Fedora 11 now available
Fedora 11, the next release of the popular Linux distribution, is now available from the Fedora website.
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9.6.2009 XP Minimal-Requirement-Test
The target of this project was to find the weakest system where you can run Windows XP.
Keep in mind, that Microsoft official requirements are a CPU with 233 MHz an 64 MB of RAM.
But that had to be beaten!
First try: Socket 5, Pentium 100 MHz and 64 MB RAM
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29.1.2006 MagicTweak 4.11
MagicTweak is a special program designed to optimize and personalize Microsoft Windows. It provides one-stop, instant access to a variety of Windows settings that can be altered for a friendlier Windows environment.
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31.10.2007 Trillian 3.1.11.0
Trillian is a multi-network chat client that currently supports IRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo! Messenger.
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4.10.2008 Joke? - It's the End for 3.11
For those that were not aware, we recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM's will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in the embedded channel.
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10.7.2008 No Windows Mobile 6.5 on May 11
Over the weekend, several blogs reported that Windows Mobile 6.5 would release on May 11. That's simply not true.
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22.4.2009 Diskeeper 11 Build 709t
Diskeeper is a disk defragmenter for Microsoft Windows. Diskeeper 2007 represents a quantum leap in system performance, enabling you to run your computer at the height of its potential, 100% of the time, and for the life of your systems.
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27.5.2007 Process Explorer 11.02
Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out. Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.
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15.9.2007 Windows 7 Direct3D 11 Features
As of November 2008, Microsoft is delivering the first taste of DirectX 11 for Windows 7 for download. A release aimed at developers, The November 2008 DirectX Software Development Kit, brings to the table the successor of Direct3D 10.1, namely Direct3D 11.
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27.11.2008 Windows Mobile 6.5 launching on May 11
Back in February, Neowin cited Mary-Jo Foley predicting the Windows Mobile 6.5 roadmap. The Windows Mobile Team has announced the Windows Mobile 6.5 official launch date in a blog post as May 11, 2009.
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18.4.2009 DirectX 11 coming to Vista
As with Windows Vista, the newest version of Windows brings with it a newer version of Microsoft's DirectX. Windows 7 was released with Direct X 11 support, and it was initially thought that Direct X 11 support would remain a 7-only technology.
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3.11.2009 Windows Media Player 11 Interview
I just put online my first interview here at The Insider. I ask a few questions I've seen asked here in the community in regards to Windows Meda Player 11 to Geoff Harris who is the Product Unit Manager for WMP 11.
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6.5.2006 Microsoft Delays 11 Patches To Push One
The company has made delivering the patch for the vulnerability cited in security bulletin MS06-040 its highest security priority, letting other patches slide until later, a program manager confirms.
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16.8.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Released
As promised and revealed by Neowin, Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 for Windows XP.
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30.10.2006 DirectX 11 at the Vanguard of the GPGPU Revolution
Microsoft's next iteration of DirectX is bound to be situated at the forefront of the general purpose graphics processing (GPGPU) revolution, according to the Redmond company.
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6.8.2008 DirectX 11 for Windows Vista SP2 Available
Microsoft is beginning to backport Windows 7 features to Windows Vista, and as an integral part of the process, the company is also upgrading Vista’s graphics technology to the level of Windows 7.
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12.9.2009 The Windows 7 11-Second Boot and the Computer That Made It Possible
Windows 7’s evolution compared to Windows Vista is undeniable, and the lucky few that so far have had access to the RTM bits of the latest Windows client can confirm this.
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18.9.2009 Windows Media Player 11 for XP download
I have some information about release dates on WMP 11 for XP that no one else has. This info was obtained from a Microsoft employee who I can't name but was able to give me this info.
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10.5.2006 Microsoft drops 6 bulletins, fixing 11 vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday train arrived today with six bulletins covering at least 11 vulnerabilities, most carrying the company’s highest severity rating.
