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VIA Collaborates with OpenChrome on Open Source Video Driver

Posted on 21 November 2008 by Ventus

VIA , today announced the next step in its ongoing cooperation with the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community. Continue Reading

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NextGen TV:Boxee

Posted on 02 November 2008 by Ventus

You can sign up for the alpha at Boxee’s site, but it looks like the list for actual accounts will require a long wait. The battery will last for 400 hours in standby. Continue Reading

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Fedora 10 Cambridge

Posted on 02 November 2008 by Ventus

Dedoimedo.com has post a review & tutorial about fedora 10 cambridge. Continue Reading

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A Visual Desktop Tour of 9 Ubuntu Releases

Posted on 02 November 2008 by Ventus

Tech Source From Bohol take a look 4.10 to 8.10 , 9 ubuntu releases.

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Earlier this week we published benchmarks of all Ubuntu releases from 7.04 to the release candidate and had found the performance degraded with time, at least with the test system we used. As part of our testing to explore this issue, we had repeated many of the same tests on Fedora with all of their releases going back to Fedora 7. Has Fedora’s desktop performance degraded too? Read the article to find out.

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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 8.04 To 8.10

Posted on 01 November 2008 by Ventus

Today the new Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) has been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 8.04 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 8.10.

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Ubuntu 8.10 Released

Posted on 30 October 2008 by Ventus

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop and Server,
continuing Ubuntu’s tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open
source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

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