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The days of throwing that treo 700 against the wall may soon be gone as news today revealed that Palm is developing a linux based operating system.. a move thats been overdue for sometime I think should improve the stability of the palm treo.. a smartphone that ironically isnt very smart due to the many bugs and issues it has even in 2007 I still hear nothing but complaints from users and my response is ..

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History of Xenix

Microsoft created their own variant of the unix operating system called xenix. They purchased a license for Version 7 Unix from AT&T in 1979, and announced on August 25, 1980 that it would make it available for the 16-bit microcomputer market.

Xenix varied from its 7th Edition origins by incorporating elements from BSD, and soon possessed the most widely installed base of any Unix flavour due to the popularity of the inexpensive x86 processor, even though the port created for Tandy Corporation computers proved to be more robust.

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CorneliOS is a virtual web based OS that runs in your web browser. All applications and files are stored on the CorneliOS server and are accessible all the time and anywhere. CorneliOS is platform and browser independent and is available as free open source software under the GPL as well as under a commercial license.

CorneliOS is a multi-user system, which means that multiple users can have an account on a single CorneliOS server. Each user has its own home directory and his own desktop.

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It seems that we’re in an evolutionary rather than revolutionary period when it comes to PDAs. Witness the Sharp Zaurus SL-C3200 which is basically the same as the Zaurus C3100 it replaces, and the C3100 was quite similar to the Zaurus C3000 it replaced. In fact all three are very, very similar to the now discontinued Zaurus C860 (I still own and use one of these) but the C860 lacked the hard drive. And so from the C3100 to the 3200 we get a 6 gig rather than 4 gig hard drive. For upgraders, there’s nothing terribly compelling save the additional hard drive space which is nice for those who want to carry a collection of MP3s or videos for playback on the go.

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One of the Fluxbuntu Community Members had some questions about Fluxbuntu. I think this “mini-interview” whould benefit everyone.

www.fluxbuntu.org

I also invite you to become a Fluxbuntu Community Member and share with us, ask questions or just stay for general discussion.

With that said here is “The Mini-Interview”:

User Program says:

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Ubuntu offers Evolution 2.8.0 as their integrated email app, but some users prefer to use Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2.0 instead.

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VLC - the cross-platform media player and streaming server

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.

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For people wanting simplicity from their Linux distribution, Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) may well be the best release ever from any Linux company. While using Feisty Fawn from the late beta stage and right on up to upgrading to the final version, I kept thinking “Feisty is so easy, my mom could use this!” Not to say you can’t get more obtuse with command line syntaxes in Feisty, but for the folks that wants their Linux distro to work with a minimal amount of fuss, Feisty Fawn is a smashing success. The installation is really as easy as 1-2-3 and from there you can set up your desktop with a minimal (and I mean minimal) amount of fuss. In fact, I found setting up Feisty Fawn to be far easier than Windows Vista or XP in that department. There’s no need to hunt down drivers and software from the internet and things just work out of the box. Furthermore, if you don’t want to use the command line just about everything in Feisty can be done via gui apps.

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