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+ Report: Ubuntu's A Fading Memory, PCLinuxOS and 64 Studio Are Fab. So Far. + As I wrote a few days ago, I replaced Kubuntu and Ubuntu on several of my home PCs with PCLinuxOS and 64 Studio. I was intending to [...] what matters. But a few things have impressed me so much these two newcomers to my little computing empire deserve an extra mention.

+ Tutorial: Building a Wide-area Linux-based Wireless Network, part 3 + Last month, Eric Geier introduced us to an open source wireless mesh solution from Open-Mesh. In Part 1, we reviewed solution and [...] captive portal. Then we'll touch on how to get Web filtering up on the mesh network. Finally, we'll install and test the system.

+ Report: Linux 2.6.30 Full of New Goodies: Fastboot, Ftrace, Wifi Security, Filesystems + Linux kernel development continues to roar ahead, and 2.6.30 is cram-full of excellent new features: Tomoyo, the learning framework [...] 802.11w enhanced wireless security, and fastboot, which is a speedier boot process in the kernel itself. Sean Michael Kerner reports.

+ Report: Branding: Even For Linux and FOSS, It's Everything + The trouble with the present FOSS brand is that it is not created by those with a stake in it; rather, it is created and controlled by ...

+ Report: Good-Bye Ubuntu, Hello PCLinuxOS + After almost two years of relying on Kubuntu and Ubuntu, your editor has had enough. Farewell faithful *buntus, hello and welcome [...] old alliterative animal days? Will I become dissatisfied with PCLinuxOS and swap it out for something else? Is any Linux good enough?

+ Tutorial: Linux VPN Client for Cisco VPNs: vpnc + Using a Windows VPN client is a security oxymoron of epic dimensions, but often a necessity due to a lack of reliable Linux clients. ...

+ Tutorial: Building a Wide-area Linux-based Wireless Network, part 2 + In part 1 Eric Geier introduced us to Open-Mesh, and showed us the basic setup for covering a wider area such as a farm, warehouse, or [...] portal options offered by the Open-Mesh routers so we can display a disclaimer or terms of service, or require a payment or account.

+ Tip: Fixing Your Servers From the Middle of Muddy Fields + Modern mobile phones and PDAs have increasingly sophisticated data/internet connectivity. The globe-trotting Juliet Kemp gives us some ...

+ Tutorial: PythonGTK Programming part 3: Screensaver, Objects, and User Input + In the previous two installments of this series we learned how to create a simple, colorful screensaver in PythonGTK. Today Akkana ...

+ Report: A Linux Day of Gratitude + Due to a long succession of pleasing experiences and unfettered software freedom, Carla Schroder hereby nominates today, and every [...] a programmer, but you might take the time to thank some of the folks who have made all of this wonderful software freely available.