Stories about: Mandriva

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    IBM Power servers most reliable in new survey 15/07/2009 01:04:00

    IBM's Power servers topped a list of most reliable x86 and Unix machines in a new survey, clocking in at only 15 minutes of unplanned downtime per year.
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    Desktop Linux: why you shouldn't care 18/05/2009 14:07:00

    Recently, the Web site analytics company Net Applications came out with figures that showed that in April, the percentage of "client devices" used to surf the Web that were running Linux crossed the 1% level for the first time ever -- 1.02%, to be exact. The firm enthusiastically noted that "Linux has reached
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    K3b 2.0 coming to KDE4 mid-2009, Qt forked for port 24/03/2009 12:05:00

    Popular CD and DVD burning application for KDE, K3b is gearing up for its first port to KDE4 with a pending 2.0 release, but part of the Qt toolkit had to be forked to make it possible.
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    KDE 4.2.1 release big on bug fixes 05/03/2009 11:16:00

    The KDE project has added another rung to its KDE 4.2 experience ladder with the first maintenance release, 4.2.1, which focuses on fixing errors and minor feature enhancements.
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    Building a free computer from spare parts 01/08/2008 07:47:39

    Ah, the joy of summer storms. A recent one involving a flooded basement (a torrential downpour traveled down a chipmunk burrow that led to an otherwise enclosed basement window with a broken windowpane) and several staccato blackouts sent one of my neighbor's computers, as well as one of my own, to their eternal rest.
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    Making desktop Linux work for business 02/07/2008 09:11:54

    Today's IT managers face tough choices. PCs that run fine today have an uncertain upgrade path, now that Microsoft has chosen to discontinue Windows XP. Upgrade costs associated with Vista, coupled with the ever-escalating cost of application licenses, make switching to desktop Linux an increasingly attractive option.
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    Bull crams crypto chips into bootable USB hard disk drive 21/04/2008 09:40:31

    Bull has a gadget for businesses worried about the security of data stored on laptops: a bootable, portable password-protected hard disk drive with an embedded cryptographic processor that protects data if the device is lost or stolen.
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    Lean, green, open source machine 15/02/2008 15:11:50

    A French company is selling a desktop computer to those people for whom size really does matter.
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    'Critical' Linux kernel bugs discovered 15/02/2008 08:28:02

    Security researchers have uncovered "critical" security flaws in a version of the Linux kernel used by a large number of popular distributions.
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    Nigeria favors Mandriva over Microsoft once more 10/11/2007 06:00:20

    Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all.
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    Microsoft swoops in to claim Nigeria Linux deal 03/11/2007 05:40:14

    Linux vendor Mandriva thought it had signed a deal with Nigeria to equip elementary schools with computers and software.
 
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