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Gentoo is not like other Linux distributions. The Gentoo swims faster than other penguins, and dives deeper. Where more fashionable distributions worry about fast installation and ease of use, Gentoo worries about efficient compilation and degrees of customization. Gentoo is not about ease of use or making installation easier for the new user. Computers are what you do with them, and most users have little or no knowledge of how their systems are put together, and care even less. Gentoo is for the users who want to reach under the hood, get their hands dirty, and learn.

After a wicked computer virus destroys G.O.O.D's new computer network, agent Dirk Dashing must track down the cyber criminal responsible for the attack.

Having a seamless build system with GNU make to manage external libraries.

After the latest version when the whole secure socket layer was opened, now two new proxies are released. Also, the program-stacking feature is extended with the possibility to set the connection state in Zorp. Lets see the details.

If one were to go by the reaction to the news that Steve Jobs would no longer be the chief executive of Apple Computer, the man is Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama and Henry Ford all rolled into one.

Thinking of attending VMworld in Las Vegas this year? You’d better think again. It’s much too perilous.

VyprVPN provides a similar service between your Ubuntu or Linux Mint personal computer, Android mobile device, or TomatoUSB (RAF) router, and any one of their VyprVPN servers located around the world (Los Angeles, Washington, DC, London, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong). After the connection between your device or network and the VyprVPN server is established, your traffic is first routed through the VPN and then over the World Wide Web (as it normally would were it connected without VyprVPN).

A big "Thank You!" to all the sponsors, Technologiestiftung Berlin (TSB; in English, Technology Foundation of Berlin), Humboldt University of Berlin, and nearly 800 attendees who gathered from around the world to make a successful Desktop Summit 2011! read more

The following is a short tutorial on how to create a Debian meta package. Just as a brief background for those that do not know what a meta package is - a meta package is a Debian package that simply tells the package manager to download a whole bunch of other packages. Meta packages are useful for allowing for the quick installation of an entire group of packages.

As Dream Studio (a multimedia linux distribution) approaches 5000 users, version 11.04 is released today. This is the third official release of Dream Studio

Google? Not so much – but who cares? Open...and Shut As a group, open-source developers tend to be a freedom-loving bunch. If only their fans were the same. Even as open source has become a mainstream way to build software, many of its biggest beneficiaries opt to contribute little to nothing back.…

Mandriva 2011, the latest edition of the popular Linux distribution, is just three days from being officially released, but the daily builds are already available for download. This article, based on a last-freeze daily build, presents an installation and disk partitioning guide for those who are new to Linux and will be installing it for the first time.

There is also useful information for seasoned users, too.

Having made an earlier defection from KDE to Gnome, Linus Torvalds has now rejected both in favor of Xfce. It’s only natural that the actions of the creator of the Linux kernel would attract extra scrutiny, and I think that his decision is reflective of a wider disenchantment amongst long-term Linux users.

The Arch Linux team has released the first new all-in-one update for its minimalist, rolling-release Linux distribution in 15 months. The Arch Linux 2011.08.19 installation features support for Linux 3.0 and the syslinux bootloader, and offers experimental Btrfs and NILFS2 file-systems, and more flexible source-file selection, says the team....

Yesterday, Steve Jobs officially stepped down as CEO of Apple. Today, the Linux kernel turns 20. That makes it as good a time as any to look back and assess – which has shaped computing, and the world, more? Linus Torvalds' "hobby OS," or Steve Jobs?

Don’t know your DEB from your RPM? We offer a short guide to Linux for the Windows user.

This we look at the stupidest C bug ever, 5 tips for slashing IT costs and a cartoon on programmer training budget-cutting run amok.

Recently, Microsoft made a minor change in their list of competitors by quietly discounting Linux as a major threat to their empire. It wasn’t a conspicuous change though, as only about 2 or 3 million users out of the 20 million Linux users managed to notice it. Out of those 2 million, only a few hundred users who weren’t in such a good mood that day managed to give a damn about it. What’s more, some Linuxians felt quite happy about Microsoft finally acknowledging the fact that Linux was never a threat; a powerful kick up the backside maybe, but threat? No way!

The ephcom-2.0.1 software package that gives users convenient access to the JPL ephemerides has been released under the LGPL.

Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux distro that tries to Keep It Simple. The current installation 2011.08.19 features support for Linux 3.