signs that You Have Been Brainwashed by Microsoft Considering the last events I’ve been able to observe, as well as Mechatotoro’s contributions, I compiled this short list of manifestations of a Microsoft-only mentality, just for fun. 1. You think free/libre software is unreliable and dangerous, but then you download cracked versions of programs and feel proud about it. 2. … Read More

Fedora 16 (codenamed Verne) is set to be released at the end of October while the software string freeze and alpha change deadline just passed this week, with the only alpha release being scheduled to take place in mid-August. Fedora 16 is set to continue in Red Hat’s tradition of contributing real innovations to the Linux stack, with some of … Read More

Posted by Michael Larabel on August 04, 2011 QuakeCon, the annual gaming event and massive LAN party hosted by id Software, is about to get started in Dallas, Texas and run through Sunday. At this free public event, there’s usually a variety of interesting announcements made, some of which can impact Linux gamers. Among the open-source and Linux related announcements … Read More

Oracle’s latest version of it’s RHEL clone
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/oracle-linux-5-7-released

Google’s Android easily dominated the worldwide smartphone OS market in the second quarter, research firm Canalys has found. During the quarter, 107.7 million smartphones shipped worldwide, growing 73 percent year over year. According to the research firm, 39.8 million smartphone units shipped in the Asia-Pacific region, and 35 million units were released in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In … Read More

New beowulf cluster at EDF (200 Tflops) based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze Alexander Reichle-Schmehl <tolimar <at> debian.org> 2011-07-29 14:58:57 GMT —————————————————————————– The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ New beowulf cluster at EDF based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze press <at> debian.org July 29th, 2011 http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110729 —————————————————————————– New beowulf cluster at EDF (200 Tflops) based on Debian 6.0 Squeeze Électricité de France S.A. is … Read More

The Black Hat Security Conference and DEFCON bring together the world’s professional hackers, security researchers, goverment representatives, journalists, and just about anyone who thinks of themselves as a hacker. They listen to talks about security, show off the latest novel hacks, and generally share information about the state of computer security. Every year there’s a highlight to the conferences, and … Read More

Oracle released a new version of its free virtualization software
https://www.dcdata.co.za/public/free-hypervisor-adds-virtual-machine-cloning