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11.7.2007 Windows Media Player 11 Beta Official download
Finally, Today it seems that Microsoft have released the highly anticipated Windows
Media Player 11 public beta! Along with this release, Microsoft have launched WMP11's
new website, which explains some of WMP11's major
features.
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17.5.2006 Windows Media Player 11 will RTM on September 14th
Exclusive news from keznews.net: Windows Media Player 11 for XP will RTM on September 14th, 2006.
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6.8.2006 Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 released to the public!
Today Microsoft has released Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 to the public. It can be downloaded at
http://www.microsoft.com/... 11/default.aspx. The new build number is 11.0.5705.5043.
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31.8.2006 How to Install Windows Vista
For people with access to the Vista betas through MSDN, there is an installation guide.
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How to install another OS on your PS3
Who'll get the last laugh now? They said the PS3 sucks, is late, is too expensive, isn't worth it, isn't a bargain. Well, look at it now! It's shaping up to be something worth its weight in news.
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13.11.2006 Install multiple versions of IE on your PC
Ever wanted to test your website in various versions of Internet Explorer?
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10.12.2006 How to Install and Enable DreamScene in Windows 7
Windows DreamScene, a feature which allows a video clip, movie show, slideshow or animated image and picture to be set as the desktop background in Windows Vista has been removed in Windows 7, in favor of Desktop Slideshow wallpaper auto rotator. Although Windows 7 no longer supports DreamScane, the DreamScene function can still be manually added and installed into Windows 7 with a little hack in order to turn on and enable the DreamScene support in Windows7.
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13.1.2009 Microsoft: How to install a browser on Windows 7 E
Microsoft have created a guidance page on the Windows 7 part of their website, detailing how users should go about installing a browser on Windows 7 E – the main version of Windows that will ship in the UK, that comes without a browser.
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15.7.2009 How to Install Chrome OS in Windows 7
Google unveiled Chrome OS in an event yesterday where they demonstrated the upcoming cloud-based OS for the first time in public. Source code of Chrome OS was also released which folks over at gdgt have compiled in a ready-to-install .vmdk file.
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20.11.2009 11 years ago Microsoft launched Windows 95 with "Start Me Up" campaign
11 years ago Microsoft launched Windows 95 with "Start Me Up" campaign, read how Microsoft negotiated with the Stones for the song.
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25.8.2006 Windows Media Player 11 release pushed to Tuesday Oct 30th
Windows Media Player 11, originally scheduled to be released in a final version to the public today, was pushed back to Tuesday Oct. 30th.
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25.10.2006Fedora 11 now available
Fedora 11, the next release of the popular Linux distribution, is now available from the Fedora website. You can find full details of the major
improvements and changes in this latest release in our previous post about the launch of Fedora 11, but to mention just a few, the release claims to
have major speed improvements, boasting a 20 second startup, as well as overall speed improvements as ext4 is now used as the default file-system.
Another interesting feature is the ability to perform a minimal install, which amounts to about 500MB (at mount-point '/'), which should make
this release more appealing to users running servers, or machines with older hardware.
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09.06.2009Linux Comparison: Fedora and conclusion
Fedora My first experience of Fedora came with Fedora 7, not long after I first used Ubuntu. I had difficulties getting it set up correctly,
especially when it came to downloading new applications, but once it was running the way I liked, I much preferred it to Ubuntu. My first impressions
of Fedora 10 are good, but there are some clear issues that need addressing, especially when it is put up against Ubuntu and openSUSE. Installation a
mixed experience. At first I didn't think I was going to be able to review Fedora. The LiveCD loaded to 100 percent within a few minutes, then sat
there, apparently doing nothing.
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08.12.2008Fedora 11 due for release next Tuesday
Fedora 11, the next version of the popular Linux distribution, is due to be released on Tuesday next week, according to the Fedora Project website.
The new version features better performance, increased security, and several improvements. Some of the more interesting features and improvements
include a quicker startup time (no more than 20 seconds from power up to login screen, at least when first installed), ext4 being used as the
file-system by default (on Anaconda installs), as well as coming with the latest versions of GNOME or KDE. The move to ext4 as the default
file-system should mean users notice better performance overall, and the optimised startup should also result in better system performance.
