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Use embedded Linux and open-source software to build a networked audio appliance.

Benchmarking ZFS On FreeBSD vs. EXT4 & Btrfs On Linux

ZFS is often looked upon as an advanced, superior file-system and one of the strong points of the Solaris/OpenSolaris platform while most feel that only recently has Linux been able to catch-up on the file-system front with EXT4 and the still-experimental Btrfs.

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It runs on computers based on the 32-bit Intel x86 architecture, or on 64-bit AMD processors in 32-bit mode.

Even SAP is using more open source

By Source Seeker on Wed, 07/28/10 - 5:55pm. Yesterday SAP took another step into the open source world by signing on to use the Black Duck Suite .

Why WikiLeaks Is The Pirate Bay of Political Intelligence

WikiLeaks is currently in the news because its Afghan War logs comprise one of the largest and most controversial intelligence leaks to date.

Convirture goes open core with 2.0 virt tools

Convirture has unveiled a management tool for open source hypervisors. It's been clear from the beginning of the server virtualization wave that eventually the hypervisor would become commoditized and that the real action, in terms of functionality as well as in money, would come with the management tools that wrap around the hypervisor and make it ...

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May 4, 2009 ... As an alternative to downloading the files, the HCPM/HAI Synthesis Cost Proxy Model may be obtained from the FCC's duplicating contractor, ... http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/apd/hcpm/ Patent Database Notices and Status The database servers are now capable of processing approximately 300 simultaneous searches.

Open source installer offered for Plug Computer

Marvell announced the availability of an open source installer, simplifying software deployment on its Linux-based Plug Computer reference design.

Google patches Chrome, sidesteps Windows kernel bug

July 28, 2010, 09:59 AM - Computerworld - Google on Monday patched five vulnerabilities in Chrome by issuing a new "stable" build of the browser.

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Gentoo Linux
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Gentoo Linux, a special flavor of Linux that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. Thanks to a technology called Portage, Gentoo Linux can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else -- whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo Linux a metadistribution.

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Linux From Scratch
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Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with the steps necessary to build your own custom Linux system. The most important reason for LFS's existence is teaching people how a Linux system works internally. Building an LFS system teaches you about all that makes Linux tick, how things work together, and depend on each other. And most importantly, how to customize it to your own taste and needs.

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Lunar Linux
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Lunar is a source based Linux distribution developed by a talented team of programmers from all over the world, and offers a unique package management system which builds each software package, or module, from scratch for the machine in which it is being installed. Once installed, Lunar is remarkably fast, breaking new ground in flexibility and in the options it offers the individual user.

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ROCK Linux
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ROCK is a Distribution Build Kit. You can configure your personal build of ROCK and easily build your own distribution (see the screenshots). It is software for managing operating environments. In a way it is a software development toolkit for building OS solutions. Most of the ROCK Linux development is done on ix86 Hardware. But ROCK Linux also supports the Alpha AXP, PowerPC, Sparc32/Sparc64 and MIPS architectures. Others will follow.

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Source Mage GNU-Linux
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Source Mage GNU/Linux is a source-based Linux distribution based on a magical metaphor of "casting" and "dispelling" programs, which are referred to as "spells". In multi-tasking style, it downloads the sources in the background while compiling in the foreground. Source Mage's "sorcery" offers advanced package management, but retains the choices, options, and control not offered by many other distributions.

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T2
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T2 is not just a common Linux distribution - it is a flexible open source System Development Environment or Distribution Build Kit if your are more familiar with that term. T2 allows the creation of custom distributions with bleeding edge technology. T2 started as a community driven fork from the ROCK Linux Project with the aim to create a decentralized development and clean a framework for spin-off projects and customized distributions.

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