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Submission + - Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0 ("Terra") releas (skolelinux.org)

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akaiONE

on Monday July 23, 2007 @08:52AM

akaiONE writes: "Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0 "Terra" is now available for free download! The 3.0 release of Debian-Edu/Skolelinux is ready. This is an community release with comprehensive support from regional and national projects in Germany, Spain, France, Greece and Norway. The Skolelinux project is now a part of Debian under the name Debian-Edu. Several other projects have made additional functionality to Skolelinux tailored for national needs. Skolelinux now supports more than 50 countries. Version 3.0 is based on Debian 4.0 "Etch" and therefore compatible to LSB 3.1, using kernel 2.6.18 and KDE 3.5.5. The full press-release is available from the Debian-devel-announce mailing list archive: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007 /07/msg00010.html"

Submission + - Dutch TV program claims Xbox 360 scratches discs

Submitted by leomekenkamp on Sunday February 25, 2007 @05:12PM

leomekenkamp writes: According to the Dutch TV consumer program 'Kassa' (cash register) Microsofts Xbox scratches discs. Microsoft claims the problem is caused by the customers themselves, because they do not put the gamecomputer on a stable place. The way MSFT handles these complains differs: some complainer get a new Xbox, others are told that 'it is not Microsoft's policy to have the Xbox make scratches'.

Original article in dutch is here, and you can also laugh about the engrish generated by babelfish/

Submission + - Congress Wants To Monitor All E-Mails, IMs, Etc.

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Red Weasel

on Monday February 12, 2007 @04:00PM

Red Weasel writes: "A bill submitted February 6, 2007 called, what else, "Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY) of 2007 " HR 837 IH would [It] would require ISPs to record all users' surfing activity, IM conversations and email traffic indefinitely." The full bill at The Library of Congress THOMAS."

Submission + - Novell, Microsoft Outline Virtual Collaboration

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AlexGr

on Monday February 12, 2007 @03:39PM

AlexGr writes: "Internet.com February 12, 2007 Novell, Microsoft Outline Virtual Collaboration By Clint Boulton Microsoft and Novell revealed another layer of their technical collaboration today. Customers will be able to host SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell as a virtualized guest on an upcoming service pack of Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1. Users will also be able to host SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 as an "enlightened guest" on the next version of Microsoft Windows Server, code-named Longhorn, using the Windows Server virtualization technology. Finally on the virtualization front, customers will be able to host Windows Server as a paravirtualized guest on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, using the Xen virtualization technology embedded in the Linux operating system. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3 659331"

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