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X.org 7.4.902 Released

Sun, Feb 7 2010 No Comments

The X.org development team announced the immediate development release of X.org 7.4.902. Heres’ from the announcement:
The biggest thing to note is the opening comment that the code will most likely be the same for 7.5, which means 7.5 should be out within the next few weeks.

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Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r2 Released

Sun, Feb 7 2010 No Comments

The second release for Parisix 3.0, codenamed “Kev”. This release is an update of all the packages that have been put into the APT repositories since the 3.0 release.
If you don’t know much about Parsix Linux, you can find the following on their home page:
What’s Parsix GNU/Linux?
Parsix GNU/Linux is a live and installation CD derived from KANOTIX and based on Debian. It is a [ continue reading... ]

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Installing Sun Java on Fedora 12 RedHat RHEL CentOS

Fri, Feb 5 2010 No Comments

If you’re new to Fedora you’ll notice there are a few special cases with Fedora. #1, they do not ship any packages that are not within compliance with GPL and that means Sun Java.
In this tutorial I’ll show how you can install Sun Java (which can replace an openjdk installation).
Q: Why Would You Want Sun Java?
A: Well in my case there are some [ continue reading... ]

Virtualization »

[Security-announce] VMSA-2010-0002 VMware vCenter update release addresses multiple security issues in Java JR

Sat, Jan 30 2010 No Comments

VMware recently sent out the following vCenter security announcement:
1. Summary
Updated Java JRE packages address several security issues.
2. Relevant releases
Virtual Center 2.5 before Update 6
3. Problem Description
a. Java JRE Security Update
JRE update to version 1.5.0_22, which addresses multiple security
issues that existed in earlier releases of JRE.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) [ continue reading... ]

Off Topic »

The iPad Photoshop Collection

Wed, Jan 27 2010 1 Comment

With an awesome name like iPad pitting it against very popular woman sanitary products many people couldn’t contain themselves to open their GIMP or Photoshop, and let loose.
Here’s a collection of some of the best so far:

From: http://failblog.org/2010/01/27/name-fail-photoshop-win/

From: imagebin.org

From: imageshack.us

From: cylblog.com Shrunk to fit on page better.

From: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=ipad_lyttjf4khcjjn27j8a6w.jpg by Danny Ross

From: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=ipad_spwop2fcdz9zdvynzvkr.jpg
Note: first image was from: www.urlesque.com
If you have more please use the contact [ continue reading... ]

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openSUSE Survey 2010 – Participate now

Sun, Feb 7 2010 No Comments

Participate in the openSUSE survey 2010 to give feedback to the openSUSE project about the distribution, the openSUSE tools environment and the project in general. Let us know where things are in good shape and areas where improvement is needed. There are also some questions to get some demographic knowledge about our users. The more [...]