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X.Org announces update to X Window System

Author: JT Smith

Linux PR reports, the release of X11R6.5.1 enhances the Standard Graphical User Interface of UNIX and Linux Systems.

OpenBSD’s Good Example

Author: JT Smith

According to this article from RootPrompt.org, there are important lessons to be learned from OpenBSD that those in the Linux community must not ignore.

Category:

  • Linux

Computing 101

Author: JT Smith

Gateway Inc. is admitting publicly what most computer makers generally try to sweep under the rug: using a computer can be pretty darned complicated, reports ABCNEWS.com.

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  • Unix

Korean-language Linux office software launched

Author: JT Smith

HancomLinux has released the first Korean-language office software to run on the Linux operating system, reports The Korean Herald.

Toward a simpler operating system

Author: JT Smith

In this Los Angeles Times article, Charles Pillar explains why Eazel and other Linux developers could make computers easier.

Iridium will crash and burn – Motorola

Author: JT Smith

No buyers have emerged for Iridium’s network of 66 satellites so Motorola will now definitely knock ’em out of orbit to let them burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere, reports The Register.

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  • Open Source

Server vendors team to promote Linux in Japan

Author: JT Smith

Compaq, IBM and Hitachi, all backed by Oracle, said they intend to push hard to grow the adoption of Linux among Japanese PC server users by over 15 per cent this year, according to The Register.

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  • Linux

Nintendo launches Gamecube

Author: JT Smith

The Register reports, Nintendo took the wraps off its cube-shaped (sort of) next-generation games console, Gamecube, formerly known as Dolphin – even though it’s not going to ship for ages.

Apple preps ‘low key’ MacOS X public beta

Author: JT Smith

The public beta test release of Apple’s upcoming MacOS X may not be quite as public as the company originally suggested, and the final release may not happen quite as soon as planned, either, reports The Register.

Category:

  • Open Source

Sigaba tries to simplify encrypted e-mail

Author: JT Smith

Network World reports, Sigaba recently unveiled SigabaSecure, a
system for encrypting e-mail with the click of a button

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  • Linux