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Evolution (software) – Distribution

Evolution is released as part of GNOME. GNOME is the default desktop environment for several Linux distributions, most notably Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. Foresight Linux showcases the latest releases of GNOME. Novell distributes Evolution with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and the openSUSE community project. Evolution is also available as source code. Some pre-built install packages [...]

Syslog-ng – Distributions

syslog-ng is part of a number of different GNU/Linux and Unix distributions. Some distributions install it as the default system logger, others only provide a package and an upgrade path from the standard syslogd. Among others: * SUSE Linux * Debian GNU/Linux used before version 5.0 syslogd and klogd (Lenny (5.0) uses Rsyslog) * Gentoo [...]

Yellowdog Updater, Modified – Introduction

Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM) is an open-source command-line package-management utility for RPM-compatible Linux operating systems and has been released under the GNU General Public License. It was developed by Seth Vidal and a group of volunteer programmers. Though yum has a command-line interface, several other tools provide graphical user interfaces to yum functionality. As a [...]

Linux distribution – Introduction

Linux distribution (also called GNU/Linux distribution by some vendors and users) is a member of the family of Unix-like software distributions built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions (often called ”distros” for short) consist of a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players and database applications. The operating [...]

Red Hat Network – Introduction

Red Hat Network (abbreviated to RHN) is a family of systems management services operated by Red Hat that makes updates, patches, and bug fixes of packages included within Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux available to subscribers. Other available features include the deployment of custom content to, and the provisioning, configuration, reporting, monitoring [...]

Comparison of the Java and .NET platforms – Runtime inclusion in operating systems

.NET/Mono On Windows, Microsoft is promoting .NET as its flagship development platform, by including the .NET runtime in Windows XP Service Pack 2 and 3, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. Microsoft also distributes the Visual C# Express development environment at no cost. .NET Framework 3.5 runtime is not pre-installed [...]

Libranet – History

The name comes from “Libra Computer Systems” (a company owned by the founder) and the fact that “libra.com” was taken. The first release of Libranet was in 1999.[http://lists.debian.org/debian-commercial-99/msg00006.html] Most Linux distributions of this time were very difficult to install, and were either considered for programmers, or those who wanted a low cost server. Libranet attempted [...]

Perl OpenGL – Platform Support

* Microsoft Windows: NT/XP/Vista * Mac OS X: version 10.5 only * Linux: Fedora 6, Debian Etch, Ubuntu Dapper, Gentoo * FreeBSD * Solaris Confirmed with: * nVidia (Quadro-110M,6600,6800,7300,7800,7950,8800) * ATI (Radeon 9000/9200, FireGL) * Cygwin/X Window System (Mesa) Adapted from the Wikipedia article Perl OpenGL, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please [...]

IBM Roadrunner – Introduction

IBM built the computer for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration. It is a hybrid design with 12,960 IBM PowerXCell 8i and 6,480 AMD Opteron dual-core processors in specially designed blade servers connected by Infiniband. The Roadrunner uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux along with Fedora as its operating systems and is [...]

Huawei E220 – Software

The Huawei E220 includes its own Windows software in its internal memory, which self-installs through the Windows’s auto-start feature and can be flashed (overwritten) by the end user. The standard software by Huawei is called ”Mobile Partner” and is indicated by the code UTPS (see the manufacturer’s [http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/doc/list.do?type=-1&id=736 download site]). Some network operators selling the [...]

Userful – Hardware, software and security

Userful PC Multiplier leverages off basic dual-head GPU technology and USB inputs to turn a monitor, keyboard and mouse into a complete workstation. The user has a range of environments to work in, all of which are fully customisable. PC Multiplier comes as a set of installable packages for Linux or as a Live CD [...]

Hyper-V – Supported guests

The supported/tested list of guest operating systems includes: *Windows Server 2008 x86/x64 SP1/SP2 & R2 *Windows HPC Server 2008 *Windows Server 2003 x86/x64 SP2 & R2 SP2 *Windows 2000 Server SP4 and Advanced Server SP4 *Windows 7 (except Home editions) *Windows Vista SP1/SP2 (except Home editions) *Windows XP Professional SP2/SP3 & x64 SP2 *SUSE Linux [...]

Acer Aspire One – Operating system

Windows Windows XP Home Edition SP3 is installed on the models with a name ending in ”X”, or ending in ”B” followed by another letter denoting color. It is also possible to install and run Windows Vista or Windows 7 on the earlier model laptop although Windows Vista performance may suffer in the Solid State [...]

Compiz – Deployments

Compiz is currently available in the following Linux distributions (either officially or through a third party): *Arch Linux – available in the [community] repository. *CentOS 5 *Debian GNU/Linux – available in old-stable (etch) and later versions. *Dreamlinux – installed but not activated *Fedora installed by default since version 6. *Foresight Linux – installed but not [...]









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