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28.05.2009Friendlier version of Fedora Linux desktop now available
A new and easier-to-use edition of Fedora -- the Red Hat-sponsored open source Linux desktop OS -- is available for free download starting today from
the Fedora Project's Web site...
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14.05.2008Fedora to dump the 'Core'
In a mailing to the Fedora
development listing, Red
Hat's Bill Nottingham has
announced that effective the
next release there will be no
Fedora Core. The distribution
will be known only as
Fedora.
"Starting
with Fedora 7, there is no
more Core, and no more Extras;
there is only Fedora. One
single repository, built in
the community on open source
tools, assembled into whatever
spins the Fedora community
desires," Nottingham
wrote.
The mailing
also listed the planned
development cycle for Fedora 7
and outlined 28 new features
for the next release. Among
them, the separation of the
distro into different
"spins" (similar to Ubuntu)
-- Fedora Desktop, Fedora
Server and Fedora KDE.
Undoubtedly this is a
major shift in the development
of Fedora. The first beta is
due for release on January
30th, with a final release
scheduled for April 26th.
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06.01.2007Q&A with Paul Frields at Red Hat
Just after Christmas, Neowin was given the chance for a community Q&A with Paul Frields of Red Hat. Paul has worked with Fedora since 2003, and became
the Fedora Project Leader in January last year. Along with a few other things, Paul is also chairman of the Fedora Project Board, which makes
decisions on how Fedora will move forward. As with the Q&A with Joe Brockmeier, Neowin's forum members came up with a great selection of
questions. One of the things I have always noticed about Fedora is the default desktop wallpaper, which gives a real sense of effort and refinement
when you see it. Did Fedora choose to go this route, or did it happen by chance?
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26.01.2009Linux Comparison: openSUSE
Previous to writing this comparison, I have only ever used Ubuntu and Fedora. Considering Ubuntu's popularity and reputation for being easy to
use, I was expecting openSUSE to be nowhere near as good. From the moment I was greeted with "Welcome" as the LiveCD booted, I knew I was going to
be proven wrong. View: Part 1 of "Linux Comparison" - Ubuntu An install for all. The installation was quick and painless. The installer correctly
detected the existing Linux partitions, and also proposed that I did not format my home partition (for the uninitiated, this is more or less the "My
Documents" of Linux).
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04.12.2008Red Hat releases Fedora Core 6
On Tuesday, Red Hat released
Fedora Core 6, its newest
hobbyist version of Linux,
with an expandable new
installation routine and a
third try at incorporating Xen
virtualization software.
Fedora Core 6, free and
faster-moving alternative to
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is
in effect a rough draft of Red
Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5,
to be released in late 2006 or
early 2007. The biggest change
coming with RHEL 5 is Xen,
open-source virtualization
software that lets multiple
operating systems run
simultaneously, each in its
own separate compartment
called a virtual machine.
Virtualization, a high-end
feature now arriving in x86
servers, lets a single server
replace several less
efficiently used ones.
Xen appeared in Fedora
Core 4 and 5, but the version
in Fedora Core 6 should be
close to what appears in RHEL
5, said Max Spevack, the
Fedora project leader. One
major feature is a graphical
administration tool to control
Xen virtual machines.
Also in Fedora Core 6
is Linux eye candy, based on
the AIGLX project and the
Compiz window manager. The
features require 3D graphics
video support, but permit
several features. Among them,
desktops of the graphical user
interface can be mapped to
faces of a virtual 3D cube
that users can rotate. And
windows can become transparent
and wobbly like Jell-O when
moved.
The Linux
version also switches to the
DejaVu font, an open-source
font project derived from
Bitstream's Vera typeface.
