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Worldwide Firefox 3.5 Downloads!

Last Updated on Monday, 06 July 2009 13:54 Written by Michele Petrecca Monday, 06 July 2009 13:50
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Are you curious to know how many downloads has been until now the new version of Firefox? ...ok, take a look here (downloads per second)
 

10 mistakes new Linux administrators make

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 14:14 Written by Michele Petrecca Tuesday, 30 June 2009 14:11
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"If you’re new to Linux, a few common mistakes are likely to get you into trouble. Learn about them up front so you can avoid major problems as you become increasingly Linux-savvy."

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Driver ati catalyst 9.6 released for linux (Red Hat Enterprise, Novell/SuSE, Ubuntu)

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 July 2009 19:59 Written by chna1991 Thursday, 18 June 2009 19:38
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Driver ati  catalyst 9.6 released for linux but only for video card's post hd 2000.
If someone have a precedent version, he have to use the release ati catalys 9.3.
In the main site of ati is written that this driver is suitable especially for red hat, suse and ubuntu.

for download support.amd
for knowing whether your video card is supported support.amd

USB 3.0 and support on 2.6.31 kernel version

Last Updated on Saturday, 13 June 2009 10:51 Written by Michele Petrecca Saturday, 13 June 2009 10:49
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"A kernel hacker from Intel has posted a Linux driver for USB 3.0, making Linux the first operating system (OS) to support the new connectivity standard. Sarah Sharp (left) announced that her xHCI-compliant driver for USB 3.0 will be supported in Linux 2.6.31 in September".

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The kernel 2.6.30 is out!

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 14:38 Written by Michele Petrecca Wednesday, 10 June 2009 14:31
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Linus Torvalds has released the 2.6.30 kernel. Some of the bigger changes in 2.6.30 include a number of filesystem improvements, the integrity measurement patches, the FS-Cache filesystem caching layer, threaded interrupt handler support, and much more. For more information, see the KernelNewbies 2.6.30 page or the long-format changelog and LWN's statistics for this development cycle.

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