Yes, yes, Slackware has gone 64bit. "Ready or not, Slackware has now gone 64-bit with an official x86_64 port being maintained in-sync with the regular x86 -current branch. DVDs will be available for purchase from the Slackware store when Slackware 13.0 is released. Many thanks go out to the Slackware team for their help with this branch and a special thank you to Eric Hameleers who did the real heavy lifting re-compiling everything for this architecture, testing, re-testing, and staying in-sync with -current."

 

via > http://www.osnews.com/story/21524/Slackware_Goes_64Bit

 

more > http://www.slackware.com/

Linux vendor Red Hat, and 17 other vendors, have protested a Swiss government contract given to Microsoft without any public bidding. The move exposes a wider Microsoft monopoly that European governments accept, despite their lip service for open source, according to commentators.

 

more > http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/red-hat-...ft-monopoly-965

 

via > http://www.osnews.com/story/21550/Red_Hat_...rosoft_Monopoly

I am trying to install Slackware in my external hard-drive (which is a Seagate FreeAgent USB drive) instead of ubuntu. I disabled the internal disk from the BIOS prior to the installation of Slack. Also formatted the drive during the installation and selected theLILO to be installed in the mbr.

Now if I select my external USB drive as the first device to boot from in the BIOS I get the following error:

GRUB Loading Stage 1.5

 

GRUB Loading, Please wait...

ERROR 15

 

I really don

i love screenshots and collecting them so i created a screenshot gallery at http://kporter.homelinux.com/~kaleb/cpg14x

 

it takes 2 seconds to upload your screenshot so if you view the site please upload one

 

if that is even to much for you i wrote a shell script to do it automaticly it is located here

 

the usage is simple:

 

 

in the meantime, take a look at these extensive spins of Fedora 11 Preview,

 

has anyone tried the Live Game Spin ??

 

Quote:F11-Preview-i686-Live-Games.torrent The Fedora Games spin offers a perfect show-case of the best games available in Fedora 11. 3.9G 2009-04-28

When Dell announced a shift in its Linux strategy last week, accompanied by a new netbook, many wondered why Dell insisted on pre-loading Ubuntu 8.04, instead of newer versions of the popular Linux distribution such as 8.10 or 9.04. BetaNews contacted Dell about it, and Dell replied explaining their rationale behind opting for 8.04.

 

According to Dell, it's an issue of keeping costs down and building a stable, well-tested platform. "We are trying to stay on a 12-month cadence to keep costs down, and build a stable platform," a Dell spokesperson told BetaNews, "A mainstream user does not care if it's [ubuntu Linux] 8.04 or 8.10 or 9.04 (he/she does not know what those are) -- she just wants it to work right and be stable/safe... Most of the Linux enthusiasts would not like to be so far behind (i.e., 8.04 vs. 9.04), but they are not our primary target audience for the [operating system] image."

 

Still, Dell won't be sitting still, either. They plan to add several features to their Ubuntu 8.04 installations over time, like they have already done by bringing the wireless connectivity in their 8.04 image up to par with that of more recent Ubuntu releases. Dell also plans to continue its strategy of providing its own update repositories, to make sure updates are stable and well-tested.

 

The Dell spokesperson further added: "Our goal is to provide choice and while we may not have been able to launch Windows and Ubuntu simultaneously on all of our mini platforms, we have offered [it] when it was ready. It's very important for us to make the Linux experience as simple and seamless as possible for mainstream users vs. 'Linux enthusiasts.'"

 

via > http://www.osnews.com/story/21528/Dell_Sti...Stability_Costs

more > http://www.betanews.com/article/Dell-Most-...sion/1242843704

I install team speak server on my linux VPS.

 

I use

 

iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --sport 14534 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --sport 8767 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

 

To open tcp 14534 and tcp 8767 tcp ports. First is for web admin for team speak seccond is for team speak client

 

after that I run

 

service iptables restart

 

And all work fine I can access to my web admin http://ip addrreess:14534 and also I can connect to server with my teamspeak client by coling http://ip address:8767

 

But few minutes later (about 3-4 minutes) all stop working and I caan access to my web admin and I cannt log to teamspeak client

 

When I again call this function

 

service iptables restart

 

All work fine again but again for 3 or 4 minuts

 

Please help me. Seams that my ports close every 3-4 minutes I dont know what i to do

 

PLEASE HELP MEEE

"Over time, many people have complained about the X Window system; the X Window system, or Xorg in its current most popular implementation, is the layer between applications and the graphics adapter. It has some fantastic features (like the ability to run application over the network) and some shortcoming. One thing is sure: it has evolved over the last year or so, immensely, especially as far as 3D and hardware acceleration."

 

via http://www.osnews.com/story/21483/The_X_...Innovation

just wanted to remind those of you that remember awol, that he died today, one year ago.

 

here's a mirror of his website before he died, rip awol

 

cheers

anyweb

According to nVidia: ---> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_nforce_1.23.html

I need to use "hda_intel.c" for my sound card to work,

But unfortunately, I have no Idea where to even begin doing this, any help/links would be greatly appreciated.

 

My sound card is:

Soundcard: nVidia Corporation Device 0774 (rev a1)

 

I'm using: Debian Lenny AMD64

 

thanks!