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25.10.2006Vista pushes XP and Linux aside on Asus EeePC
The Asus EeePC ships with Linux but with the help of an external DVD drive, its possible to install almost any OS of your choice, even Leopard with a
bit of hacking but that comes with some legal issues that are discussed in
that post.
Lets face it, the Asus EeePC isnt too terribly useful with the Linux install that it comes with, you cant add applications to it
until they are developed and the update installer is somewhat lacking. The first thing I did was wipe the hard drive and install Windows XP Home
Edition but one user decided to install something else.
I wouldnt have thought the EeePC capable of running Vista but according
to the
EeePC forums thats exactly what one user is doing. To be
fair, there may be more but this is the only one I know of.
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16.11.2007Comparing running processes in Windows Server 2008 in Full and Core installs
Windows Server 2008 Server
Core installation is a minimal
install of the upcoming
Windows Server OS that can run
specific roles (like DNS,
Active Directory or File
Server) with a much smaller
footprint and attack surface.
In a previous blog post I
looked into overall image
sizes for both and also
discussed some of the details
about the differences between
these Full and the Core
installs. I later discussed
which files are on disk for
each one. Now I am looking at
the processes running in the
the two types of install.
This time I
actually installed a couple of
things on the servers before
looking at them. First of all,
I loaded the Virtual PC
virtual machine extensions.
Second, I loaded the DNS
Server roles (which is
available for both). I did not
furter configure the servers,
but used the systeminfo.exe
and tasklist.exe (which also
exists in both install) to
compare the differences in
loaded process, physical
memory and pagefile memory
used.
My
goal here is not to have very
precise lists, but to get a
feeling for how the two
installs compare. Also note
that Windows Server 2008 is in
pre-release format today
(there is a public Beta 3 and
an
MSDN-and-TechNet-subscribers-o
nly release called June CTP or
IDS3). Keep in mind that this
will most likely change before
final release. The information
here is based on an Enterprise
edition, June CTP install.
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02.08.2007Windows Vista System Requirements Released
Microsoft has updated its
Get
Ready Web site to include
the minimum system
requirements to run Windows
Vista. A Windows Vista Capable
PC must include at least a CPU
running at 800MHz, 512 MB of
RAM, a DirectX 9 graphics card
capable of at least 800x600, a
CD-ROM drive and a 20 GB HDD
with at least 15 GB free for
the install. Of course,
systems with bare minimum
specifications will be unable
to run Vista in the Aero
interface.
In order
a PC to be certified as
"Windows Vista Premium
Ready," it must have at least
a 1 GHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM, a
DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM
driver, 128 MB of graphics
memory, Pixel Shader 2.0,
DVD-ROM drive, a sound card,
internet access and 40 GB of
hard drive capacity with 15 GB
free space. For Windows XP,
users who did not meet the
minimal requirements for XP
Home (300 MHz, 128 MB) were
still able to install and run
the operating system, albeit
rather slowly. It remains to
be seen if Windows Vista will
allow installs on machines
lesser than minimal
specification.
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21.12.2006Comparing executable files in Windows Server 2008 in Full and Core installs
Windows Server 2008 Server
Core installation is a minimal
install of the upcoming
Windows Server OS that can run
specific roles (like DNS,
Active Directory or File
Server) with a much smaller
footprint and attack
surface.
In a
previous
blog post I looked into
overall image sizes for both
and also discussed some of the
details about the differences
between these Full and the
Core installs.
Now I am taking it one
step further to look into the
executable files in both
installs. I will be presenting
about this next Thursday and
wanted to have a better feel
for whats really the
difference between the two. My
findings are presented below,
first with some overall counts
and then looking at files by
group (only in Core, in both,
only in full).
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31.07.2007Silicon Valley Vista SP1 Install Fair next month
Similar to last month's Redmond-based Install Fair, the Windows Vista SP1 Deployment Team is holding another Install Fair at our Silicon Valley
campus early next month. You're welcome to drop by if you find yourself in the neighborhood, provided you register beforehand.
