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linux-hardcore.com-Well, i’m not going to use the ususal distro-test format for this one, as I fancied a bit of a write up instead of the usual points from 1-5.

I have a spare partition so this time I wanted to go for smething i haven’t tried in a long while. I popped over to Distrowatch and saw that Mandriva was out.

Why test Mandriva?
Mandrake was one of the first Linux Distros I used and has always had my respect for it’s hardware recognition and robustness. Even though back then, rpm distros were notorious for giving you a taste of “dependency hell”, one of the reason why I previously went for Debian-based Ubuntu (Hoary to Dapper) and then later Debian itself.  Read  the full article

A wide screen wallpaper for Debian user. License: Artistic 2.0 Author:destroyer661

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The fourth update to Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is available: “The Debian project is pleased to announce the fourth update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). In addition to correcting several security problems and a few serious defects in the stable release, for the first time….
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Embedding Python In Apache2 With mod_python (Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora/CentOS, Mandriva, OpenSUSE) Read More »

Elive is a debian-based Linux distribution,The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of development version 1.7.10.
This release includes:

• Prism2: better prism2* wireless cards support.
• Flash: Macromedia Flash small update.
• Xorg: Xorg updates + a lot of fixes in Elive configurations of Xorg, some for Nvidia.
• e17: Some e17 gadgets configured on the fly. So for instance, if your computer supports cpufreq, that gadget is added automatically. Same with battery. If your computer does NOT support these features, the gadgets will not be added :)…..

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Download:http://www.elivecd.org/Download/Development

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Commentary: Linux in the first half of 2008 Debian GNU/Linux - the new “Number One” distribution News: Gentoo Linux 2008.0, Ubuntu in Assemblée nationale, Xandros acquires Linspire, alpha PC-BSD 7 with KDE 4.1, OpenBSD 4.4 beta tagged, Ikki Boot live CD Released last….
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This is a good video that guides to install and active SELinux in few minutes.”I made this video to show how easy is install and activate Security Enhanced Linux on Debian.”the poster  said. Read More »

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Feature: Package management News: openSUSE defends KDE 4, Mandriva cancels alpha release, Debian completes Lenny’s security support, Ubuntu unveils MID edition, Zenwalk’s J.-P. Guillemin, Acer Aspire One, Linux rescue CDs Released last week: CentOS 5.2, Pardus Linux 2008, Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5r0 Upcoming releases:….
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Ryan Finnie has announced the release of Finnix 92.0, a Debian-based live CD designed for system administrators: “Finnix 92.0 released. Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system administrators, based on Debian ‘testing’. Today marks the release of version 92.0 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and….
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