Date: 8-9 December 2007, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, 1065 La Avenida St., Mountain View, CA
94043
Timeslots:
- Desktops: 9:00am or 1:00pm
- Laptops: 9:00am or 1:00pm
Registrations must be made via email to Windows Vista Install Fair Registration (
vsp1reg@microsoft.com). Please indicate your preferred timeslot when replying. Spaces are limited.
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19.11.2007Earlier DST Has Had Minimal Energy Effect
Having Daylight Saving Time
start a month earlier than
normal was supposed to help
conserve energy, but early
indications are that the
change did not make much of a
difference...
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04.04.2007$100 Laptop Prototype Unveiled
The One Laptop Per Child
foundation unveiled the first
working prototype of its $100
laptop at the Seven Countries
Task Force Meeting on Tuesday.
The device runs Fedora Linux
and features a color screen,
Wi-Fi, a 500MHz processor, and
1GB of flash memory...
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24.05.2006Sneak Peak - How to use Windows Server 2008 Core for PHP, MySQL
Matthew Hardman: I challenged
Dennis Chung (my counterpart in the security bytes
video, and one of the smartest guys I know when it comes to IT) recently to see what kind of usage scenarios we could use
Windows Server 2008 Core. For those of you who are unaware
of what Server Core is, it is an installation type for Windows Server 2008 that provides a minimal environment for running specific tasks. Having a
minimal environment means a reduce maintenance, reduced management, reduced attack surface and less disk space required.
We
decided to focus on the web app environment specifically looking at applications built using PHP and MySQL, so we picked on WordPress which is
considered one of the more popular PHP applications. In case you weren't aware, Windows Server 2008 and 2003 (via a download) supports a technology
called FastCGI the explanation can be found here
http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=1000051, but essentially it enables application
frameworks like PHP to be run on IIS in a performant and reliable way.
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19.11.2007What recession? Yahoo shows signs of a complete resurgence
Exactly who should be buying whom? With only minimal mention of Microsoft from both Yahoo executives and analysts this afternoon, suddenly the
"big deal" between the software giant and the portal keeper doesn't seem to be "on."..
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23.04.2008Kama Sutra Virus a Dud So Far
Reports indicate that damage
from the Kama Sutra virus
appears to be minimal thus
far, however at least one
security firm warned that the
real results from the worm may
not be known until later in
the weekend. The virus will
attempt to stop antivirus
software and delete files...
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03.02.2006Linux Apes Vista With New Distro Called Vixta
If Windows Vista is so terrible, how come theres someone in the open-source community who wants to copy it? Thats the case with the latest Linux
distro, a Vista look-alike called Vixta.
The project is hosted by Sourceforge, the online home of numerous open-source efforts, large and
small. Vixta fits into the latter category.
Theres hardly any information on the effort, other than a short blurb, which says its based on
the Fedora distro of Linux. Fedora is itself a project which
evolved out of the Red Hat community, and is still sponsored by the enterprise-Linux powerhouse.
Vixta
appears to be the brainchild of one A. Paulo Santos, who has posted most of the messages on the short Vixta-info mailing list, including one
announcing the availability of Vixta release 094.
Vixtas
home page touts the imminent availability of version 095, and enumerates the goals of the project as follows: ->
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10.10.200711 OEMs, including Sony, Toshiba to pre-install OneCare.
To address the growing security and management needs of today’s new PC user, Microsoft is working with 11 original equipment manufacturers,
including Sony Corporation of America and Toshiba Asia Pacific to preinstall trial subscriptions of Windows Live OneCare on select new PCs across
North America, Europe and Asia. Windows Live OneCare provides all-in-one security and anti-malware protection for consumers and small businesses along
with tools that automate and simplify PC management and performance.
“Microsoft and Sony share the same goal of helping our
customers get the most from their PC experience,” said Xavier Lauwaert of VAIO product marketing at Sony Electronics. “Through this
alliance, Windows Live OneCare will provide our customers with a simple solution to help them maintain and secure their new PC.”
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